This page shows UNOFFICIAL CANDIDATES for the 2016 Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi Local Elections electronically sourced from the COMELEC’s official website.
Located within the Sulu Sea at the southwestern tip of the country, at the edge of the international treaty limits separating the Philippines and Malaysia, the Turtle Islands are politically subdivided into 2 barangays, namely, Taganak Poblacion and Likud Bakkao.
According to the 2010 census, the population of the five permanently inhabited islands is 3,772 people. With a land area of only 3.08 square kilometers, the islands have a population density of 1224.7 persons per square kilometer – much higher than the national average of 276 persons per square kilometer.
Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi Official Candidates 2016
MAYOR
- JULKANAIN, MARDAN (IND)
- OLIVEROS, BERONG (IND)
- SADALANI, TAHA (IND)
- TANG, MIBARAL (NUP)
VICE-MAYOR
- IBNOSALI, BASUN (NUP)
- SAHIBIL, AL-HASAN (LP)
- TAMBUH, ELMINA (IND)
COUNCILOR
- AHALUL, TIKS (IND)
- AHMAD, MICHAEL (NUP)
- AIDIL, SHENG (IND)
- ALAY, ABDULHAN (LP)
- ANDIH, JUMARI (IND)
- ASGALI, AMMIRI (NUP)
- BAIRULLA, ALIBANGSA (IND)
- DAHUM, UMMIN (IND)
- EKONG, ADANG (IND)
- HABI, BEN (IND)
- HAIL, JUHARAN (IND)
- HAMJA, AMY (NUP)
- INOH, MINOH (NUP)
- JAAFAR, AYA (IND)
- JAAL, ABDURASUL (NUP)
- JIBIN, NADZRI (IND)
- JUHAL, EDJUNG (LP)
- MIDDIN, SABTURANI (NUP)
- MUBAS, LIMAO (LP)
- MUSADDIN, SAIDON (IND)
- NASTAH, BAHARI (IND)
- NIEVERAS, RANDOLF (IND)
- PUTOH, HADJI ALSAD (IND)
- PUTOH, NUJUM (IND)
- SAHIBUL, TIBOONG (IND)
- SAMINDIH, ARA (IND)
- SAMINDIH, NURSIMA (IND)
- SAPPAYANI, ZIS (IND)
- SATAL, PERUSA (IND)
- SUSSOH, HURONG (LP)
- TAN, EDZAR (IND)
- TANG, AL-KHALIDI (NUP)
- TANG, AL-RASHID (LP)
- TASSAN, KALI (IND)