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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The 2025 Bangsamoro Parliament election is scheduled to take place in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on May 12 under the Bangsamoro Organic Law, the charter of the autonomous region of the Philippines.
This election will be the first regular election for the Bangsamoro Parliament and was scheduled to be held in parallel with the 2022 Philippine general election. Elected officials would assume office on June 30, 2025. They would succeed the interim Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament.
The postponement of the elections from 2022 to 2025, was caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and consequentially the absence of a Bangsamoro Electoral Code. The interim regional government and advocacy groups in Mindanao successfully campaigned to move the date of the elections.
When Bangsamoro was formed in 2019, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority served as an interim government of the autonomous region, and also acted as its interim parliament. The interim government is not officially divided through political party affiliation but is instead divided into two groups according to the nominating entity; the majority are nominees of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, while the rest are nominees of the Philippine national government. [1]
Under the law which postponed the elections to 2025, the President of the Philippines may appoint a new set of members for the interim parliament whose term will run until June 30, 2025. [2]
Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament composition | |
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Political group | Seats |
Moro Islamic Liberation Front nominees | 41 / 80 |
National Government nominees | 39 / 80 |
Originally scheduled to be held on May 9, 2022, the Bangsamoro Parliament elections was postponed. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region was cited as justification, which led to the non-passage of a Bangsamoro Electoral Code. The electoral code would be the regional legislation that would define the parliamentary districts for the purpose of the regional elections. The electoral code would be legislated using data from the 2020 census which was likewise affected by the pandemic. [3] In order for the elections to be postponed, the Bangsamoro Organic Law needs to be amended.
The Bangsamoro interim government and some advocacy groups in Mindanao campaigned for the postponement of the polls. [4] [5] Interim Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim reasoned that three years is not enough to restructure the region's government, and that the COVID-19 pandemic and delays on the release of the region's budget caused the delay in the transition process. The postponement also received opposition. Kusug Tausug in the House of Representatives believed that postponing the elections tantamount to justifying the interim Bangsamoro government's performance which it found inadequate. Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan also opposed the extension since he wanted elected officials to lead the region by 2022. [6]
In the Congress, there was a debate if it would be necessary to hold a plebiscite for the potential postponement of the Bangsamoro elections. [7] [6] The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections, amid talks on the possible postponement of the elections, wanted the polls to be "desynchronized" or be held in a different date from the national elections since a new electoral system would be used for the regional elections. [8]
The Senate approved on final reading Senate Bill No. 2214 on September 6, 2021, proposing the postponement of elections to 2025. [9] A counterpart bill in the House of Representatives was approved on September 15. [10] As the two bills were different, it had to be reconciled in a conference committee before being submitted for the president's signature for it to become law, and for it to actually postpone the election. While both bills gave the president of the Philippines the power to appoint the members for the 2019–2022 term, the House bill gave the incumbent president Rodrigo Duterte that power, while the Senate bill gave the winner of the 2022 presidential election that power. [11] In late September, both chambers ratified the conference committee's version of the bill, giving the winning president in the 2022 election the power to appoint the members of the next transitional parliament. [12]
President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law on October 28 the bill postponing the elections to 2025. [13] However Duterte's successor was given the ability still change the parliament's whole composition once they assume office. [14]
Duterte's successor President Bongbong Marcos appointed a new set of members for the interim parliament. Forty-nine were reappointed while are 31 new members. The composition of 41 MILF nominees and 39 government nominees were still retained. [15]
