The Sulu Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Sulu.
The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two districts, each having five seats. A voter votes up to five names, with the top five candidates per district being elected. The vice governor is the ex officio presiding officer, and only votes to break ties. The vice governor is elected via the plurality voting system province-wide.
The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Sulu.
Aside from the regular members, the board also includes the provincial federation presidents of the Liga ng mga Barangay (ABC, from its old name "Association of Barangay Captains"), the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK, youth councils) and the Philippine Councilors League (PCL).
Apportionment ElectionsSeats per districtEx officio seatsTotal seats1st2nd2010–present55313
List of members
Current members These are the members after the 2025 local elections and 2023 barangay and SK elections:
Vice Governor: Abdulsakur Mahail Tan (Lakas)
SeatBoard memberPartyStart of termEnd of term1st districtAl-Minzhen SuhuriLakasJune 30, 2019June 30, 2025Crisanta HayudiniLakasJune 30, 2019June 30, 2025Charina IsahacLakasJune 30, 2022June 30, 2025Sulaiman BurahanLakasJune 30, 2022June 30, 2025Nurshida KaranainLakasJune 30, 2022June 30, 20252nd districtNadia ArbisonLakasJune 30, 2022June 30, 2025Raihana Arbison-AdamLakasJune 30, 2022June 30, 2025Nurwina SahidullaLakasJune 30, 2022June 30, 2025Radz BurahanLakasJune 30, 2022June 30, 2025Akmadhan SitinLakasJune 30, 2022June 30, 2025ABCNonpartisanJuly 30, 2018January 1, 2023PCLTBDJune 30, 2028SKNonpartisanJune 8, 2018January 1, 2023IPMR
Vice governor ElectionyearNamePartyRef.2016 Nurusisah Tan 2019 Abdusakur Tan, II 2022 2025 Abdulsakur Mahail Tan
1st district Population (2024):
Electionyear Member (party) Member (party) Member (party) Member (party) Member (party) 2016 Alkhadar T. Loong(Liberal) Butch R. Izquierdo(Liberal) Ismunlatip Suhuri(Liberal) Alnakar Tulawie(Liberal) Basaron M. Burahan(Liberal) 2019 Indah Loong-Karanain(PDP–Laban) Al-Minzhen Suhuri(PDP–Laban) Crisanta Hayudini(PDP–Laban) Alnakar Tulawie(PFP) Charina Isahac(PDP–Laban) 2022 Nurshida Karanain(PDP–Laban) Al-Minzhen Suhuri(PDP–Laban) Crisanta Hayudini(PDP–Laban) Sulaiman Burahan(PDP–Laban) Lovely I. Isahac(PDP–Laban) 2025 Nurshida Karanain(Lakas) Al-Minzhen Suhuri(Lakas) Crisanta Hayudini(Lakas) Sulaiman Burahan(Lakas) Charina Isahac(Lakas)
2nd district Population (2024):
Electionyear Member (party) Member (party) Member (party) Member (party) Member (party) 2016 Alniur Arbison(Liberal) Nasser T. Daud, Jr.(Liberal) Ayob Pulahong(Liberal) Raihana Arbison-Adam(Liberal) Akmadhan Sitin(PDP–Laban) 2019 Nadia Alih(Lakas) Nurwina Sahidulla(PFP) Rudenhar Anni(PFP) Raihana Arbison-Adam(Lakas) Berhamn Imlan(PDP–Laban) 2022 Nadia Arbison(PDP–Laban) Nurwina Sahidulla(PDP–Laban) Akmadhan Sitin(PDP–Laban) Raihana Arbison-Adam(PDP–Laban) Radz Burahan(PDP–Laban) 2025 Nadia Arbison(Lakas) Nurwina Sahidulla(Lakas) Akmadhan Sitin(Lakas) Raihana Arbison-Adam(Lakas) Radz Burahan(Lakas)
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