The Occidental Mindoro Provincial Board is the
Sangguniang Panlalawigan
Sangguniang Panlalawigan (abbreviated as SP; ), commonly known as the Provincial Board, are the legislatures in Philippine provinces. They are the legislative branches of the provinces, and their powers and responsibilities are defined by the Loca ...
(provincial legislature) of the
Philippine province of
Occidental Mindoro.
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
Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which a candidate, or candidates, who poll more than any other counterpart (that is, receive a plurality), are elected. In systems based on single-member districts, it elects just one member per ...
province-wide.
The districts used in appropriation of members is not coextensive with the
legislative district of Occidental Mindoro; unlike congressional representation which is at-large, Occidental Mindoro is divided into two districts for representation in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
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). Occidental Mindoro's provincial board also has a reserved seat for its indigenous people (IPMR).
Apportionment
List of members
Current members
These are the members after the
2019 local elections and
2018 barangay and SK elections:
* Vice Governor: Peter Alfaro (
PDP–Laban)
References
{{Sangguniang Panlalawigan
Politics of Occidental Mindoro
Provincial boards in the Philippines