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The Pampanga 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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of
Pampanga Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga (; ; ), is a province in Central Luzon in the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac to the north, Nueva Ecija to the northeast, Bulacan to the east, ...
. The members are elected via
plurality-at-large voting Plurality block voting is a type of block voting method for multi-winner elections. Each voter may cast as many votes as the number of seats to be filled. The candidates with the most votes are elected. The usual result when the candidates div ...
: the province is divided into four districts, the first and fourth districts sending two members each, and the second and third districts sending three members each to the provincial board; 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. The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the
legislative districts of Pampanga The legislative districts of Pampanga are the representations of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Pampanga and the Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanized city of Angeles City, Angeles in the List of legislature ...
, with the exception that
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, a highly urbanized city, is excluded in the first district. Aside from the regular members, the board also includes the provincial federation presidents of the
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(ABC, from its old name "Association of Barangay Captains"), the
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(SK, youth councils) and the
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(PCL).


Apportionment


List of members


Current members

These are the members after the
2022 Philippine local elections Local elections in the Philippines took place on May 9, 2022. These were conducted together with the 2022 Philippine general election, 2022 general election for national positions. All elected positions above the barangay (village) level but below ...
: * Vice Governor:
Dennis Pineda Dennis "Delta" Garcia Pineda (born May 6, 1974) is a Filipino politician, basketball head coach and businessman from the province of Pampanga in the Philippines. He currently serves as the 29th Governor of Pampanga. He was a former Vice Gove ...
( NPC) Note: Since April 15, 2024, the first seat from the 2nd District of Pampanga is vacant due to the resignation of Mylyn Pineda-Cayabyab as a result of her voter's registration transfer to
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which is part of 3rd District of Pampanga.


References

{{Sangguniang Panlalawigan Provincial boards in the Philippines Government of Pampanga