{"id":4014,"date":"2026-09-15T13:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4014"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:44:20","slug":"coalition-talks-likely-as-no-party-dominates-philippines-bangsamoro-region-elections-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4014","title":{"rendered":"Coalition talks likely as no party dominates Philippines\u2019 Bangsamoro region | Elections News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With 98.56 percent of party-list votes counted, no party has received a majority, according to unofficial results.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unofficial election results in the Muslim-majority autonomous region of Bangsamoro<\/a> in the southern Philippines suggest no single party is on course to dominate parliament, meaning that coalition talks may be needed to choose the region\u2019s first chief minister.<\/p>\n

The election has been largely shaped by rival camps within the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a former separatist movement that negotiated autonomy with the Philippine government.<\/p>\n

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One camp, the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), is led by longtime Front chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, while the other, the Bangsamoro Federalist Party, is led by Abdulraof Macacua, a former Front commander appointed interim chief by Philippine President Marcos Jr in 2025.<\/p>\n

According to partial and unofficial results from the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting, a church-backed election watchdog, 98.56 percent of the party-list votes have been counted so far.<\/p>\n

According to the unofficial results, Macacua\u2019s camp is leading the vote with 35.2 percent, ahead of Murad\u2019s bloc at 32.4 percent.<\/p>\n

The BARMM Grand Coalition, the third party on the ballot, has gained 20.5 percent of the vote so far and could emerge as a key player in balancing power in coalition negotiations.<\/p>\n

Reporting from Marawi in the southern Philippines, Al Jazeera\u2019s Barnaby Lo said the unofficial results suggest a hung parliament is likely.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe parties will now have to negotiate to form a coalition government in order to move forward,\u201d Lo said.<\/p>\n

According to election officials, the election turnout was about 80 percent, with about 1.8 million votes cast from 2.39 million registered voters.<\/p>\n

Voters are electing party, district and sectoral representatives who will form the 80-member parliament tasked with selecting the region\u2019s first elected chief minister, in a vote widely viewed as the most significant milestone since a 2014 peace agreement between Manila and the Front.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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