Apayao Provincial Board

Apayao Provincial Board Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Apayao
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer	Kyle Mariah Chelsea S. Bulut-Cunan, Lakas since June 30, 2025
Structure
Seats	14 board members 1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups	NPC (5)   Lakas-CMD (5)   TBD (1)   Nonpartisan (3)
Length of term	3 years
Authority	Local Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large (regular members) Indirect election (ex officio members) Acclamation (sectoral member)
Last election	May 12, 2025
Next election	May 15, 2028
Meeting place
Apayao Capitol, Luna

The Apayao Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial legislature of the Philippine province of Apayao.

The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two districts, each sending four members to the provincial board; the electorate votes for four members, with the four candidates with the highest number of votes being elected. 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.

Seat apportionment

Elections	No. of seats per district		Ex officio seats	Reserved seats	Total seats
	1st	2nd
2004–2010	4	4	3	—	11
2010–2025	4	4	3	1	12
2025–present	5	5	3	1	14

List of members

An additional three ex officio members are the presidents of the provincial chapters of the Association of Barangay Captains, the Councilors' League, the Sangguniang Kabataan provincial president; the municipal and city (if applicable) presidents of the Association of Barangay Captains, Councilor's League and Sangguniang Kabataan, shall elect amongst themselves their provincial presidents which shall be their representatives at the board.

Current members

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

• Vice Governor: Kyle Mariah Chelsea S. Bulut-Cunan (Lakas)

Seat	Board member		Party	Start of term	End of term
1st district		Alison T. Betat	NPC	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
		Rosario B. Labueng	NPC	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Samuela A. Agnas-Real	Lakas-CMD	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2028
		Vincent S. Talattag	NPC	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
		Girlie B. Laylay-uy	Lakas-CMD	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
2nd district		Josephine M. Bangsil	NPC	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Mailah Haylee L. Ballesteros	Lakas-CMD	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2028
		Hector Reuel D. Pascua	NPC	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Ricky A. Laoat	Lakas-CMD	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Vic F. Maruquin	Lakas-CMD	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
ABC		Marcial Valiente	Nonpartisan	January 29, 2024 [1]	January 1, 2026
PCL		[ to be determined ]			June 30, 2028
SK		Hanz Gerald Palacay	Nonpartisan	December 11, 2023	January 1, 2026
IPMR		John Anthony Amid [2]	Nonpartisan	January 24, 2023	January 24, 2026

Vice Governor

Election year	Name	Party
1998	Paul Delwasen
2001
2004			NPC
2007	Hector Pascua		Lakas
2010			Lakas–Kampi
2013			Liberal
2016	Remy Albano		Liberal
2019			Liberal
2022			KBL
2025	Kyle Mariah Chelsea S. Bulut-Cunan		Lakas

1st District

• Municipalities: Calanasan, Conner, Kabugao
• Population (2020): 56,317

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)
2004		Antonio Deguiom (NPC)		Jaime Amid (NPC)		Dionesio Agudelo (NPC)		Tolentino Mangalad (NPC)
2007		Angelo Umingli		Frederick Amid		Sedolito Agunos		Tolentino Mangalao (Lakas-CMD)
2010		Angel Umingli (Lakas-Kampi)		Frederick Amid (Lakas-Kampi)		Sedolito Agunos (Lakas-Kampi)		Jose Hortelano (Lakas-Kampi)
2013		Angel Umingli (Nacionalista)		Frederick Amid (Liberal)		Sedolito Agunos (Liberal)		Shirley Romero (Nacionalista)
2016		Alison Betat (Liberal)		Anton Loui Talimbatog (Liberal)		Tolentino Mangalao (UNA)		Shirley Romero (Liberal)
2019		Samuela Real (NPC)		Anton Loui Talimbatog (NPC)		Tolentino Mangalao (NPC)		Shirley Romero (PDP–Laban)
2022		Kyle Bulut (NPC)		Alison Betat (NPC)		Vincent Talattag (NPC)		Jun Labueng (Independent)
2025		Alison T. Betat (NPC)		Rosario B. Labueng Jr. (NPC)		Samuela A. Agnas-Real (Lakas-CMD)		Vincent S. Talattag (NPC)		Girlie B. Laylay-uy (Lakas-CMD)

2nd District

• Municipalities: Flora, Luna, Pudtol, Santa Marcela
• Population (2020): 68,049

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)
2004		Hector Pascua (NPC)		Emiliano Galleon (NPC)		Elmer Canonizado (NPC)		Mailah Ballesteros (NPC)
2007		Bobby Balanay		Remy Albano		Catalina Galleon
2010		Bobby Balanay (Lakas-Kampi)		Remy Albano (Lakas-Kampi)		Catalina Galleon (Lakas-Kampi)		Norman Agonoy (Lakas-Kampi)
2013		Bobby Balanay (Liberal)		Remy Albano (Liberal)		Catalina Galleon (Liberal)		Mailah Haylee Ballesteros (NPC)
2016		Mcleen Julian (Liberal)		Emiliano Galleon (UNA)		Elmer Molina (Independent)
2019				Emiliano Galleon (PDP–Laban)		Elmer Molina (PDP–Laban)
2022		Mcleen Julian (PDP–Laban)						Elmer Canonizado (Independent)
2025		Josephine M. Bangsil (NPC)		Mailah Haylee L. Ballesteros (Lakas-CMD)		Hector Reuel D. Pascua (NPC)		Ricky A. Laoat (Lakas-CMD)		Vic F. Maruquin (Lakas-CMD)

References

1. Local Government Unit of Flora, Apayao (17 January 2024). "Our newly elected 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐀 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓". Facebook. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
2. "Gov. Butzy swears in new Apayao IPMR". Apayao News | PIO. 2023-01-24. Retrieved 2024-01-13.