Laguna Provincial Board

The Laguna Provincial Board (Filipino: Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Laguna) is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Laguna.

Laguna Provincial Board Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Laguna
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer	Magtangol Jose Carait III, Lakas since June 30, 2025
Structure
Seats	13 board members 1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups	NUP (5)   Lakas (5)   PFP (3)   KNP (1)   NPC (1)   Nonpartisan (1)
Length of term	3 years
Authority	Local Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Voting system	Multiple non-transferable vote (regular members) Indirect election (ex officio members)
Last election	May 12, 2025
Next election	May 8, 2028
Meeting place
New Sangguniang Panlalawigan Building, Santa Cruz

The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into four legislative districts, the first and the second sending three members each and the third and fourth sending two members each; the number of the members the electorate votes depends on the number of members their district sends. The candidates with the highest number of votes in each district, depending on the number of members the district sends, are elected.

The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the four legislative districts of Laguna, as well as the lone congressional districts of Biñan, Calamba, and Santa Rosa since 2025.^[1]

Apportionment

Elections	Seats per district[2]							Ex officio seats	Total seats
	Laguna–1st	Laguna–2nd	Laguna–3rd	Laguna–4th	Biñan at-large	Calamba at-large	Santa Rosa at-large
until 2022	3	3	2	2	–	–	–	3	13
2025–beyond	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	17

List of members

Three additional ex officio members are the presidents of the provincial chapter of the Association of Barangay Captains, of the Sangguniang Kabataan, and of the Philippine Councilors League. The municipal and city (if applicable) presidents of the Association of Barangay Captains and of the Sangguniang Kabataan shall elect amongst themselves their provincial presidents who shall be their representatives at the board.

Current members

These are the members after the 2025 local elections and 2023 barangay and SK elections:

• Vice Governor: Magtangol Jose Carait III (Lakas)

District / League	Board member		Party	Start of term	End of term
Laguna–1st		Rafael Campos	NUP	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Bernadeth Olivares	KNP	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
Laguna–2nd		Neptali Bagnes	NUP	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Tito Fortunato Caringal III	NUP	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
Laguna–3rd		Karla Monica Adajar-Lajara	Lakas	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Angelica Jones Alarva	PFP	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
Laguna–4th		Jam Agarao (Senior Board Member)	PFP	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Rai-Ann San Luis	NUP	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
Biñan at-large		Wilfredo Bejasa Jr. (Floor Leader)	Lakas	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Flaviano “Jigcy” D. Pecaña Jr.	Lakas	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
Calamba at-large		Princess Lajara	Lakas	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Dyan Espiridion	Lakas	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
Santa Rosa at-large		Jose Cartaño	NUP	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Arnel Gomez	NPC	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
ABC		Lorenzo Zuñiga Jr.	PFP	2023	January 1, 2026
PCL		TBD		June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
SK		Bhenj Stephen Felismino	Nonpartisan	November 30, 2023	January 1, 2026

Vice Governor

Further information: Vice Governor of Laguna

Election year	Name	Party
1988	Restituto Luna[a]		LnB
1992			LDP
	Teresita S. Lazaro[b][c]		NPC
1995			LDP
1998			LAMMP
	Gat-Ala Alatiit[b]		LAMMP
2001	Dan Fernandez		Lakas
2004	Edwin Olivarez		Lakas
2007	Ramil Hernandez		Nacionalista
2010	Caesar Perez		Lakas–Kampi
2013	Ramil Hernandez[d]		Nacionalista
	Katherine Agapay[b]		Independent
2016			Nacionalista
2019			PDP–Laban
2022			PDP–Laban
			PFP
2025	Magtangol Jose Carait III		Lakas

Notes:

1. Elevated to Governor on December 18, 1992, following the death of Felicisimo San Luis.
2. Board member elevated to Vice Governor.
3. Elevated to Governor on January 30, 2001, following the appointment of Joey Lina as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government.
4. Elevated to Governor on May 30, 2014, following the disqualification of E.R. Ejercito.^[3]

All-time members

1st District

• Cities: Biñan (until 2025), San Pedro, Santa Rosa (until 2025)

