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Arcam Istarul

Arcam Patarasa Istarul

Vice Mayor
Party
PFP
Jurisdiction
Tipo-Tipo, Basilan
Current term
Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
Years in public office
15
Government affiliation
Local government unit
Previous positions
Vice Mayor (2025–2028) · Mayor (2022–2025) · Mayor (2019–2022)

Political Career Replay

2026
Vice MayorPFP
Councilor · 2013–2016
Tipo-Tipo
Mayor · 2016–2019
Tipo-Tipo
Mayor · 2019–2022
Tipo-Tipo
Mayor · 2022–2025
Tipo-Tipo
Vice Mayor · 2025–2028
Tipo-Tipo
2016202020242028
  • Vice Mayor · Tipo-TipoUnopposed — 10,358 votes (rank 1)Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
  • Mayor · Tipo-Tipo6,504 votes of 10,496 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2022 – Jun 30, 2025
  • Mayor · Tipo-Tipo5,430 votes of 8,067 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2019 – Jun 30, 2022
  • Mayor · Tipo-Tipo5,617 votes of 6,793 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2016 – Jun 30, 2019
  • Councilor · Tipo-TipoJun 30, 2013 – Jun 30, 2016

Election history (5 races)

YearOffice soughtPartyVotesResult
2025Vice MayorTipo-TipoPFP10,358100.0%✓ Won
2022MayorTipo-TipoPDPLBN6,50462.0%✓ Won
2019MayorTipo-TipoPDPLBN5,43067.3%✓ Won
2016MayorTipo-TipoLP5,61782.7%✓ Won
2013CouncilorTipo-TipoLP—✓ Won

Source: COMELEC certified results compiled by Open Halalan (ODbL 1.0), via BetterGov Dynasties. Vote counts are as reported in the compilation.

Party affiliation history

  1. LP
    2013–2019 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  2. PDPLBN
    2019–2025 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  3. PFP
    2025–present · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy

Every party affiliation must cite a source. Affiliations are never inferred from election speculation.

Legislative record

No local legislation recorded
City and provincial ordinances are not yet published in a machine-readable form.

Term-limit seat moves

Patterns where a seat stayed with this official or the same surname after a term limit. These moves are legal; the level measures how concentrated the seat became, not wrongdoing.

Mayor · Tipo-Tipo, Basilan
High risk · 5 pts
Swapped seatsSame-surname successorTerm limit 2025
’01
’04
’07
S
’10
S
’13
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’16
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’19
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’22
S
’25

Won another seat the next election: Vice Mayor · Tipo-Tipo · Same-surname successor took the seat: Ingatun-Lukman Istarul · Surname held this office 18 straight years

Vice Mayor ⇄ Mayor · Tipo-Tipo, Basilan
Moderate risk · 4 pts
Seat exchangeTerm limit 2025
’01
’04
’07
’10
’13
S
’16
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’19
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’22
S
’25

Both share the same surname · Surname held these offices 18 straight years

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In the News

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Pulse check

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Family connections

Same-surname bloc in Basilan

3 of 141 local seats are held by officials surnamed Istarul (2025 elections).

A surname bloc is officials elected in one province who carry the same surname as last or middle name; barangay & SK officials with the same last name are listed separately. Shared names may not mean kinship, and a bloc is not evidence of wrongdoing. Definition and data:BetterGov.ph Dynasties

Campaign promises

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COA audits of the LGU during their term

Commission on Audit results for Tipo-Tipo in years Arcam Istarul was mayor for the whole calendar year. COA audits the local government unit, not the official.

  • 2024
    Qualified opinion

COA says an audit opinion is not a rating, score or grade and should not be ranked. It covers whether the financial statements are fairly presented — it is not a finding of wrongdoing. Sources & method →

Awards & achievements

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Performance

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