South Cotabato Provincial Board

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South Cotabato Provincial Board

Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Timog Cotabato
Type
Type
Term limits
3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer
Arthur Pingoy Jr., PFP
since June 30, 2022
Structure
Seats14 board members
1 ex officio presiding officer
South Cotabato Provincial Board composition.svg
Political groups
  PFP (10)
  TBD (1)
  Nonpartisan (3)
Committees Standing Committees of the Provincial Board
Length of term
3 years
Authority Local Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Last election
May 12, 2025
Next election
May 15, 2028
Meeting place
133rd Regular Session of the 12th Sangguniang Panlalawigan of South Cotabato.jpg
South Cotabato Provincial Capitol, Koronadal

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

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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

ElectionsSeats per districtEx officio seatsReserved seatsTotal seats
1st2nd3rd
2010–202537313
2025–present3343114

List of members

Current members

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

SeatBoard memberPartyStart of termEnd of term
1st districtRubi D. Hatulan-Navarro PFP June 30, 2025June 30, 2028
Noel J. Escobillo PFP June 30, 2019June 30, 2028
Nilda B. Almencion PFP June 30, 2022June 30, 2028
2nd districtAnnabelle G. Pingoy PFP June 30, 2025June 30, 2028
Marie Antonina I. Hurtado PFP June 30, 2022June 30, 2028
Cecile E. Diel PFP June 30, 2022June 30, 2028
3rd districtAlicia Nicole C. Causing [a] PFP October 24, 2023 [1] June 30, 2028
Ervin B. Luntao PFP June 30, 2022June 30, 2028
Ross G. Rosal PFP June 30, 2025June 30, 2028
Sarse C. Atam Jr. PFP June 30, 2025June 30, 2028
ABC Neil Ryan EscobilloNonpartisanJanuary 12, 2024December 31, 2025
PCL TBDJune 30, 2028
SK Vincent Figueroa [2] NonpartisanJanuary 12, 204December 31, 2025
IPMR Edgar Sambog [2] NonpartisanFebruary 12, 2018February 12, 2021

Vice governor

Election
year
NamePartyRef.
2016Vicente De Jesus Liberal [3]
2019 PDP–Laban [4]
2022Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. PFP [5]
2025 PFP [6]

1st district

Election
year
Member (party)Member (party)Member (party)Ref.
2016Gly Mariano-Trabado
(Liberal)
Eamon Gabriel Matti
(NPC)
Romeo S. Tamayo
(NPC)
[3]
2019Gly Mariano-Trabado
(PDP–Laban)
Eamon Gabriel Matti
(PDP–Laban)
Noel J. Escobillo
(PFP)
[4]
2022Nilda B. Almencion
(PFP)
Alan M. Ines
(PDP–Laban)
[5]
2025Rubi D. Hatulan-Navarro
(PFP)
[6]

2nd district

Election
year
Member (party)Member (party)Member (party)Member (party)Ref.
2016Ellen Grace N. Subre-Albios
(Liberal)
Ester M. Catorce
(Liberal)
Agustin D. Dema-ala
(Liberal)
Hilario L. De Pedro, III
(NPC)
[3]
Cecile Diel
(NPC)
Romulo O. Solivio, Sr.
(NPC)
Dardanilo Dar
(NPC)
2019Ellen Grace N. Subre-Albios
(NPC)
Ester M. Catorce
(PDP–Laban)
Daisy Avance-Fuentes
(NPC)
Hilario L. De Pedro, III
(NPC)
[4]
Antonio G. Fungan, Jr.
(PDP–Laban)
Henry L. Ladot
(NPC)
Dardanilo Dar
(NPC)
2022Cecile E. Diel
(PFP)
Marie Antonina I. Hurtado
(PFP)
Ervin B. Luntao
(PFP)
Miguel Matinong
(PFP)
[5]
Lyndale Marietta Causing (until 2023)
(PFP)
Junette Ines Hurtado
(PFP)
Dardanilo Dar
(PDP–Laban)
Alicia Nicole C. Causing (since 2023)
(PFP)
2025Annabelle G. Pingoy
(PFP)
Marie Antonina I. Hurtado
(PFP)
Cecile E. Diel
(PFP)
[6]

3rd district

Election
year
Member (party)Member (party)Member (party)Member (party)Ref.
2025Alicia Nicole C. Causing
(PFP)
Ervin B. Luntao
(PFP)
Ross G. Rosal
(PFP)
Sarse C. Atam Jr.
(PFP)
[6]

Notes

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

References

  1. "Congratulations Board Member Alicia Nicole Causing!". Facebook. October 24, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Provincial Officials". South Cotabato Government. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  3. 1 2 3 "Eleksyon 2016 SOUTH COTABATO Election Results". GMA News . Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Halalan 2019 SOUTH COTABATO Election Results". ABS-CBN News . Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Eleksyon 2022 SOUTH COTABATO Election Results". GMA News . Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Eleksyon 2025 SOUTH COTABATO Election Results". GMA News . Retrieved September 4, 2025.