Barangay elections

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Barangay elections are elections in the Philippines in the barangays, the smallest of the administrative divisions in the Philippines. Barangays make up cities and municipalities and in turn are made up of sitios and puroks, whose leaders are not elected. Voters of each barangay over 18 years old are eligible to vote for one barangay captain and seven barangay councilors. Together, the barangay captain and barangay councilors make up the Sangguniang Barangay (barangay council). Voters aged 15 to 30 years old vote in elections for the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK): one SK chairperson and seven SK councilors during the same election. The winning SK chairperson serves as a member of the barangay council.

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Barangay captains and SK chairmen are elected via first-past-the-post voting system, while barangay and SK councilors are elected via the plurality-at-large voting system with one barangay as an at-large "district".

While candidates are nominally nonpartisan and do not represent political parties, slates consisting of a candidate for a barangay captain and seven barangay councilor candidates are not uncommon; SK slates are also sometimes connected to a slate of a barangay captain. Winning candidates serve for a term of three years, with reelection of up to two more times. Terms of office for barangay officials are usually extended when elections are postponed as a cost-saving measure.

Winning barangay captains in a certain municipality or city elect amongst themselves an Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) president that will serve as their representative in the Sangguniang Bayan (municipal council) or Sangguniang Panlungsod (city council). ABC presidents in a certain province will elect amongst their representative in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board). ABC presidents in provincial boards and city councils not under a jurisdiction of a province elect amongst themselves a national president and other officials of the League of Barangays of the Philippines.

SK chairmen undergo a similar series of indirect elections at every level, although there is no national leadership at the beginning of 2018.

History

In a 1981 referendum, the electorate was asked if barangay elections should be done after the concurrently-held presidential election; the electorate carried the proposal. The Barangay Election Act of 1982 prescribed that the election shall be on May 17, 1982, terms start on June 7, and that terms shall be for six years.

Elections since 1982

Sangguniang Barangay
DateLawTermStatusTotal barangaysTurnout [1]
YearsStartedTotal%
May 17, 1982 BP 222 6June 7, 1982Completed19,302,91066.35%
May 9, 1988 RA 6653 5January 1, 1989Postponed to November 1988—
November 14, 1988 RA 6679 —Postponed to 1989—
March 28, 1989 May 1, 1989Completed~42,00018,876,33467.50%
May 9, 1994 RA 7160 3May 9, 1994Completed~42,00022,670,53264.75%
May 12, 1997 RA 8524 5May 12, 1997Completed~42,00024,322,41363.78%
July 15, 2002 RA 9164 3August 15, 2002Completed~42,00026,533,45170.30%
October 31, 2005 RA 9340 —Postponed to 200741,995—
October 29, 2007 November 30, 2007Completed31,979,30968.14%
October 25, 2010 November 30, 2010Completed42,09534,154,17470.80%
October 28, 2013 November 30, 2013Completed42,02838,721,42172.11%
October 30, 2016 RA 10923 —Postponed to 201741,948—
October 29, 2017 RA 10952 —Postponed to 2018—
May 14, 2018 June 30, 2018Completed39,977,51669.67%
May 12, 2020 RA 11462 —Postponed to 202242,001—
December 5, 2022—Postponed to 2023—
October 30, 2023 RA 11935
GR 263590 		January 1, 2023CompletedTo be determined
November 17, 2025 RA 11462 January 1, 2026Scheduled
Sangguniang Kabataan
DateLawTermAge rangeStatusSynched with
barangay
elections?		Total barangaysTurnout [2]
YearsStartedTotal%
December 4, 1992 RA 7160 315–21CompletedNo~42,0003,227,92677.20%
May 9, 1994 RA 7808 —Postponed to 1996—~42,000—
May 6, 1996 CompletedNo~42,0003,340,92677.89%
May 9, 2001 RA 8524 5—Postponed to 2002—~42,000—
July 15, 2002 RA 9164 3August 15, 200215–18CompletedYes~42,0001,980,82977.37%
October 31, 2005 RA 9340 —Postponed to 2007—41,995—
October 29, 2007 November 30, 2007CompletedYes41,9952,542,40885.29%
October 25, 2010 November 30, 2010CompletedYes42,0952,101,40590.54%
October 28, 2013 RA 10632 —Postponed up to 2015Yes42,028—
October 30, 2016 RA 10656 —Postponed to 2017—41,948—
October 29, 2017 RA 10742 —15–30Postponed to 2018—41,948—
May 14, 2018 June 30, 2018CompletedYes41,94813,529,26765.51%
May 12, 2020 RA 11462 —Postponed to 2022—42,001—
December 5, 2022—Postponed to 2023——
October 30, 2023 RA 11935
GR 263590 		January 1, 2023CompletedYesTo be determined
November 17, 2025 RA 11462 January 1, 2026ScheduledYes

Indirect elections

Barangay captain

Barangay captainBarangay captainBarangay captain
Municipal chapterComponent city chapterHighly urbanized
or
independent component
city chapter
Provincial chapter
National chapter

SK chairperson

SK chairpersonSK chairpersonSK chairperson
Municipal chapterComponent city chapterHighly urbanized
or
independent component
city chapter
Provincial chapter

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "COMPARATIVE STATISTICS ON TOTAL NO. OF REGISTERED VOTERS (1982 TO 2022 BARANGAY ELECTIONS)" (PDF). [[Commission on Elections (Philippines)|]]. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ "COMPARATIVE STATISTICS ON TOTAL NO. OF REGISTERED VOTERS (1992 TO 2022 SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN (SK) ELECTIONS)" (PDF). [[Commission on Elections (Philippines)|]]. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
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