Catanduanes Provincial Board Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Catanduanes | |
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Type | |
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Term limits | 3 terms (9 years) |
Leadership | |
Presiding Officer | Robert Fernandez, Lakas-CMD since June 30, 2025 |
Structure | |
Seats | 13 board members 1 ex officio presiding officer |
Political groups | |
Length of term | 3 years |
Authority | Local Government Code of the Philippines |
Elections | |
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Last election | May 12, 2025 |
Next election | May 8, 2028 |
Meeting place | |
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Catanduanes Provincial Capitol, Virac |
The Catanduanes Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Catanduanes.
The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two districts, each having five seats. A voter votes up to five names, with the top five candidates per district 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.
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) as ex officio members. They join the board once they are elected as president of their respective league or federation shortly after the start of their terms following the regular local elections (in the case of PCL) or the barangay and SK elections (in the case of ABC and SK).
The districts used in appropriation of members is not coextensive with the legislative district of Catanduanes; unlike congressional representation which is at-large, Catanduanes is divided into two districts for representation in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
The first district includes the western side of the province, encompassing the capital, Virac, as well as the municipalities of Caramoran and San Andres. The second district comprises the eastern municipalities of Bagamanoc, Baras, Bato, Gigmoto, Pandan, Panganiban, San Miguel, and Viga.
In 2025, both districts gained 1 additional seat each after the Department of Finance upgraded the province's income classification to 2nd class, from 3rd class. [1]
Elections | Seats per district | Ex officio seats | Total seats | |
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1st | 2nd | |||
1992–1998 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
1998–2025 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
2025–present | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
These are the members after the 2023 barangay and SK elections and the 2025 local elections. [2]
The names of regular members are listed in order of their rank in the local election in their respective district.
Seat | Board member | Party | Term number | Start of term | End of term | |
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1st district | Santos Zafe | Lakas | 3 | June 30, 2019 | June 30, 2028 | |
Fred Benedict Gianan | Lakas | 1 | June 30, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | ||
Jose Romeo Francisco | Lakas | 2 | June 30, 2022 | June 30, 2028 | ||
Xyrell Albaniel | Lakas | 1 | June 30, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | ||
Giovanni Balmadrid | NPC | 1 | June 30, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | ||
2nd district | Edwin Tanael | Lakas | 3 | June 30, 2019 | June 30, 2028 | |
Lorenzo Templonuevo, Jr. | NPC | 1 | June 30, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | ||
Josevan Balidoy | Lakas | 2 | June 30, 2022 | June 30, 2028 | ||
Dean Roberto Vergara | Lakas | 2 | June 30, 2022 | June 30, 2028 | ||
Arnel Turado | NPC | 1 | June 30, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | ||
ABC | Tito Villamor [3] | Nonpartisan | 1 | January 12, 2024 | January 1, 2026 | |
PCL | Vacant [a] | |||||
SK | Vacant [b] | Nonpartisan | – | TBD | TBD |
Election year | Name | Party | |
