South Cotabato Provincial Board

Legislative body of the province of South Cotabato, Philippines

South Cotabato Provincial Board

Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Timog Cotabato

Type
Type|

Unicameral

Term limits

| 3 terms (9 years)
Leadership

Presiding Officer

Arthur Pingoy Jr., PFP
since June 30, 2022

Structure
Seats| 14 board members
1 ex officio presiding officer

Political groups

PFP (8)
PDP–Laban (2)
NP (1)
Nonpartisan (3)
Committees| Standing Committees of the Provincial Board

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 9, 2022

Next election

| May 12, 2025
Meeting place
South Cotabato Provincial Capitol, Koronadal

The South Cotabato Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of South Cotabato.

The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two districts, the first district sending three members, and the second district sending seven members 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 South 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). South 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
2010–2025  | 3  | 7  | —  | 3  |  | 13
2025-present  | 3  | 3  | 4  | 3  | 1  | 14

## List of members

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### Current members

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These are the members after the 2022 local elections[1] and 2022 barangay and SK elections:

* Vice Governor: Arthur Pingoy Jr. (PFP)

District/
League/
Sector  | Board member  | Party  | Start of term  | End of term

|
|
|
|

1st  |  | Nilda Almencion  | PFP | June 30, 2022  | June 30, 2025
1st  |  | Noel Escobillo  | PFP | June 30, 2019  | June 30, 2025
1st  |  | Alan Ines  | PDP-Laban | June 30, 2022  | June 30, 2025
2nd  |  | Marie Hurtado  | PFP | June 30, 2022  | June 30, 2025
2nd  |  | Ervin Luntao  | PFP | June 30, 2022  | June 30, 2025
2nd  |  | Miguel Matinong  | PFP | June 30, 2022  | June 30, 2025
2nd  |  | Alicia Nicole Causing[a] | PFP | October 24, 2023[2] | June 30, 2025
2nd  |  | Henry Ladot  | PFP | June 30, 2019  | June 30, 2025
2nd  |  | Cecile Diel  | PFP | June 30, 2022  | June 30, 2025
2nd  |  | Dardanillo Dar  | PDP-Laban | June 30, 2019  | June 30, 2025
ABC |  | Neil Ryan Escobillo  | Nonpartisan  | January 12, 2024  | December 31, 2025
PCL |  | Sharmaigne Arianne Sala[3] | NP  | July 1, 2022  | June 30, 2025
SK |  | Vincent Figueroa[3] | Nonpartisan  | January 12, 204  | December 31, 2025
IPMR |  | Edgar Sambog[3] | Nonpartisan  | February 12, 2018  | February 12, 2021

## Notes

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1. ^ Appointed by President Bongbong Marcos to replace her mother, Lyndale Causing, who died in office on June 10, 2023.

## References

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1. ^ "LIST OF ELECTED PROVINCIAL CANDIDATES" (PDF). COMELEC.gov.ph.
2. ^ "Congratulations Board Member Alicia Nicole Causing!". Reynaldo Sucayan Tamayo Jr. Facebook Page. October 24, 2023. `{{cite web}}`: External link in ``|website=`` (help)
3. ^ a b c "Provincial Officials". South Cotabato Government. Retrieved 2020-08-18.

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