The Camarines Norte Provincial Board is the

Sangguniang Panlalawigan Sangguniang Panlalawigan (abbreviated as SP; ), commonly known as the Provincial Board, are the legislatures in Provinces of the Philippines, Philippine provinces. They are the legislative branches of the provinces, and their powers and responsibi ...

(provincial legislature) of the

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Camarines Norte Camarines Norte (; ), officially the Province of Camarines Norte (; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon. Its capital is Daet, Camarines Norte, Daet, the most populous town in the ...

. The members are elected via

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: 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

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province-wide. Beginning in 2010, the districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the

legislative districts of Camarines Norte The legislative districts of Camarines Norte are the representations of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Camarines Norte in the List of legislatures of the Philippines, various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is ...

. Prior to 2010 when the province was just one congressional district, the Commission on Elections divided the province into two provincial board districts.

District apportionment

List of members

An additional three ''ex officio'' members are the presidents of the provincial chapters of the

Liga ng mga Barangay The Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas (League of Barangays in the Philippines) and the Asosasyon ng mga Kapitan ng Barangay (Association of Barangay Captains, ABC) are formal organizations of all the barangays in the Philippines. Presently, alm ...

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, the

Sangguniang Kabataan A Sangguniang Kabataan (abbreviated as SK; ) is a community council that represents the youth in a barangay in the Philippines. Established to provide young people with a platform for civic engagement and participation in Local government in ...

provincial president; the municipal and city (if applicable) presidents of the Liga ng mga Barangay, Councilor's League and Sangguniang Kabataan, shall elect amongst themselves their provincial presidents which shall be their representatives at the board.

Current members

These are the members after the 2022 local elections and 2023 barangay and SK elections: * Vice Governor: Joseph V. Ascutia (

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)

Vice Governor

1st District

Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Capalonga Capalonga, officially the Municipality of Capalonga (), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,223 people. History Agtas and Dumagats are believed to be the fi ...

, Jose Panganiban, Labo,

Paracale Paracale, officially the Municipality of Paracale (), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 60,198 people. Paracle’s economy is driven by agriculture and small s ...

, Santa Elena * Population (2020): 312,910

2nd District

Basud Basud, officially the Municipality of Basud (; ), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 45,133 people. Geography The municipality has a total land area of , rep ...

Daet Daet (), officially the Municipality of Daet (; ), is a municipality and capital of the province of Camarines Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 111,700 people making it the most populous in the province ...

, Mercedes, San Lorenzo Ruiz, San Vicente, Talisay,

Vinzons Vinzons officially the Municipality of Vinzons (), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 43,485 people. The Calaguas Islands is under the jurisdiction of Vinzons ...

* Population (2020): 316,789

Footnotes

References

External links

Official website
{{Sangguniang Panlalawigan Provincial boards in the Philippines Politics of Camarines Norte