Leyte Provincial Board

Leyte Provincial Board

  • Sangguniang Panlalawigan han Leyte (Waray)
  • Sangguniang Panlalawigan sa Leyte (Cebuano)
  • Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Leyte (Filipino)
11th Leyte Provincial Board
Type
Type
Term limits
3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer
Leonardo M. Javier Jr., NPC
since 30 June 2022
Majority Floor Leader
Carlo P. Loreto, NPC
Minority Floor Leader
none
Structure
Seats13 board members
1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups
  PDP–Laban (8)
  Liberal (1)
  NUP (1)
  Independent (1)
  Nonpartisan (2)
CommitteesSee Committees
Length of term
3 years
AuthorityLocal Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Last election
May 9, 2022
Next election
May 5, 2025
Meeting place
Session Hall, Legislative Building
Leyte Provincial Capitol
Tacloban City, Philippines

The Leyte Provincial Board (Waray: Sangguniang Panlalawigan han Leyte, Cebuano: Sangguniang Panlalawigan sa Leyte) is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Leyte.

The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into five legislative districts, each sending two members to the provincial board; the electorate votes for two members, with the two candidates with the highest number of votes being elected.[1]

The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Leyte.[1]

  1. ^ a b Government of the Republic of the Philippines. "Republic Act No. 7160". Official Gazette. Retrieved 13 May 2015.