In September 2024, Sulu province was excluded from Bangsamoro by a Supreme Court ruling consequentially excluding it from the 2025 elections, citing that its inclusion in the BARMM was unconstitutional as most of its residents voted against joining the region in the 2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite. [16] The ruling has led to uncertainty regarding the fate of seven seats allotted to Sulu in the Bangsamoro Parliament. [17]
On October 22, 2024, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority adopted a resolution requesting the national Congress to move the election to 2028 on account of Sulu's exclusion from the BARMM. [18] On November 4, 2024, Senate President Chiz Escudero filed Senate bill 2862, which called for the election to be postponed to May 11, 2026 in order for the BARMM "to reconfigure its jurisdictions as well as reallocate" its parliamentary seats following the exclusion of Sulu. [19] A separate bill was also filed in the House of Representatives to postpone the election until 2026 by Speaker Martin Romualdez and Lanao del Sur representative Zia Alonto Adiong. [20]
A group of 35 civil society organizations in Mindanao opposed the postponement of the election and were also critical on the progress of decommissioning of the MILF as an armed rebel group. [21] Maguindanao del Sur governor Mariam Mangudadatu said that there has been fatal skirmishes involving the MILF since 2022, questioning their legitimacy since their leadership in the transition government would consequentially be extended if the elections is postponed. She also brought up a pledge by president Bongbong Marcos that the election will be held as planned in 2025. [22]
The Bagnsamoro regional government has expressed openness to the postponement stating that it is deferring the "sound discretion" of the national Congress. Concerns were largely on the disentrancement of voters in Sulu, especially in the event the Supreme Court reverse its decision. [23] Mohagher Iqbal of the MILF and also a parliament member was surprised of the initiative of the national congress believing that it would be advantageous to the United Bangsamoro Justice Party, the MILF's party, if the election would be held as planned in 2025. [24] On November 21, Basilan governor Hadjiman Hataman Salliman, Maguindanao del Norte Governor Abdulraof Macacua, and Tawi-Tawi Governor Yshmael Sali issued a joint statement supporting the postponement, citing the need to address the distribution of parliamentary seats following the exclusion of Sulu. [25]
A total of 80 seats will be contested in the 2025 Bangsamoro elections. The final composition of the parliament after the elections should satisfy the following: [26] [27]
The Bangsamoro parliamentary districts were defined on February 28, 2024 via Bangsamoro Act No. 58. [28] The parliamentary districts exist independently from the congressional districts used to determine representation in the national House of Representatives. [29]
The following is the distribution for the sectoral representatives seats: [27]
The NMIPs, Traditional leaders, and Ulama representatives shall be elected in their own convention/assembly separate from the parliamentary elections. The names of the elected representatives should be submitted to the Commission on Elections seven days prior to the parliamentary elections and would be proclaimed simultaneously with the rest of the elected members of parliament. [27]
Activity | Start | End |
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Publication of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Bangsamoro Electoral Code (Bangsamoro Autonomy Act 35) [31] | April 17, 2024 | |
Filing of petition for registration of regional parliament political parties and regional parliament sectoral organizations [32] [33] | May 15, 2024 | July 1, 2024 (extended from June 7, 2024 [34] ) |
Submission of Sworn Information Update Statement (SIUS) to the Political Finance and Affairs Department (PFAD) and filing of registration or accreditation of a coalition [32] | August 15, 2024 (deadline) | |
Sumbission of Manifestation of Intent to Participate in the Parliamentary Election of party representatives [32] | August 30, 2024 (deadline) | |
Election day | May 12, 2025 |
The period for the filing of candidacies in the election was initially scheduled from October 1-8, 2024. However, the Commission on Elections subsequently moved the date to November 4-9, 2024 due to the exclusion of Sulu from the BARMM by the Supreme Court. [35]
When the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) was asked in May 2021 if they would participate in the not-yet-postponed Bangsamoro elections, they said that they were "ready" but expressed preference that "there would be no election yet", so that they would keep focused on "the delivery of basic services" to residents of Bangsamoro. The UBJP is an affiliate of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, whose nominees form the majority of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament. [36]
On April 24, 2024, the Bangsamoro Peoples Party (BPP), the Al Ittihad-UKB Party and the Serbisyong Inklusibo–Alyansang Progresibo (SIAP) formed an electoral alliance for the 2025 election. [37]
Eligible parties should have at least 10,000 members with chapters throughout the Bangsamoro region. [38] This prerequisite remains despite Sulu's exclusion from Bangsamoro in September 2024. [39]
