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Bangsamoro vote ends in a hung parliament

16 Sep 2026, 7:00 pm

The Philippine Commission on Elections has proclaimed the elected members of the Bangsamoro Parliament. The proclamation covers all 78 elected members. Four parties secured all of those seats. The outcome is a hung parliament.

The Bangsamoro Federalist Party won the most seats. It did not win a majority. The absence of a majority is the basis for calling the parliament hung. The party is the largest in the proclaimed result.

Six sectoral seats went to the United Bangsamoro Justice Party. Those seats are part of the proclaimed outcome. The elected-member total is 78. The number of parties sharing the elected seats is four.

The election was the first for the Bangsamoro autonomous region since the region was established in 2018. The region is in the Philippines. Voting was followed by the commission proclamation. The hung parliament is the result attached to that proclamation.

A majority for the leading party was not proclaimed. The leading party is the Bangsamoro Federalist Party. The sectoral figure named is six seats for the United Bangsamoro Justice Party. The four-party split refers to the elected seats.

The proclaiming body is the Commission on Elections. The chamber is the Bangsamoro Parliament. The figures are 78 elected members, four parties, and six sectoral seats. The recorded result is a hung parliament.

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