Unopposed Lanao del Sur 8th District bet takes BARMM seat

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Member of Parliament (MP) Ahmad “Arrie” Balindong is now Member of Parliament-elect for Lanao del Sur’s 8th District after running unopposed in the Bangsamoro parliamentary polls.

Balindong received 74,193 votes, according to Lanao del Sur’s total certificates of canvass on the Commission on Elections website.

He ran under the banner of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party, which is led by Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. 

Prior to the campaign, Balindong was appointed a member of the Bangsamoro Parliament by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in March 2025. He served as vice chairperson of the committee on agriculture, fisheries, and agrarian reform, and the committee on environment, natural resources, and energy.

He comes from the Balindong political dynasty, which traces its roots to the late Sultan Amer Macaorao Balindong, former mayor of Malabang in Lanao del Sur, the father of the late Bangsamoro parliament speaker Pangalian Balindong. – Rappler.com