Maguindanao del Sur
The southern half of the former Maguindanao, along the upper Pulangi valley.
813,243
Population (2024)
24
Municipalities
287
Barangays
—
Land area
Maguindanao del Sur's share of BARMM
18.8%
The rest of the region
+12.4% since the 2020 census
Largest: Buluan, Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Talayan
About this figure
The cities and municipalities below add up to 807,218, which is 6,025 short of the provincial figure. The source record does not explain the difference, so neither does this page.
Who runs Maguindanao del Sur.
The office since 2001
4 surnames- 2025–2028MIDTIMBANG, ALIPFP
- 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
MIDTIMBANG, ALI
PFP180,945 votes53.11%
1 other candidate
- 02MANGUDADATU, BAI MARIAMNP159,74646.89%
Provincial Vice-Governor
NANDO, HISHAM
UBJP188,092 votes57.03%
1 other candidate
- 02AMPATUAN, DATU BENZARNP141,73442.97%
Sangguniang Panlalawigan
FIRST PROVDIST
11 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
- 01KEDTAG, KAHALUBJP72,02113.55%
- 02AMPATUAN, DATU PUTIPFP67,62712.72%
- 03AMPATUAN, NORODINPFP65,75712.37%
- 04MIDTIMBANG, DATUSAPAKPFP63,78612%
- 05AMPATUAN, BAI ZAHARANP57,48110.82%
- 06MACAPENDEG, KAKA JENGNP56,18710.57%
- 07TUAN, MACMODPFP52,9849.97%
- 08MIDTIMBANG, KAKA PRINCESSNP42,7698.05%
- 09MLOK, TAHARUDINNP24,8234.67%
- 10OMAR, DATU BABANP24,8194.67%
- 11SALIK, DATUMAMEXIND3,2090.6%
SECOND PROVDIST
13 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
- 01PAGLAS, YUSSEF ABUBAKARNP89,96512.49%
- 02BANGKULIT, ALONTO MONTAWALNP88,04612.22%
- 03MAKAKENA, ENGR. SAIDNP78,64910.91%
- 04MANGELEN, FAUJIAHUBJP77,80110.8%
- 05NANDO, RAHIBUBJP76,05110.55%
- 06MAMANTAL, MAMATANTONP71,3669.9%
- 07MAKALAY, MANSORNP69,3889.63%
- 08PIANG, APANPFP54,8877.62%
- 09PAGLAS, ALLANPFP52,5397.29%
- 10DELANGALEN, DATU LUMINOGUBJP52,2647.25%
- 11SABPEL, MENTONGANIND3,9700.55%
- 12DELNA, ALADENIND3,0640.43%
- 13GUIMBA, MAMAIND2,5730.36%
Every municipality in Maguindanao del Sur
24
Ampatuan
Mayor SANGKI, DATU RASUL
- Population
- 31,560
- Barangays
- 11
Buluan
Mayor MANGUDADATU, IBRAHIM
- Population
- 60,931
- Barangays
- 7
Datu Abdullah Sangki
Mayor MANGUDADATU, DATU WALI
- Population
- 35,274
- Barangays
- 10
Datu Anggal Midtimbang
Mayor MIDTIMBANG, DATU NATH
- Population
- 35,243
- Barangays
- 7
Datu Hoffer Ampatuan
Mayor AMPATUAN, PRINCE SUFRI
- Population
- 27,678
- Barangays
- 11
Datu Paglas
Mayor PAGLAS, IBRAHIM IV
- Population
- 38,446
- Barangays
- 23
Datu Piang
Mayor SAMAMA, VICTOR
- Population
- 31,063
- Barangays
- 16
Datu Salibo
No canvass on record
- Population
- 21,295
- Barangays
- 17
Datu Saudi-Ampatuan
Mayor UTTO, BASSIR
- Population
- 33,374
- Barangays
- 8
Datu Unsay
Mayor AMPATUAN, DATU ANDAL V
- Population
- 17,186
- Barangays
- 8
Gen. S. K. Pendatun
Mayor ALI, MIELYN
- Population
- 33,710
- Barangays
- 19
Guindulungan
Mayor MIDTIMBANG, DATU GUIADZALI(PFP
- Population
- 28,471
- Barangays
- 11
Mamasapano
Mayor AMPATUAN, AKMAD JR.
- Population
- 32,831
- Barangays
- 14
Mangudadatu
Mayor MANGUDADATU, KUYA TONG
- Population
- 28,511
- Barangays
- 8
Pagagawan
Mayor MONTAWAL, VICMAN
- Population
- 42,181
- Barangays
- 11
Pagalungan
Mayor MAMASABULOD, ABDILAH
- Population
- 21,317
- Barangays
- 12
Paglat
Mayor LANGKUNO, RAISA
- Population
- 29,244
- Barangays
- 8
Pandag
Mayor BALAYMAN, ODJIE
- Population
- 31,329
- Barangays
- 8
Rajah Buayan
Mayor MASTURA, BAI MARUJA
- Population
- 37,437
- Barangays
- 11
Shariff Aguak
Mayor AMPATUAN, AKMAD
- Population
- 29,707
- Barangays
- 13
Shariff Saydona Mustapha
Mayor AMPATUAN, SAJID ANDRE
- Population
- 50,018
- Barangays
- 16
South Upi
Mayor BENITO, HELEN
- Population
- 27,929
- Barangays
- 11
Sultan Sa Barongis
Mayor ANGAS, ALLANDATU SR.
- Population
- 39,182
- Barangays
- 12
Talayan
Mayor MIDTIMBANG, TUNGKANG
- Population
- 43,301
- Barangays
- 15
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.