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)
1998		Gat-Ala Alatiit[a] (LAMMP)		Emilio Tiongco (LAMMP)		Carlos Amendrala (Lakas-CMD)
2001		Edwin Olivarez (Lakas-CMD)		Emilio Tiongco (Lakas-CMD)		Gabnulang Alatiit (PMP)
2004		Gabnulang Alatiit (Lakas-CMD)		Marco Sison (Lakas-CMD)		Ramon Carillo (Lakas-CMD)
2007		Dave Almarinez (Lakas-CMD)		Emilio Tiongco (United Opposition)		Ramon Carillo (Lakas-CMD)
2010		Carlo Almoro (Lakas-Kampi)		Gabnulang Alatiit (Liberal)		Emilio Tiongco (Lakas-Kampi)
2013		Dave Almarinez (Nacionalista)		Carlo Almoro (PDP-Laban)		Emilio Tiongco (UNA)
2016		Dave Almarinez (Nacionalista)		Carlo Almoro (Liberal)		Magtangol Jose Carait III (UNA)
2019		Ann Matibag (PDP-Laban)		Magtangol Jose Carait III (Nacionalista)		Abigael Alonte (Nacionalista)
2022		Magtangol Jose Carait III (PDP-Laban/Lakas–CMD)		Danzel Rafter Fernandez (Aksyon/NUP)		Wilfredo Bejasa Jr. (PDP-Laban/Lakas–CMD)
2025		Bernadeth Olivares (KNP)		Rafael Campos (NUP)	—

Notes:

1. Elevated to Vice Governor in 2001, following the elevation of Teresita Lazaro to governor.

2nd District

• Cities: Cabuyao, Calamba (until 2025)
• Municipality: Bay, Los Baños

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)
1998		Sonny Tapia (Lakas-CMD)		Juan Unico (Lakas-CMD)		Luis Tanyag (LAMMP)
2001		Rolly Bagnes (Lakas-CMD)		Sonny Tapia (Lakas-CMD)		Juan Unico (Lakas-CMD)
2004		Ramil Hernandez (Lakas-CMD)		Rolly Bagnes (Lakas-CMD)		Sonny Tapia (Lakas-CMD)
2007		Rolly Bagnes (Lakas-CMD)		Juan Unico (Lakas-CMD)		Neil Andrew Nocon (United Opposition)
2010		Neptali Bagnes (Nacionalista)		Juan Unico (Lakas-Kampi)		Neil Andrew Nocon (Lakas-Kampi)
2013		Neptali Bagnes (UNA)		Pursino Oruga (Liberal)		Juan Unico (UNA)
2016		Ruth Mariano-Hernandez (Nacionalista)		Pursino Oruga (Nacionalista)		Leeanne Aldabe-Cortez (UNA)
2019		Christian Niño Lajara (Nacionalista)		Peewee Perez (PDP-Laban)		Neptali Bagnes (PFP)
2022		Christian Niño Lajara (Aksyon)		Peewee Perez (AKAY)		Tito Fortunato Caringal II (Nacionalista)
2025		Tito Fortunato Caringal II (NUP)		Neptali Bagnes (NUP)	—

3rd District

• Cities: San Pablo City
• Municipalities: Alaminos, Calauan, Liliw, Nagcarlan, Rizal, Victoria
• Population (2020): 590,757

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
1998		Gerard Christopher Alava (LAMMP)		Ramon De Roma (Lakas–CMD)
2001		Gerard Christopher Alava (KAMPI)		Arcadio Gapangada Jr. (KAMPI)
2004		Arcadio Gapangada Jr. (Lakas-CMD)		Adoracion Alava (LDP)
2007		Katherine Agapay (NPC)		Reynaldo Paras (Lakas-CMD)
2010		Reynaldo Paras (Lakas-Kampi)		Angelica Jones (Nacionalista)
2013		Katherine Agapay (Independent)[a]		Angelica Jones (UNA)
2016		Dante Amante (UNA)		Alejandro Yu (UNA)
2019		Angelica Jones (PFP)		Alejandro Yu (PDP-Laban)
2022		Alejandro Yu (PDP-Laban)		Karla Monica Adajar-Lajara (Lakas–CMD)
2025		Karla Monica Adajar-Lajara (Lakas–CMD)		Angelica Jones (PFP)

