Lemuel Gin Kanen Traya
| Year | Office sought | Party | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | MayorAbuyog | NPC | 20,19260.4% | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | Vice MayorAbuyog | PDPLBN | 18,60963.8% | ✓ Won |
| 2019 | MayorAbuyog | PDPLBN | 20,941100.0% | ✓ Won |
| 2016 | MayorAbuyog | LP | 13,24655.8% | ✓ Won |
Source: COMELEC certified results compiled by Open Halalan (ODbL 1.0), via BetterGov Dynasties. Vote counts are as reported in the compilation.
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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.
Won another seat the next election: Vice Mayor · Abuyog · Same-surname successor took the seat: Lemuel Traya · Won the same office back in 2022 · Surname held this office 27 straight years
Both share the same surname · Surname held these offices 27 straight years
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3 of 447 local seats are held by officials surnamed Kanen; 2 of 447 local seats are held by officials surnamed Traya (2025 elections).
Elected in the 2023 barangay & SK elections (DILG directory). Matched by last name only within Leyte; a common surname is very likely to include unrelated families. The list above shows only the punong barangay and SK chairs.
Elected in the 2023 barangay & SK elections (DILG directory). Matched by last name only within Leyte; 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
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