Parliamentary districts of Bangsamoro

Parliamentary districts of Bangsamoro refers to the electoral districts or constituencies in which the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao of the Philippines is divided for the purpose of electing 32 out of 80 members of the Bangsamoro Parliament.

Parliamentary districts of Bangsamoro
Category	Electoral district (unused)
Location	Philippines
Created	February 28, 2024
Number	32[a] (as of 2025)
Populations	108,827–215,433
Government	Bangsamoro Parliament

The districts were created on February 28, 2024. The current members however are appointed on an interim basis by the President of the Philippines while the inaugural district parliament members are to determined in the 2025 election.

Background

The Bangsamoro Organic Law mandates the establishment of the a legislature for the Bangsamoro autonomous region. Thirty-two out of 80 members of the Bangsamoro Parliament are to come from parliamentary districts, which is distinct from the legislative districts of the national Philippine Congress.

The first attempt to establish parliamentary districts was through Parliament Bill No. 6.^[1]

Parliament Bill No. 297^[2] was filed on December 18, 2023 during the second Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament.^[3][4]

The first public consultations on the bill started on January 15, 2024. There was debates on how the districts should be allocated. This includes advocacy for more districts for some localities than what is proposed on the bill. .^[5][6][7]

On February 28, 2024 the Bangsamoro Parliament approved the bill proposing the creation of the parliamentary districts which became Bangsamoro Act No. 58. The bill was signed by Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim.^[8]

The exclusion of Sulu from the Bangsamoro due to a Supreme Court decision meant that the province will not be part of the inaugural 2025 regional elections.^[9] If the seven Sulu districts are not reallocated in time for the 2025 elections, the Sulu seats could remain unfilled.^[10] Parliament Bill No. 351 was filed to redistribute the seats. An additional district is proposed for each of the remaining five provinces, Cotabato City and the Special Geographic Area.^[11][12] Muslimin Sema, speaking as chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front opposes the reallocation insisting that the national Congress could work on Sulu's reintegration to the autonomous region.^[13] The Parliament failed to reallocate the seven parliamentary districts on time, rendering only 25 seats to be contested for the elections out of the allotted 32.^[14]

List

District[2][8][15]	Scope	Population[2] (2020)
Basilan's 1st	Akbar Lamitan	145,415
Basilan's 2nd	Al-Barka Hadji Mohammad Ajul Tipo-Tipo Tuburan Ungkaya Pukan	145,415
Basilan's 3rd	Hadji Muhtamad Lantawan Maluso Sumisip Tabuan-Lasa	145,415
Lanao del Sur's 1st	Kapai Marantao Piagapo Saguiaran Tagoloan II	127,790
Lanao del Sur's 2nd	Buadiposo-Buntong Masiu Mulondo Poona Bayabao Tamparan Taraka	161,957
Lanao del Sur's 3rd	Bubong Amai Manabilang Lumba-Bayabao Maguing Ditsaan-Ramain Wao	189,755
Lanao del Sur's 4th	Butig Sultan Dumalondong Lumbaca-Unayan Marogong Lumbatan Lumbayanague	115,388
Lanao del Sur's 5th	Calanogas Balabagan Kapatagan Picong Malabang	133,341
Lanao del Sur's 6th	Bacolod-Kalawi Tugaya Balindong Madalum Malabang Pualas	143,543
Lanao del Sur's 7th	Bayang Binidayan Ganassi Pagayawan Tubaran	116,743
Lanao del Sur's 8th	Marawi	207,010
Maguindanao del Norte's 1st	Matanog Barira Buldon	111,861
Maguindanao del Norte's 2nd	Parang Sultan Mastura	128,245
Maguindanao del Norte's 3rd	Sultan Kudarat Northern Kabuntalan Kabuntalan Talitay	174,300
Maguindanao del Norte's 4th	Datu Odin Sinsuat Upi Datu Blah T. Sinsuat	204,015
Maguindanao del Sur's 1st	South Upi Talayan Datu Anggal Midtimbang Guindulungan Datu Unsay Datu Hoffer Ampatuan	170,060
Maguindanao del Sur's 2nd	Datu Saudi Ampatuan Datu Salibo Datu Piang Shariff Saydona Mustapha Mamasapano Shariff Aguak Ampatuan	194,045
Maguindanao del Sur's 3rd	Datu Abdullah Sangki Rajah Buayan Sultan sa Barongis Pagagawan Pagalungan General S.K. Pendatun	197,279
Maguindanao del Sur's 4th	Paglat Pandag Buluan Datu Paglas Mangudadatu	162,374
Tawi Tawi's 1st	Bongao Mapun Turtle Islands	151,839
Tawi Tawi's 2nd	Languyan Panglima Sugala South Ubian Tandubas	134,575
Tawi Tawi's 3rd	Sapa-Sapa Simunul Sibutu Sitangkai	153,862
Cotabato City's 1st	Poblacion Mother Poblacion I-IV Poblacion VIII Poblacion IX Rosary Heights II-IX Tamontaka I-V	144,117
Cotabato City's 2nd	Poblacion V-VII Bagua Mother Bagua I-III Kalanganan Mother Kalanganan I-II Rosary Heights Mother Rosary Heights I Rosary Heights X-XIII Tamontaka Mother	180,962
Special Geographic Area's at-large	Special Geographic Area	215,433
Seven unalotted district seats	To be determined[14]

Number of districts by province

Province	No. of districts
Basilan	3
Lanao del Sur	8
Maguindanao del Norte	4
Maguindanao del Sur	4
Sulu	7[a]
Tawi Tawi	3
Cotabato City[b]	2
Special Geographic Area[c]	1
Total	32

Notes

1. Including the seven districts for Sulu. The province was later excluded from the Bangsamoro by the Supreme Court. The province was initially included in the Bangsamoro despite its vote for its exclusion from the region in the 2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite.
2. Independent component city, grouped with Maguindanao del Norte
3. Not a province. A collection of barangays in Cotabato province