2023 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections

Common card · No. 487336

Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in the Philippines were held on October 30, 2023. The elections determined 42,001 barangay captains and 294,007 barangay councilors, for a total of 336,008 seats. Five seats in each Sangguniang Barangay (barangay council) were needed for a majority. Barangays are the smallest type of local government unit in the Philippines, and their governance is nonpartisan. Elections for the local youth councils, Sangguniang Kabataan (SK), were held at the same time. The youth elected an SK chairperson and seven SK councilors in each barangay. The SK chairperson automatically served as an ex officio member of the Sangguniang Barangay. Members of the Sangguniang Barangay designated as Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representatives (IPMRs) were not elected as part of the BSKE. The elections were originally scheduled to be held in May 2020. In December 2019, a law was passed postponing the election to December 2022. In October 2022, another law was passed...

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