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The city is designated as the "Lone Legislative District of General Santos" in the title of Republic Act No. 11243, but also as the "Third Legislative District of South Cotabato" in the text. [7] However, the city effectively constitutes a lone district, [8] as it does not vote for provincial officials of South Cotabato.
Despite the reallocation of 63 barangays of Cotabato to the Bangsamoro in early 2019 (later known as the Special Geographic Area or SGA), voters in that region are able to vote for local provincial positions including district representatives for the 2019 elections. [11] However they were barred to do so by the Comelec in the 2022 elections ...
South Cotabato, [a] officially the Province of South Cotabato, is a province in the Philippines located in the Soccsksargen region in Mindanao.Its capital is Koronadal (also the regional center of Soccsksargen), and it borders Sultan Kudarat to the north and west, Sarangani to the south and northeast, and Davao del Sur to the far northeast.
The South Cotabato Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of South Cotabato.. 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 ...
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South Cotabato's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of South Cotabato. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987. [3] The district covers its southern municipalities of Polomolok, Tampakan and Tupi, and, until 2022, the independent city of General Santos.
Below is a full list of primary-level subdivisions of local government in the Philippines.As of June 11, 2024, there are 82 provinces ( province ), 33 highly urbanized cities ( HUC ), 5 independent component cities ( ICC ), and one independent municipality ( NCR municipality ).
Representation to the legislature traces its origin to the Spanish era, when the Philippines was granted very limited representation to the Spanish Cortes.During the American period, when the Philippine Bill of 1902 was enacted, the first Philippine Assembly was established as the lower house and the then-existing Philippine Commission as the upper house.