Bulacan Provincial Board

The Bulacan Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Bulacan.

Bulacan Provincial Board Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Bulacan
12th Sangguniang Panlalawigan
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer	Alexis Castro, NUP since June 30, 2022
Structure
Seats	18 board members 1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups	NUP (8)   PFP (2)   Lakas (2)   AR (1)   NPC (1)   Independent (1)   Nonpartisan (3)
Length of term	3 years
Authority	Local Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large (regular members) Indirect election (ex officio members) Acclamation (sectoral member)
Last election	May 12, 2025
Next election	May 15, 2028
Meeting place
Benigno S. Aquino Jr. Hall, Bulacan Provincial Capitol, Malolos
Website
sp.bulacan.gov.ph

The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into six Sangguniang Panlalawigan districts, and each district send two members since 2022; 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 plurality voting system province-wide.

The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Bulacan, with the exception that the Legislative district of San Jose del Monte being a part of the 4th provincial board district until 2025.

District apportionment

Elections	No. of seats per district							Ex officio seats	Reserved seats	Total seats
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	SJDM
2004–16	3	2	2	3	—	—	—	3	0	13
2017–21	3	2	2	3	—	—	—	3	1	14
2022–24	2	2	2	2	2	2	—	3	1	16
2025–beyond	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	18

In May 2024, the Supreme Court ordered the addition of two seats in the Board for San Jose del Monte following a petition by Representative Florida Robes.^[1][2][3]

List of members

BPB Session Hall, 2013

Ninoy Aquino-BPB Members photos

An additional three ex officio members are the presidents of the provincial chapters of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC), the Philippine Councilors League (PCL), the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) provincial president shall elect amongst themselves their provincial presidents which shall be their representatives at the board.

Starting in 2017, the province also reserved a seat for its indigenous peoples.^[4]

Current members

• Vice Governor: Alexis Castro (NUP)

Seat	Board member		Party	Term number	Start of term	End of term
Bulacan's 1st district		Michael Aquino	NUP	1	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Romina Fermin	Independent	3	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2028
Bulacan's 2nd district		Erlene Luz dela Cruz	NUP	3	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2028
		Lee Edward Nicolas	NUP	2	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
Bulacan's 3rd district		Romeo Castro Jr.	NUP	3	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2028
		Raul Mariano	NUP	2	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
Bulacan's 4th district		Anna Kathrina Hernandez	PFP	1	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		William Villarica	PFP	1	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
Bulacan's 5th district		Richard Roque	NUP	2	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
		Cezar Mendoza	NUP	2	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
Bulacan's 6th district		Renato de Guzman Jr.	Lakas	2	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
		Arthur Legaspi	Lakas	2	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
San Jose del Monte's at-large district		Enrique delos Santos Jr.	NUP	3	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2028
		Efren Bartolome Jr.	AR	1	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
ABC		Fortunato Angeles	Nonpartisan	1	October 3, 2024	January 1, 2026
PCL		Josef Andrew Mendoza	NPC	1	July 29, 2025	June 30, 2028
SK		Casey Tyrone Howard[5]	Nonpartisan	1	November 28, 2023	January 1, 2026
IPMR		Liberato Sembrano[6]	Nonpartisan	2	February 5, 2021	February 5, 2027

Membership summary

Election year	#	VG	ABC	IP MR	PCL	SK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Controlling party
2004 local	5th			—	?												—	—	—	—		Lakas
2007 local	6th			—	?												—	—	—	—		No majority
2010 local	7th			—													—	—	—	—		Liberal
2013 local	8th			—		—1											—	—	—	—		NUP
2016 local	9th			—													—	—	—	—		Liberal
2017 IPMR																						Liberal
2018 BSKE																						Liberal
2019 local	10th																—	—	—	—		NUP
2021 IPMR																						NUP
2022 local	11th																		—	—		No majority
2023 BSKE																						No majority
2024 IPMR																						No majority
2025 local	12th																					NUP

^1 The term of elected officials of the Sangguniang Kabataan elected in 2010 expired on November 30, 2013, and were not replaced.

Vice Governor

Election year	Name	Party
1988	Ricardo Nicolas, Jr (until 1989)
	Ramon Villarama (since 1989)
1992	Josefina dela Cruz
1995
1998	Aurelio Plamenco		Lakas
2001			Lakas
2004			Lakas
2007	Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado		Lakas
2010	Daniel Fernando		Lakas–Kampi
2013			NUP
2016			Liberal
2019	Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado		NUP
2022	Alex Castro		NUP
2025			NUP

1st District

• City: Malolos
• Municipalities: Bulakan, Calumpit, Hagonoy, Paombong, Pulilan
• Population (2020): 758,872

