1979 Sangguniang Pampook elections

1979

The1979 Sangguniang Pampook elections were held for the 2 Regional Legislative Assemblies orSangguniang Pampook on 7 May 1979, in the formerRegion IX (current Zamboanga Peninsula Region) andRegion XII (current Soccsksargen Region). Both were formerPhilippine Autonomous Regions located in areas of theMindanao islands group in the southernPhilippines.

Region IX and Region XII each had a Regional Legislative Assembly orSangguniang Pampook, each composed of 18 representative each.
They included:^[1][2]

• 17 representatives per region, elected from the different provinces and cities in each region.
• 1 sectoral representative per region, selected from among the youth, agricultural workers, and non-agricultural workers (industrial labor) of each region. They were selected by qualifications that were the same as members of theInterim Batasang Pambansa.

The candidates for the 34 Regional Legislative Assembly representative positions, 17 each for Region IX and Region XII, were voted on at large by the registered voters of each province and city constituency. The candidates that received the highest number of votes in each constituency were declared their elected representative.^[1][2]

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