BFP gains 16 seats in first BARMM parliamentary polls

THE Bangsamoro Federalist Party (BFP) was allocated 16 seats in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Regional Parliamentary Political Party seats based on the official canvass report of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).The report provided by Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia listed BFP with 678,328 votes, equivalent to 35.86 percent of the total votes.The United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) got 15 seats after receiving 613,663 votes, or 32.44 percent.BARMM Grand Coalition (BGC) was allocated eight seats after receiving 391,266 votes, or 20.68 percent.Bangsamoro Peoples' (Raayat) Democratic Party got one seat after receiving 68,839 votes, or 3.64 percent.The other parties - Progresibong Bangsamoro Party, Bangsamoro Party, Bangsamoro Empowerment and Social Transformation Party, Mahardika Party, Alliance of Bangsamoro Tri-Peoples Party, and People's Consultative (Mushawara) Party - were deemed not qualified.The Progresibong Bangsamoro Party received 36,672 votes or 1.94 percent.Bangsamoro Party received 35,777 votes, or 1.89 percent, while the BEST Party…