2022 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections


Barangay elections in the Philippines will be held on December 5, 2022. The election shall elect the Punong Barangay, more commonly known as barangay captain, and members of the Sangguniang Barangay, or barangay council, in 41,948 barangays throughout the country. Barangays are the smallest local government unit in the Philippines.
Elections for the reformed Sangguniang Kabataan will also be held at the same time.
Upon their election, barangay captains shall elect their cities' or municipalities' League of Barangays of the Philippines chairman, also known as the Association of Barangay Captains or ABC Chairman, who will also sit on their respective local municipal or city council. The provincial ABC chairman will also sit on the provincial board. The provincial and some city ABC chairmen shall elect among themselves the national leadership of the League. The SK chairpersons shall do the same among their ranks. The SK national president shall become a member of the National Youth Commission.

Preparations

Postponement

The November 2016 barangay and SK elections were postponed to May 2018, then scheduled the following election to May 2020, then every three years thereafter.
On September 30, 2019 the Senate of the Philippines passed a bill postponing the date of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to December 5, 2022. The House of Representatives followed suit on November 4, 2019. Both bills were consolidated into one bill on November 11, 2019. The bill were signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on December 3, 2019.

Statistics

As of the first quarter of 2020, there are 42,046 barangays. The new barangays that will be contested for the first time in 2022 are:
This is an increase from the 41,948 barangays disputed in 2018, and an additional 96 disputed in Marawi later that year.
As there is one barangay chairman and seven regular barangay councilors, and the same number of SK chairmen and councilors, in each barangay, there shall be 42,046 barangay and SK chairmen and 294,322 barangay and SK councilors positions that shall be disputed to date.