Eight parties have registered with the Commission on Elections as of March 2024. [40] On May 18, 2024, Sulu governor Abdusakur Mahail Tan announced that he would forego another term as governor in the 2025 local election and challenge Murad Ebrahim as Chief Minister during a rally in Maimbung. He received support from the BARMM Grand Coalition. [41] However, Tan became ineligible to run for chief minister following the Supreme Court decision excluding Sulu from the BARMM on September 9, 2024. [42]
Sixteen political groups sought accreditation for the purpose of parliamentary election. [43] The BARMM Grand Coalition (BGC) registered as a regional party and not as a coalition, although two of its members Al-Ittihad-UKB and SIAP also sought separate accreditations. [44]
As of November 5, 2024, there are eight accredited regional parties, including the BGC. [45] [46]
Name | Leader | Affiliation/s | Seats vying | ||
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Proportional representation | Single member districts | ||||
Al-Ittihad–UKB Party | Suharto Mangudadatu | BARMM Grand Coalition | |||
Bangsamoro Party (BaPa) | Muslimin Sema | Moro National Liberation Front | TBA | ||
Bangsamoro People's Party (BPP) | Mujiv Hataman | BARMM Grand Coalition | |||
BARMM Grand Coalition (BGC) [47] [48] | Abdusakur Mahail Tan (to be confirmed [a] ) | Al-Ittihad–UKB Party Bangsamoro People's Party Salaam Party Serbisyong Inklusibo-Alyansang Progresibo Party | TBA | ||
Moro Ako Party (OK Partylist) | TBA | ||||
Progresibong Bangsamoro Party (PRO Bangsamoro) | Don Mustapha Loong | TBA | |||
Serbisyong Inklusibo-Alyansang Progresibo Party (SIAP) | Mamintal Adiong Jr. | BARMM Grand Coalition | |||
United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) | Murad Ebrahim | Moro Islamic Liberation Front | |||
Name | Leader | Affiliation/s | Status [46] | |
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Amanat Democratic Party (ADP) | Dismissed | |||
Partido Bangon Bangsamoro (PBMM) | Dismissed | |||
Bangsamoro Federal Party | Dismissed | |||
Bangsamoro Peoples Democratic Party (Raayat) | Pending | |||
Indigenous, Settler, Sama and Minorities Alliance Party (ISAMA) | Dismissed | |||
Indigenous People's Democratic Party (IPDP) | Froilyn Mendoza | Lumad people | Dismissed | |
Mahardika Party | Abdulkarim Misuari Nurredha Misuari [50] | Moro National Liberation Front | Dismissed (for motion for consideration) | |
United Advocates for Settler Communities | Pending | |||
The following are the nominees by regional political party. Only nominees for the political party reserved seats are included. It excludes candidates for the parliamentary districts of Bangsamoro or the reserved sectoral representatives seats. [51]
Party | Nominees | |
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Al-Ittihad–UKB Party | None – Not vying for seats via proportional representation | |
Bangsamoro Party | To be announced | |
Bangsamoro People's Party | None – Not vying for seats via proportional representation | |
BARMM Grand Coalition |
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Moro Ako Party |
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Progresibong Bangsamoro Party |
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Serbisyong Inklusibo-Alyansang Progresibo Party | None – Not vying for seats via proportional representation | |
United Bangsamoro Justice Party |
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The traditional leaders sector represent the royal sultanates in Bangsamoro. The following institutions are explicitly named in Section 31 of the Bangsamoro Electoral Code. [52]
Abdusakur "Sakur" Mahail Tan is a Filipino politician and current governor of Sulu in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. He previously served as the Vice Governor of Sulu.
The Moro National Liberation Front Executive Council of 15 is a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in which the group of 15 leaders forged a unity agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The agreement was signed in Kuala Lumpur and coincided with the Filipino President's visit. Muslimin Sema is the current chairman of the group. The government of the Philippines recognizes Sema along with Misuari as representatives of the MNLF despite the recognition of Nur Misuari as chairman by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, which the MNLF is an observer member to. Supposedly, Sema's group together with Habib Mudjahab Hashim's MNLF Islamic Command Council (ICC), somewhat agreed to reunite with the MNLF under Misuari.
Formal peace negotiations between the Government of the Philippines and the various armed groups involved in the Moro conflict began in 1976 when the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front first met to negotiate towards the 1976 Tripoli Agreement, and most recently reached a major milestone in the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) through a plebiscite in 2018, leading to the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. However, conflicts with other smaller armed groups continue to exist.
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