What are the leading parties in the BARMM parliamentary districts? - GMA Network
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) held its first elections on Monday, September 14, to elect the members of its parliamentary government.
Of the total seats, 40 are designated for party representatives, 32 are for district representatives, and eight are for sectoral representatives.
There are nine seats for Lanao del Sur, five each for Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur, four each for Basilan and Tawi-Tawi, three for Cotabato City, and two for the Special Geographic Area (SGA).
Here are the leading political parties that secured a seat as parliamentary district representatives in BARMM.
The Bangsamoro Federalist Party (BFP) secured the most parliament district seats across the seven areas in the Bangsamoro, with 15 posts.
This was followed by the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) with seven secured posts and the Serbisyong Inklusibo-Alyansang Progresibo Party (SIAP Party) with six.
One independent candidate won the parliament district representative.
BFP secured the most district seats in Basilan, winning three of the four districts.
Meanwhile, UBJP won one district seat.
Six of the winning district representatives in Lanao del Sur came from the SIAP Party, while the remaining three winners came from UBJP.
The winning candidates from the three districts in Tawi-Tawi came from BFP.
Meanwhile, the winning candidate in the third district of Tawi-Tawi came from the Pro Bangsamoro.
Three of the five winning district representatives came from BFP.
The winning candidate in the fourth district of Maguindanao del Norte came from UBJP.
Meanwhile, BARMM Interim Chief Minister Macacua, an independent candidate, secured the Maguindanao del Norte Third District representative seat.
The candidates from the UBJP got all the district seats in the SGA.
Candidates from the BFP secured seats in two districts of Cotabato City, while the candidate of MP won the first district parliament representative.
Comelec chairperson George Garcia said the final voter turnout for the first BARMM parliamentary elections is 84.34%. β VDV, GMA News