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1992 [4] | Severo Alcantara | NPC | |
1995 | Teofisto Verceles | Lakas | |
1998 | Alfred Aquino | Lakas | |
2001 | Cesar Sarmiento | Reporma | |
2004 | Vincent Villaluna | Independent | |
2007 | Alfred Aquino | NPC | |
2010 | Jose Teves Jr. | Lakas | |
2013 | |||
2016 | Shirley Abundo | NPC | |
2019 | PFP | ||
2022 | Peter Cua | PDP–Laban | |
2025 | Robert Fernandez | Lakas |
Election year | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) | |||||
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1992 [4] | Alfred Aquino (LDP) | Fredeswindo Gianan (LDP) | Jesus Tacorda (PDP-Laban) | – | – | |||||
1995 | Catalino Gabao, Jr. (NPC) | Evelyn Lucero-Gutierrez (LP) | – | – | ||||||
1998 | Rafael Zuniega (Lakas-NUCD) | Catalino Gabao, Jr. (Lakas-NUCD) | Evelyn Lucero-Gutierrez (Lakas-NUCD) | Fredeswindo Gianan (Lakas-NUCD) | – | |||||
2001 | Rafael Zuniega (Aksyon) | Natalio Popa, Jr. (Independent) | Angeles Tablizo, Jr. (Reporma) | Fredeswindo Gianan (Aksyon) | – | |||||
2004 | Rafael Zuniega (Reporma) | Shirley Abundo (Lakas) | Rosemarie Zafe (Kampi) | Fredeswindo Gianan, Jr. (NPC) | – | |||||
2007 | Nel Asanza (NPC) | Ariel Molina (NPC) | Natalio Popa, Jr. (Lakas) | – | ||||||
2010 | Nel Asanza (Independent) | Rafael Zuniega (Nacionalista) | Jose Romeo Francisco (NPC) | – | ||||||
2013 | Jorge Reyes (Liberal) | Giovanni Balmadrid (Liberal) | Jose Romeo Francisco (Liberal) | – | ||||||
2016 | Rafael Zuniega (UNA) | Natalio Popa, Jr. (Independent) | Giovanni Balmadrid (NPC) | Jose Romeo Francisco (NPC) | – | |||||
2019 | Natalio Popa, Jr. (PFP) | Santos Zafe (PDP–Laban) | – | |||||||
2022 | Rafael Zuniega (NPC) | Jan Ferdinand Alberto (Independent) | Jose Romeo Francisco (Lakas) | Santos Zafe (Lakas) | – | |||||
2025 | Xyrell Albaniel (Lakas) | Fred Benedict Gianan (Lakas) | Giovanni Balmadrid (NPC) |
Election year | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) | |||||
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1992 [4] | Carlos Aguilar (Lakas–NUCD) | Lilia Evangelista (Lakas–NUCD) | Francisco de los Santos (LDP) | – | – | |||||
1995 | Edwin Tanael (Independent) | – | – | |||||||
1998 | Edwin Tanael (Reporma) | Edgar Tapel (Lakas–NUCD) | – | |||||||
2001 | Julieto Barceta (Reporma) | Romeo Tuplano (Lakas) | Pio Tubalinal (Lakas–NUCD) | – | ||||||
2004 | Rene Vega (NPC) | Roger Pereyra (Lakas) | Edgar Tapel (Reporma) | – | ||||||
2007 | Edwin Tanael (Lakas) | Francisco Camano, Jr. (NPC) | – | |||||||
2010 | Edwin Tanael (Nacionalista) | Wilfredo Santelices (Nacionalista) | Roger Pereyra (Nacionalista) | Marilyn Tatel (NPC) | – | |||||
2013 | Edwin Tanael (UNA) | Lorenzo Templonuevo, Jr. (NPC) | Arnel Turado (Lakas) | Marilyn Tatel (Liberal) | – | |||||
2016 | Vincent Villaluna (NPC) | Arnel Turado (NPC) | Joseph Al Randie Wong (Liberal) | – | ||||||
2019 | Edwin Tanael (Independent) | Robert Fernandez (UNA) | – | |||||||
2022 | Edwin Tanael (Lakas) | Josevan Balidoy (PDP–Laban) | Dean Roberto Vergara (Lakas) | Robert Fernandez (PDR) | – | |||||
2025 | Josevan Balidoy (Lakas) | Lorenzo Templonuevo, Jr. (NPC) | Arnel Turado (NPC) |
Election year | ABC/LB President | Barangay Captain of |
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2018 | Carlomagno Guerrero I | Bgy. Buenavista, Viga |
2023* | Tito Villamor | Bgy. Santa Maria, Panganiban |
*Took office in 2024
Election year | PCL President | Councilor in | |
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2019 | Alan del Valle (UNA) | San Andres | |
2022 | Joselito Alberto (NPC) | Bato | |
2025 | (TBD) |
Election year | SK President | SK Chairperson of |
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2018 | Camille Qua | Bgy. Belmonte, San Andres |
2023* | Fred Benedict Gianan | Bgy. Calatagan Proper, Virac |
*Took office in 2024