Cotabato Provincial Board

Legislative body of the province of Cotabato, Philippines

Cotabato Provincial Board

Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng

Type
Type|

Unicameral

Term limits

| 3 terms (9 years)
Leadership

Presiding Officer

Rochella Marie T. Taray, Lakas-CMD
since June 30, 2025

Structure
Seats| 14 board members
1 ex officio presiding officer

Political groups

PDP–Laban (8)
Nacionalista (3)
Nonpartisan (3)

Length of term

| 3 years
Authority| Local Government Code of the Philippines
Elections

Voting system

* Multiple non-transferable vote (regular members)
* Indirect election (ex officio members)
* Acclamation (sectoral member)

Last election

| May 13, 2019

Next election

| May 9, 2022
Meeting place
Cotabato Provincial Capitol, Kidapawan

The Cotabato Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Cotabato, also known as "North Cotabato".

The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into three districts, the first district sending four members, and the second and third sending three members each to the provincial board; the number of candidates the electorate votes for and the number of winning candidates depends on the number of members their district sends. The vice governor is the ex officio presiding officer, and only votes to break ties. The vice governor is elected via the plurality voting system province-wide.

The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Cotabato.

Aside from the regular members, the board also includes the provincial federation presidents of the Liga ng mga Barangay (ABC, from its old name "Association of Barangay Captains"), the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK, youth councils) and the Philippine Councilors League (PCL). Cotabato's provincial board also has a reserved seat for its indigenous people (IPMR).

## Apportionment

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Elections  | Seats per district  | Ex officio seats  | Reserved seats  | Total seats

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|
|
|

1st  | 2nd  | 3rd
2010–2013  | 5  | 5  | —  | 3  | —  | 13
2013–2018  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 3  | —  | 13
2018–present  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 3  | 1  | 14

## List of members

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### Current members

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These are the members after the 2025 local elections and 2023 barangay and SK elections

* Vice Governor: Rochella Marie T. Taray (Lakas-CMD)

Seat  | Board member  | Party  | Start of term  | End of term

|
|
|
|

1st district  |  | Shirlyn D. Macarsarte  | Lakas | June 30, 2019  | June 30, 2028
| Sittie Eljorie C. Antao  | Nacionalista | June 30, 2025  | June 30, 2028
| Rosalie H. Cabaya  | Lakas | June 30, 2025  | June 30, 2028
| Roland D. Jungco  | Nacionalista | June 30, 2019  | June 30, 2028
2nd district  |  | Ryl John C. Caoagdan  | Nacionalista | June 30, 2022  | June 30, 2028
| Joseph A. Evangelista  | NPC | June 30, 2022  | June 30, 2028
| Ma. Krista P. Solis  | KNP | June 30, 2019  | June 30, 2028
3rd disrict  |  | Joemar S. Cerebo  | Lakas | June 30, 2019  | June 30, 2028
| Ivy Martia Lei C. Dalumpines  | Lakas | June 30, 2019  | June 30, 2028
| Reyman L. Saldivar  | Independent | June 30, 2025  | June 30, 2028
ABC |  | Dulia Sultan[1] | Nonpartisan  | July 30, 2018  | January 1, 2023
PCL |  | Alberto Rivera[1] | Nacionalista | July 1, 2019  | June 30, 2022
SK |  | Sarah Simblante[1] | Nonpartisan  | June 8, 2018  | January 1, 2023
IPMR |  | Jaime Odo[1] | Nonpartisan  |  |

### Vice Governor

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Election
year  | Name  | Party  | Ref.

|
|
|

2016  | Greg Ipong  |  | Independent | [2]
2019  | Emmylou Mendoza |  | Nacionalista | [3]
2022  | Efren F. Piñol  |  | Lakas | [4]
2025  | Rochella Marie T. Taray  |  | Nacionalista | [5]

### 1st District

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* Population (2024):

Election
year | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) | Ref.

|
|
|
|
|

2016  |  | Shirlyn D. Macasarte
(Independent)  |  | Rolando C. Sacdalan
(Independent)  |  | Mohammad Kelie U. Antao
(Liberal)  |  | Rosalie H. Cabaya
(Liberal)  | [2]
2019  |  | Shirlyn D. Macasarte
(Nacionalista)  |  | Roland D. Jungco
(Nacionalista)  |  | Mohammad Kelie U. Antao
(Nacionalista)  |  | Rosalie H. Cabaya
(Nacionalista)  | [3]
2022  |  | Edwin L. Cruzado
(PDP–Laban)  |  |  | Manuel Rabara
(PDP–Laban)  |  | Sitie Eljorie C. Antao
(Nacionalista)  | [4]
2025  |  | Shirlyn D. Macasarte
(Lakas)  |  |  | Rosalie H. Cabaya
(Lakas)  |  | [5]

### 2nd District

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* Population (2024):

Election
year | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) | Ref.

|
|
|
|

2016  |  | Cris Candugon
(Independent)  |  | Noel Baynosa
(Independent)  |  | Dina Espina-Chua
(Independent)  | [2]
2019  |  | Ma. Crista Piñol
(PDP–Laban)  |  | Philbert G. Malaluan
(PDP–Laban)  |  | Onofre L. Respicio
(PDP–Laban)  | [3]
2022  |  | Ma. Crista Piñol-Solis
(PDP–Laban)  |  | Joseph A. Evangelista
(Nacionalista)  |  | Ryl John C. Caoagdan
(Nacionalista)  | [4]
2025  |  | Ma. Crista Piñol-Solis
(KANP)  |  | Joseph A. Evangelista
(NPC)  |  | [5]

### 3rd District

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* Population (2024):

Election
year | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) | Ref.

|
|
|
|

2016  |  | Roger Ryan Taliño
(Liberal)  |  | Jonathan M. Tabara
(Liberal)  |  | Socrates Piñol
(PDP–Laban)  | [2]
2019  |  | Ivy Marta Lei Dalumpines
(Nacionalista)  |  | Jonathan M. Tabara
(Nacionalista)  |  | Joemar S. Cerebo
(Nacionalista)  | [3]
2022  |  |  | Jonathan M. Tabara
(Lakas)  |  | Jomar S. Cerebo
(Lakas)  | [4]
2025  |  | Ivy Marta Lei Dalumpines
(Lakas)  |  | Reyman L. Saldivar
(Independent)  |  | [5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Ex Officio Board Members". Province of Cotabato. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
2. ^ a b c d "Eleksyon 2016 COTABATO Election Results". GMA News. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
3. ^ a b c d "Halalan 2019 COTABATO Election Results". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
4. ^ a b c d "Eleksyon 2022 COTABATO Election Results". GMA News. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
5. ^ a b c d "Halalan 2025 COTABATO Election Results". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved August 2, 2025.

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