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Edna Benito

Edna Ogka Benito

Vice Mayor
Party
UBJP
Jurisdiction
Balabagan, Lanao del Sur
Current term
Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
Years in public office
12
Government affiliation
Local government unit
Previous positions
Vice Mayor (2025–2028) · Vice Mayor (2022–2025) · Mayor (2019–2022)

Political Career Replay

2026
Vice MayorUBJP
Mayor · 2016–2019
Balabagan
Mayor · 2019–2022
Balabagan
Vice Mayor · 2022–2025
Balabagan
Vice Mayor · 2025–2028
Balabagan
2016202020242028
  • Vice Mayor · Balabagan17,731 votes of 17,742 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
  • Vice Mayor · Balabagan13,550 votes of 14,087 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2022 – Jun 30, 2025
  • Mayor · Balabagan6,347 votes of 9,692 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2019 – Jun 30, 2022
  • Mayor · Balabagan5,736 votes of 10,500 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2016 – Jun 30, 2019

Election history (4 races)

YearOffice soughtPartyVotesResult
2025Vice MayorBalabaganUBJP17,73199.9%✓ Won
2022Vice MayorBalabaganLAKAS13,55096.2%✓ Won
2019MayorBalabaganLAKAS6,34765.5%✓ Won
2016MayorBalabaganLP5,73654.6%✓ 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
    2016–2019 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  2. LAKAS
    2019–2025 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  3. UBJP
    2025–present · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy

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Legislative record

No local legislation recorded
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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.

Vice Mayor ⇄ Mayor · Balabagan, Lanao del Sur
Jover BenitoEdna Benito
Moderate risk · 3 pts
Seat exchangeTerm limit 2022
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Both share the same surname

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Family connections

Same-surname bloc in Lanao Del Sur

14 of 384 local seats are held by officials surnamed Benito (2025 elections).

Lanao Del Sur · 2025 elections
Benito
14
of 384 seats
120,851
votes
+21 barangay & SK officials named Benito3 punong barangay · 1 SK chairs · 11 kagawad · 6 SK membersShow
  • Jamodin P. BenitoPunong Barangay · Brgy. Inudaran, Calanogas
  • Soraida D. BenitoPunong Barangay · Brgy. Mimbalawag, Calanogas
  • Masiding D. BenitoPunong Barangay · Brgy. Piksan, Calanogas
  • Jomer S. BenitoSK Chair · Brgy. Poblacion, Balabagan

Elected in the 2023 barangay & SK elections (DILG directory). Matched by last name only within Lanao Del Sur; a common surname is very likely to include unrelated families. The list above shows only the punong barangay and SK chairs.

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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LGU recognitions during their term (1)

Awarded to the LGU while Edna Benito was mayor. These are not personal awards: the seal or award goes to the local government unit, which includes the work of its staff, council and partners.

  • SGLG
    Seal of Good Local Governance 2019
    2019 · Balabagan, Lanao del Sur

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Awards & achievements

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Performance

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