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)
2004		Pacifico Aniag (Lakas)		Patrocinio Laderas (Lakas)		Raul Mendoza (Lakas)
2007		Christian Natividad (KAMPI)		Vicente Cruz, Sr. (Lakas)		Patrocinio Laderas (KAMPI)
2010		Michael Fermin (Liberal)		Felix Ople (Liberal)		Therese Cheryll Ople (Lakas-Kampi)
2013		Michael Fermin (NUP)		Felix Ople (NUP)		Therese Cheryll Ople (NUP)
2016		Felix Ople (Liberal)		Therese Cheryll Ople (Liberal)		Allan Andan (NPC)
2019		Allan Andan (PDP–Laban)		Romina Fermin (NUP)		Bernando Ople Jr. (NUP)
2022				Romina Fermin (PDP-Laban)	Seat eliminated
2025		Michael Aquino (NUP)		Romina Fermin (Independent)

2nd District

• City: Baliwag
• Municipalities: Bustos, Plaridel
• Population (2020): 360,101

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2004		Daniel Fernando (Lakas)		Ariel Arceo (Lakas)
2007		Ramon Posadas (KAMPI)		Ariel Arceo (UNO)
2010		Ramon Posadas (Liberal)		Enrique dela Cruz, Jr. (Liberal)
2013		Ramon Posadas (NUP)		Enrique dela Cruz, Jr. (NUP)
2016		Enrique dela Cruz, Jr. (Liberal)		Ma. Lourdes Posadas (Liberal)
2019		Erlene Luz dela Cruz (NUP)		Ramon Posadas (NUP)
2022				Lee Edward Nicolas (PDP-Laban)
2025				Lee Edward Nicolas (NUP)

3rd District

• Municipalities: Doña Remedios Trinidad, San Ildefonso, San Miguel, San Rafael
• Population (2020): 419,539

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2004		Enrique Viudez II (Lakas)		Ernesto Sulit (Lakas)
2007		Enrique Viudez II (KAMPI)
2010		Enrique Viudez II (Liberal)		Rino Castro (Liberal)
2013		Rino Castro (NUP)		Ernesto Sulit (Liberal)
2016		Rino Castro (NPC)		Emelita Viceo (Liberal)
2019		Romeo Castro, Jr. (NUP)		Emelita Viceo (NUP)
2022				Raul Mariano (NUP)
2025

4th District

• Cities: Meycauayan
• Municipalities: Marilao, Obando
• Population (2020): 1,191,917

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)
2004		Enrique delos Santos (Lakas)		Glenn Santos (Lakas)		Primitivo Tamayo (Lakas)
2007		Eulogio Sarmiento III (Lakas)		Enrique delos Santos, Jr. (KAMPI)		Glenn Santos (KAMPI)
2010		Eulogio Sarmiento III (Liberal)		Enrique delos Santos, Jr. (Liberal)		Romeo Allan Robes (Lakas-Kampi)
2013		Eulogio Sarmiento III (NUP)		Enrique delos Santos, Jr. (NUP)		Allan Ray Baluyut (Nacionalista)
2016		Alexis Castro (NPC)		Allan Ray Baluyut (Liberal)		Perlita delos Santos (Liberal)
2019		Enrique delos Santos, Jr. (PDP–Laban)		Alexis Castro (NUP)		Allan Ray Baluyut (NUP)
2022				Allen Dale Baluyut (NUP)	Seat eliminated
2025		Anna Kathrina Hernandez (PFP)		William Villarica (PFP)	Seat eliminated

5th District

• Municipalities: Balagtas, Bocaue, Guiguinto, Pandi
• Population (2020): 486,960

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2022		Richard Roque (NUP)		Cezar Mendoza (NUP)
2025

6th District

• Municipalities: Angat, Norzagaray, Santa Maria
• Population (2020): 491,501

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2022		Renato de Guzman, Jr. (PDP–Laban)		Arthur Legaspi (PDP-Laban)
2025		Renato de Guzman, Jr. (Lakas-CMD)		Arthur Legaspi (Lakas-CMD)

San Jose del Monte's at-large district

• City: San Jose del Monte
• Population (2020): 651,813

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2025		Enrique delos Santos, Jr. (NUP)		Efren Bartolome, Jr. (AR)

Liga ng mga Barangay seat

Election year	Member
2007	Ferdinand Estrella
2010	Mark Cholo Violago
2013
2018	Ramilito Capistrano (2018–2024)[7][a]
2023
	Fortunato Angeles

Sangguniang Kabataan seat

Election year	Member
2007	Mark Joseph Guillermo
2010	Mark Jerome Anthony Santiago
2013	none
2018	John Myron Nicolas
2023	Casey Tyrone Howard

Philippine Councilors League seat

Election year	Member (party)
2007		Michael Fermin
2010		Ariel Arceo (PMP)
2013		Ariel Arceo (CDP)
2016		Josef Andrew Mendoza (Independent)
2019		Marie Claudette Serrano (interim) (NUP)
		William Villarica (PDP–Laban)
2022
2025		Josef Andrew Mendoza (NPC)

Indigenous peoples' seat

Year	Member
2017	Norma Roque
2021	Liberato Sembrano[6]
2024

Notes

1. Died in office, October 3, 2024.^[8]