Ilocos Norte Provincial Board

The Ilocos Norte Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Ilocos Norte.

Ilocos Norte Provincial Board

Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Ilocos Norte
Type
Type
Term limits
3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer
Cecilia Araneta-Marcos, Nacionalista Party
since June 30, 2019
Structure
Seats13 board members
1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups
  Nacionalista (9)
  PDP–Laban (2)
  Nonpartisan (2)
Length of term
3 years
AuthorityLocal Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Last election
May 13, 2019
Next election
May 9, 2022
Meeting place
Ilocos Norte Provincial Capitol, Laoag

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.

The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Ilocos Norte.

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).

Apportionment
Elections Seats per district Ex officio seats Total seats
1st 2nd
2010–present 5 5 3 13

List of members

Current members

These are the members after the 2019 local elections[1] and 2018 barangay and SK elections:

District Board member Party Start of term End of term
1st Rodolfo Christian Fariñas PDP–Laban June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
1st Franklin Dante Respicio Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
1st Saul Lazo Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
1st Portia Pamela Salenda Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
1st Donald Nicolas Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd Medeldorf Gaoat Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd Domingo Ambrocio Jr. Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd Da Vinci Crisostomo Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd James Paul Nalupta Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd Aladine Santos PDP–Laban June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
League Board member Party Start of term End of term
ABC Elmer Faylogna[2] Nonpartisan July 30, 2018 January 1, 2023
PCL Handy Lao[3] Nacionalista September 5, 2019 June 30, 2022
SK Rafael Medina[4] Nonpartisan June 8, 2018 January 1, 2023

References
  1. "LIST OF ELECTED PROVINCIAL CANDIDATES" (PDF). COMELEC.gov.ph.
  2. Adriano, Leilanie. "New ABC prexy vows to support Ilocos Norte gov't". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  3. "NEW PCL PROVINCIAL FEDERATION OFFICERS". Ilocos Sentinel. 2019-09-08. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  4. "SK Federated President is newest Prov'l Board member, chairs Committee on Youth, Sports". ilocosnorte.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
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