Notes:

1. Elevated to Vice Governor on May 30, 2014, following the elevation of Ramil Hernandez to governor.

4th District

• Municipalities: Cavinti, Famy, Kalayaan, Luisiana, Lumban, Mabitac, Magdalena, Majayjay, Paete, Pagsanjan, Pakil, Pangil, Pila, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Siniloan

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
1992		Felix Flores (LDP)		Benjamin Agarao, Jr. (NPC)
1995		Magdaleno Palacol, Jr. (LDP)		Querubin Relova, Jr. (Lakas-CMD)
1998		Danilo Ramon Fernandez (Lakas-CMD)		Magdaleno Palacol (LAMMP)
2001		Benjamin Agarao, Jr. (LDP)		Vincent Soriano (LDP)
2004		Eufemio Lagumbay (Lakas-CMD)		Benedicto Mario Palacol, Jr. (Lakas-CMD)
2007		Benedicto Mario Palacol, Jr. (Lakas-CMD)		Domingo Panganiban (LDP)
2010		Joseph Kris Benjamin Agarao (Liberal)		Benedicto Mario Palacol, Jr. (Lakas-Kampi)
2013		Joseph Kris Benjamin Agarao (Liberal)		Rai-ann Agustine San Luis (Independent)
2016		Joseph Kris Benjamin Agarao (Liberal)		Rai-Ann Agustine San Luis (NUP)
2019		Maria Jamina Katherine Agarao (PDP-Laban)		Rai-Ann Agustine San Luis (Nacionalista)
2022		Joseph Kris Benjamin Agarao (NUP/PFP)[4]		Francis Joseph San Luis (Aksyon)
2025		Maria Jamina Katherine Agarao (PFP)		Rai-Ann Agustine San Luis (NUP)

Biñan

• Cities: Biñan

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2025		Wilfredo Bejasa Jr. (Lakas–CMD)		Flaviano “Jigcy” D. Pecaña Jr. (Lakas–CMD)

Calamba

• Cities: Calamba

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2025		Princess Lajara (Lakas–CMD)		Dyan Espiridion (Lakas–CMD)

Santa Rosa

• Cities: Santa Rosa

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2025		Arnel Gomez (NPC)		Jose Cartaño (NUP)

Philippine Councilors League President

Election year	Member (party)
1992		Remelito Belen (San Pablo) (LDP)
1995		Remelito Belen (San Pablo) (Lakas NUCD–UMDP)
1998		Edgardo Ramos (Pila) (LAMMP)
2001		Edgardo Ramos (Pila) (KAMPI)
2004		Alejandro Yu (San Pablo) (Lakas–CMD)
2007		Danilo Yang (San Pablo) (PDSP)
2010		Dante Amante (San Pablo) (Lakas–Kampi–CMD)
2013		Jeffrey Palce (Rizal) (Liberal)
2016		Jonalina Reyes (Biñan) (Liberal)
2019		Jonalina Reyes (Biñan) (PDP–Laban)
2022		Jonalina Reyes (Biñan) (Lakas–CMD)
2025		TBD

Liga ng mga Barangay President

Election year	Member (party)
2002		Numeriano Buenviaje (San Pedro) (Nonpartisan)
2007		Bernabe Vibora (Victoria) (Nonpartisan)
2010		Floro Esguerra (Cavinti) (Nonpartisan)
2013		Lorenzo Zuñiga Jr. (Alaminos) (Nonpartisan)
2018		Ma. Meg A. Espiritu (Santa Cruz) (Nonpartisan)
2024		Lorenzo Zuñiga Jr. (Alaminos) (PFP)

SK Provincial Federation President

Election year	Member (party)
2007		Kathleen Kay Kampitan Yambot (Victoria) (Nonpartisan)
2010		Von Mark Anthony R. Dacdac (Pagsanjan) (Nonpartisan)
2018		Autriou Austeen Amante (San Pablo) (Nonpartisan)
2023		Bhenj Stephen Felismino (San Pablo) (Nonpartisan)