Maguindanao del Norte
Created when Maguindanao was divided in two, ratified by plebiscite in 2022. PSGC still lists the old undivided province, so the split here is applied by municipality.
741,428
Population (2024)
12
Municipalities
221
Barangays
—
Land area
Maguindanao del Norte's share of BARMM
17.1%
The rest of the region
+19.9% since the 2020 census
Largest: Datu Odin Sinsuat, Sultan Kudarat, Parang
About this figure
PSA counts the City of Cotabato inside Maguindanao del Norte: its 2024 provincial figure of 1,124,811 includes the city’s 383,383. This directory lists Cotabato City as an area of its own, so the figure here is the province less the city.
The cities and municipalities below add up to 683,502, which is 57,926 short of the provincial figure. 2 units have no 2024 count in the record, and account for the difference.
Who runs Maguindanao del Norte.
The office since 2001
4 surnames- 2025–2028MASTURA, DATU TUCAOPFP
- 2022–2025MANGUDADATU, MARIAMNP
- 2019–2022MAGUNDADATU, MARIAMNP
- 2016–2019MANGUDADATU, ESMAELheldLP
- 2013–2016MANGUDADATU, ESMAELheldLP
- 2010–2013MANGUDADATU, ESMAEL G.LAKAS-CMD
- 2007–2010AMPATUAN, ANDAL UYheldLAKAS-CMD
- 2004–2007AMPATUAN, ANDAL UYheldLAKAS-CMD
- 2001–2004AMPATUAN, ANDAL S.PMP
“Held” marks a term whose office-holder shares a surname with the term before it. Surnames, not people — a seat passing between relatives reads the same here as one person re-elected, and in most of these towns it is the more common of the two.
2025 National and Local Elections · elected May 12, 2025 · in office June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2028
COMELEC — 2025 election results, Certificates of Canvass↗Provincial Governor
MASTURA, DATU TUCAO
PFP199,049 votes72.3%
1 other candidate
- 02MANGUDADATU, TENGITIHAD76,26027.7%
Provincial Vice-Governor
SINSUAT, MARSHALL
UBJP198,233 votes73.23%
1 other candidate
- 02SINSUAT, BAI AINEEPFP72,46126.77%
Sangguniang Panlalawigan
FIRST PROVDIST
15 candidates, in order of votes. The number of seats on a provincial board varies, so this list is the canvass rather than a declaration of who was elected.
Full tally
- 01IBAY, SOWAIBLAKAS82,75014.96%
- 02TOMAWIS, ALEXA ASHLEYUBJP75,66213.68%
- 03PANGA, DARWINPFP70,88712.81%
- 04BIRUAR, MASHURPFP69,94912.64%
- 05MANALAO, ABDUL MOAMARPFP57,16910.33%
- 06DAGALANGIT, BOCARIPFP40,0427.24%
- 07IMAM, DATU NASHEDDENIND38,1336.89%
- 08AMPATUAN, SORAIDAITIHAD35,0726.34%
- 09TOMAWIS, MICHAELITIHAD26,4294.78%
- 10LIDASAN, ARMANDOITIHAD23,8244.31%
- 11TUMBAS, JULHANI JR.IND11,7022.11%
- 12MACACUA, JAMELPFP8,3271.51%
- 13GUMANDER, YACOBIND7,3721.33%
- 14ESMAEL, DODONGPDPLBN5,2120.94%
- 15SIGAYAN, ZENAIDAIND7570.14%
SECOND PROVDIST
9 candidates, in order of votes. The number of seats on a provincial board varies, so this list is the canvass rather than a declaration of who was elected.
Full tally
- 01DIOCOLANO, BAI LANNIEUBJP71,94022.71%
- 02KIDA, MICHAELUBJP55,46317.51%
- 03BAYAM, DATU ALIUBJP50,02515.79%
- 04SINSUAT, BABYDATUPFP48,54415.33%
- 05SINSUAT, DATU JAMEELITIHAD29,5849.34%
- 06SINSUAT, ROMMELITIHAD26,1268.25%
- 07MANAN-AMERIL, NAIMAITIHAD22,1807%
- 08SAMAD, ABRAHAMPDPLBN10,5333.33%
- 09ACBAR, MADKIIND2,3390.74%
Every municipality in Maguindanao del Norte
12
Barira
Mayor TOMAWIS, ABDUL RAUF
- Population
- 45,676
- Barangays
- 14
Buldon
Mayor MANALAO, PAHMIA
- Population
- —
- Barangays
- 15
Datu Blah T. Sinsuat
Mayor SINSUAT, RAIDA
- Population
- —
- Barangays
- 13
Datu Odin Sinsuat
Mayor ABAS, BABA
- Population
- 152,907
- Barangays
- 34
Kabuntalan
Mayor DIOCOLANO, DATU SHARIF
- Population
- 41,146
- Barangays
- 17
Matanog
Mayor BANSIL-GURO, ZOHRIA
- Population
- 49,326
- Barangays
- 8
Northern Kabuntalan
Mayor DILANGALEN, DATU UMBRA
- Population
- 30,332
- Barangays
- 11
Parang
Mayor IBAY, CAHAR
- Population
- 123,209
- Barangays
- 25
Sultan Kudarat
Mayor MASTURA, DATU SHAMEEM
- Population
- 124,965
- Barangays
- 39
Sultan Mastura
Mayor MASTURA, ARMANDO
- Population
- 30,828
- Barangays
- 13
Talitay
Mayor AMIRIL, SIDIK
- Population
- 19,750
- Barangays
- 9
Upi
Mayor PIANG-FLORES, TINTIN
- Population
- 65,363
- Barangays
- 23
About these figures
Structure from the Philippine Standard Geographic Code; population and land area from Wikidata, which carries PSA’s census figures with their census dates. Population is the 2024 Census of Population. Elected officials are the winners in COMELEC’s 2025 Certificates of Canvass, holding office to June 30, 2028.
Sulu is excluded: the Supreme Court removed it from BARMM. PSA census totals that still count Sulu will therefore be larger than the totals here. Cotabato City is listed as an area of its own, though PSA files it inside Maguindanao del Norte — the provincial figure here has the city taken out of it so the two are not counted twice. Province land area is the province’s own published figure, never a sum of its municipalities: Philippine municipal areas are self-reported and overlap, so they do not add up to the province they sit in. A blank is a fact about the record, not a zero.
A dash means the record has no figure — not a zero. Boundaries and office-holders change; where this differs from an official page, the official page is right.