Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, 2010
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All 42,095 Barangay Chairmen positions with 294,715 Sangguniang Barangay seats and all 42,095 SK Chairmen positions with 294,715 Katipunan ng mga Kabataan seats |
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| Turnout | 70.80% (barangay); 90.18% (SK) | ||||||||||||
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Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections were held on October 25, 2010 in the Philippines. The electorate elected in nonpartisan elections, the Barangay chairman also known as the Punong Barangay and members of the Sangguniang Barangay (Village council) for voters aged 18 and above. While voters aged 15 to 17 voted for the chairman of the Sangguniang Kabataan (Youth village council) and members of the Katipunan ng mga Kabataan. Due to funding issues, the Commission on Elections opted to use the manual voting system instead of the automated elections as was done in the last 2010 national elections.
Republic Act No. 9340 mandates that synchronized elections for the Barangay and SK elections to be held on the last Monday of October after three years. There are 630,375 positions to be decided on Election Day in 42,095 barangays (Villages) across the Philippines. However, the elections have been postponed in several areas due to damage caused by Typhoon Megi (Juan) while in the provinces of Isabela, Cagayan and Kalinga where voting will start early from 6 AM to 2 PM instead of the normal voting hours from 7 AM to 3 PM.
The Commission on Elections has delivered the needed election paraphernalia to the voting areas on October 24, 2010, although there are areas were the materials were delivered late. The Philippine National Police (PNP) has heightened security in the lead-up to the polls and has placed it on full alert. Cases of election-related violence has reduced since 2007, with 29 incidents recorded since the nationwide gun ban on September 25, 2010.
Due to spending costs, there are proposals in the Senate to abolish the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Senator Edgardo Angara are proposing to replace SK with youth representatives to be elected in provincial, city and municipal boards. Enrile also proposed to abolish the Barangay system with mayors appointing leaders in the respective barangays instead.
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