Bulacan Provincial Board

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

Bulacan Provincial Board Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Bulacan
10th Sangguniang Panlalawigan
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer	Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado, NUP since June 30, 2019
Structure
Seats	14 board members 1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups	NUP (8)   PDP–Laban (3)   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 13, 2019
Next election	May 9, 2022
Meeting place
Benigno S. Aquino Jr. Hall, Bulacan Provincial Capitol, Malolos
Website
sp.bulacan.gov.ph

The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into four districts, the first and fourth districts sending three members to the provincial board, while the second and third send two members; 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 Bulacan, with the exception that the Legislative district of San Jose del Monte being a part of the 4th provincial board district.

District apportionment

Elections	No. of seats per district				Ex officio seats	Reserved seats	Total seats
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
2004–17	3	2	2	3	3	0	13
2017–present	3	2	2	3	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.

Starting in 2017, the province also reserved a seat for its indigenous peoples.[1]

Current members

• Vice Governor: Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado (NUP)

District	Board member		Party	Term number	Start of term	End of term
1st		Allan Andan	PDP–Laban	2	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022
1st		Romina Fermin	NUP	1	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022
1st		Bernando Ople Jr.	NUP	1	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022
2nd		Erlene Luz dela Cruz	NUP	1	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022
2nd		Ramon Posadas	NUP	1	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022
3rd		Romeo Castro	NUP	1	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022
3rd		Emelita Viceo	NUP	2	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022
4th		Enrique delos Santos Jr.	PDP–Laban	1	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022
4th		Alex Castro	NUP	2	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022
4th		Allan Ray Baluyut	NUP	3	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022
League	Board member		Party	Term number	Start of term	End of term
ABC		Ramlito Capistrano	Nonpartisan	1	July 30, 2018	January 1, 2023
PCL		William Villarica	PDP–Laban	1	August 2, 2019	June 30, 2022
SK		John Myron Nicolas	Nonpartisan	1	June 8, 2018	January 1, 2023
Sector	Board member		Party	Term number	Start of term	End of term
IPMR		Norma Roque	Nonpartisan	1	August 2017	August 2020

Membership summary

Election year	VG	ABC	IP MR	PCL	SK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Controlling party
2004 local			—	?													Lakas
2007 local			—	?													No majority
2010 local			—														Liberal
2013 local			—		—^1												NUP
2016 local			—														Liberal
2017 IPMR																	Liberal
2018 barangay																	Liberal
2019 local																	NUP

^1 The term of elected officials of the Sangguniang Kabataan elected in 2010 expired on November 30, 2013, and were not replaced.

Vice Governor

Election year	Name	Party
1998	Aurelio Plamenco		Lakas
2001	Aurelio Plamenco		Lakas
2004	Aurelio Plamenco		Lakas
2007	Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado		Lakas
2010	Daniel Fernando		Lakas–Kampi
2013	Daniel Fernando		NUP
2016	Daniel Fernando		Liberal
2019	Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado		NUP

1st District

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)
2004		Pacifico Aniag (Lakas)		Patrocinio Laderas (Lakas)		Raul Mendoza (Lakas)
2007		Christian Natividad (KAMPI)		Vicente Cruz, Sr. (Lakas)		Patrocinio Laderas (KAMPI)
2010		Michael Fermin (Liberal)		Felix Ople (Liberal)		Therese Cheryll Ople (Lakas-Kampi)
2013		Michael Fermin (NUP)		Felix Ople (NUP)		Therese Cheryll Ople (NUP)
2016		Felix Ople (Liberal)		Therese Cheryll Ople (Liberal)		Allan Andan (NPC)
2019		Allan Andan (PDP–Laban)		Romina Fermin (NUP)		Bernando Ople Jr. (NUP)

2nd District

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2004		Daniel Fernando (Lakas)		Ariel Arceo (Lakas)
2007		Ramon Posadas (KAMPI)		Ariel Arceo (UNO)
2010		Ramon Posadas (Liberal)		Enrique dela Cruz, Jr. (Liberal)
2013		Ramon Posadas (NUP)		Enrique dela Cruz, Jr. (NUP)
2016		Enrique dela Cruz, Jr. (Liberal)		Ma. Lourdes Posadas (Liberal)
2019		Erlene Luz dela Cruz (NUP)		Ramon Posadas (NUP)

3rd District

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2004		Enrique Viudez II (Lakas)		Ernesto Sulit (Lakas)
2007		Enrique Viudez II (KAMPI)		Ernesto Sulit (Lakas)
2010		Enrique Viudez II (Liberal)		Rino Castro (Liberal)
2013		Rino Castro (NUP)		Ernesto Sulit (Liberal)
2016		Rino Castro (NPC)		Emelita Viceo (Liberal)
2019		Romeo Castro, Jr. (NUP)		Emelita Viceo (NUP)

4th District

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)
2004		Enrique delos Santos (Lakas)		Glenn Santos (Lakas)		Primitivo Tamayo (Lakas)
2007		Eulogio Sarmiento III (Lakas)		Enrique delos Santos, Jr. (KAMPI)		Glenn Santos (KAMPI)
2010		Eulogio Sarmiento III (Liberal)		Enrique delos Santos, Jr. (Liberal)		Romeo Allan Robes (Lakas-Kampi)
2013		Eulogio Sarmiento III (NUP)		Enrique delos Santos, Jr. (NUP)		Allan Ray Baluyut (Nacionalista)
2016		Alexis Castro (NPC)		Allan Ray Baluyut (Liberal)		Perlita delos Santos (Liberal)
2019		Enrique delos Santos, Jr. (PDP–Laban)		Alexis Castro (NUP)		Allan Ray Baluyut (NUP)

Ex officio seats

Liga ng mga Barangay and SK Federation seats Election year Liga ng mga Barangay Sangguniang Kabataan 2007 Ferdinand Estrella Mark Joseph Guillermo 2010 Mark Cholo Violago Mark Jerome Anthony Santiago 2013 none 2018 Ramilito Capistrano John Myron Nicolas

Philippine Councilors League seats Election year Member (party) 2007 Michael Fermin 2010 Ariel Arceo (PMP) 2013 Ariel Arceo (CDP) 2016 Josef Andrew Mendoza (Independent) 2019 Marie Claudette Serrano (interim) (NUP) William Villarica (PDP–Laban)

Reserved seats

Year	Indigenous People Mandatory Representation
2017	Norma Roque

References

1. "Welcome to Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Bulacan". sp.bulacan.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-08-01.