Bangsamoro parliamentary election 2026
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Bangsamoro regional election in Philippines ends in hung parliament
41 seats are needed for a majority in the 80-member Bangsamoro parliament.
With more than 99 percent of votes counted, the two rival parties that emerged from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front each had more than 30 percent of the vote.
In 2017, ISIL-linked fighters laid siege to Marawi City.
Bangsamoro region votes for first parliament
Four people, including a police officer, sustained gunshot wounds just before 7am on Monday at another polling station.
The election marks the end of the transition period under the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), an interim regional government appointed in 2019.
Garcia ordered the immediate reprinting of ballots for the affected precincts where voting would be delayed.
Philippines Bangsamoro region votes for first parliament
The 80 seats in the Bangsamoro parliament include 40 political party representatives, 32 district representatives and eight sectoral representatives.
Cotabato City was put under the Commission on Elections' control after a shooting late on Sunday killed three people and injured 15 others.
Since the 1970s, about 150,000 people have died in the conflict in the region.
Bangsamoro parliamentary election as a turning point
Manila has deployed military forces in key areas before the vote.
Macacua's convoy was attacked, but he survived unscathed.
In early September, Macacua and 40 commanders were dismissed from the MILF's military wing for alleged insubordination.
Philippines set for historic Bangsamoro vote after decades of conflict
The Bangsamoro region is holding its first elections on Monday.
The armed struggle in Bangsamoro lasted five decades.
The Bangsamoro region is located in the southern Philippines.