Editing Provinces of the Philippines (section)

=== Legislative ===
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The vice governor acts as the president for each ''[[Sangguniang Panlalawigan]]'' ('''SP'''; "Provincial Board"), the province's legislative body. Every SP is composed of regularly elected members from provincial districts, as well as ''ex officio'' members. The number of regularly elected SP members allotted to each province is determined by its income class. First- and second-class provinces are provided ten regular SP members; third- and fourth-class provinces have eight, while fifth- and sixth-class provinces have six. Exceptions are provinces with more than five congressional districts, such as [[Cavite]] with 16 regularly elected SP members, and [[Cebu]], [[Negros Occidental]] and [[Pangasinan]] which have twelve each.

Every SP has designated seats for ''ex officio'' members, given to the respective local presidents of the Association of [[Barangay]] Captains (ABC), Philippine Councilors' League (PCL), and ''[[Sangguniang Kabataan]]'' ('''SK'''; "Youth Council").

The vice governor and regular members of an SP are elected by the voters within the province. ''[[Ex officio]]'' members are elected by members of their respective organizations.