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OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE ELECTION LAWS, RULES AND PROCEDURES

Region VIII:

Leyte with the cities of Ormoc and Tacloban, 5;

Southern Leyte, 1;

Eastern Samar, 1;

Northern Samar, 1;

Samar with Calbayog City, 2.

Region IX:

Basilan, 1;

Sulu, 1;

Tawi-Tawi, 1;

Zamboanga del Norte with the cities of Dapitan and

Dipolog, 2;

Zamboanga del Sur with Pagadian City, 3;

Zamboanga City, 1.

Region X:

Agusan del Norte with Butuan City, 1;

Agusan del Sur, 1;

Bukidnon, 2;

Camiguin, 1;

Misamis

Occidental with the cities of Oroquieta,

Ozamis and Tangub, 1;

Misamis Oriental with Gingoog City, 2;

Surigao del Norte with Surigao City, 1;

Cagayan de Oro City, 1.

Region XI:

Surigao del Sur, 1;

Davao del Norte, 3;

Davao Oriental, 1;

Davao del Sur, 2;

South Cotabato with General Santos City, 3;

Davao City, 2.

Region XII:

Lanao del Norte, 1;

Lanao del Sur with Marawi City, 2;

Maguindanao with Cotabato City, 2;

North Cotabato, 2;

Sultan Kudarat, 1;

Iligan City, 1.

Any province that may hereafter be created or any

component city that may hereafter be declared by or

pursuant to law as a highly urbanized city shall be

entitled in the immediately following election to at least

one Member or such number of Members as it may be

entitled to on the basis of the number of the inhabitants

and on the same uniform and progressive ratio used in

the

last

preceding

apportionment.

The

number

of

Members apportioned to the province out of which the

new province was created or where the new highly

urbanized

city

is

geographically

located

shall

be

correspondingly adjusted by the Commission, but such

adjustment

shall not be made within one hundred

twenty days before the election.

Section 25. Voting by province and its component

cities,

by

highly

urbanized

city

or

by

district

in

Metropolitan Manila. — All candidates shall be voted at

large

by

the

registered

voters

of

their

respective

constituencies.

The

candidates corresponding to the

number of Member or Members to be elected in a

constituency who receive the highest number of votes

shall be declared elected.

Section 26. Sectoral representatives. — There shall

be three sectors to be represented in the Batasang

Pambansa, namely: (1) youth; (2) agricultural labor; (3)

industrial labor whose representatives shall be elected in

the manner herein provided. Each sector shall be entitled

to four representatives, two of whom shall come from

Luzon,

one

from

Visayas,

and

one

from Mindanao:

Provided, That the youth sector shall be entitled to two

additional sectoral representatives who shall be elected

from any part of the country.

Section 27. Scope of the sectors. — The agricultural

labor

sector

covers

all

persons

who personally and

physically till the land as their principal occupation. It

includes agricultural tenants and lessees, rural workers

and farm employees, owner-cultivators, settlers and small

fishermen.

The

industrial

labor

sector

includes

all

non-agricultural workers and employees.

The youth sector embraces persons not more than

twenty-five years of age.

Section 28. Selection of sectoral representatives. —

Not later than twenty days after the election of provincial,

city or district representatives, the most representative

and generally recognized organizations or aggroupments

of members of the agricultural labor, industrial labor, and

youth sectors, as attested to by the Ministers of Agrarian

Reform and of Agriculture and Food, the Ministers of

Labor

and

Employment,

and the Ministers of Local

Government

and

of

Education,

Culture

and

Sports,

respectively, shall, in accordance with the procedures of

said organizations or aggroupments of members of the

sector, submit to the President their respective nominees

for each slot allotted for each sector. The President shall

appoint from among the nominees submitted by the

aforementioned

organizations

or

aggroupments

the

representatives of each sector.

In recognizing the most representative and generally

recognized organizations or aggroupments, the Ministers

of Agrarian Reform and of Agriculture and Food, the

Minister of Labor and Employment, and the Ministers of

Local Government and Education, Culture and Sports

shall consider:

(a) The extent of membership and activity of the

organization or aggroupment which should be national;

(b)

The

responsiveness

of

the

organization

or

aggroupment to the legitimate aspirations of its sector;

(c) The militancy and consistency of the organization

or aggroupment in espousing the cause and promoting

the welfare of the sector consistent with that of the whole

country;

(d)

The

observance

by

such

organization

or

aggroupment of the rule of law; and

(e) Other analogous factors.

The President of the Philippines shall, in writing,

notify the Secretary-General of the Batasang Pambansa

of

the

appointment

made

by

him

of

any

sectoral

representative.

Except

as

herein

otherwise

provided,

sectoral

representatives

shall

have

the

same

functions,

responsibilities,

rights,

privileges,

qualifications

and

disqualifications

as

the

representatives

from

the

provinces and their component cities, highly urbanized

cities or districts of Metropolitan Manila.

ARTICLE IV ELECTION OF LOCAL OFFICIALS

Section 29. Regular elections of local officials. —

The election of provincial, city and municipal officials

whose

positions

are

provided

for

by

the

Local

Government

Code

shall

be

held

throughout

the

Philippines in the manner herein prescribed on the first

Monday of May, Nineteen hundred and eighty-six and on

the same day every six years thereafter.

The

officials

elected

shall assume office on the

thirtieth day of June next following the election and shall

hold office for six years and until their successors shall

have been elected and qualified.

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