2001 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general elections were held for the first time in the newly expanded Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In 2001, Republic Act No. 9054^[1] was passed for the expansion of the ARMM to include the areas which initially rejected inclusion and the provinces which were carved from them, however only Marawi City and Basilan with the exception of Isabela City opted to be integrated in the region. Special ARMM Elections for the regional governor and vice-governor posts happened on November 26, 2001.

2001 ARMM general election

← 1996 November 26, 2001 2005 →

Nominee Parouk Hussin Ibrahim Taglas III Party Lakas Independent Running mate Mahid Mutilan Benjamin Loong Popular vote 585,435 237,868 Percentage 68.34% 27.77%

Regional Governor before election Nur Misuari Lakas Elected Regional Governor Parouk Hussin Lakas

Results

Regional governor

2001 ARMM gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Hussin, Parouk S.	585,435	68.34%
	Independent	Paglas, Ibrahim III P.	237,868	27.77%
	Independent	Abbas, Macapanton Jr. Y.	7,476	0.87%
	LDP	Amin, Hussin U.	7,091	0.83%
	KAMPI	Karon, Faizal G.	6,339	0.74%
	Independent	Nooh, Ahmad D.	6,041	0.71%
	Independent	Espaldon, Romulo M.	2,237	0.26%
	Independent	Matalam, Jimmy B.	727	0.08%
	Independent	Datu Saud, Hadji Sharief U.	657	0.08%
	Islamic Party of the Phils.	Baraguir, Sangacala M.	647	0.08%
	PDP–Laban	Isnaji, Alarez S.	496	0.06%
	Independent	Idrijani, Limpasan B.	474	0.06%
	Independent	Pendatun, Saidona M.	450	0.05%
	Independent	Orejudos, Elsie N.	335	0.04%
	Ompia	Batara, Nasser K.	272	0.03%
	Independent	Defino, Ephraim B.	133	0.02%
Margin of victory			347,567	40.57%
Total votes			856,678	100.00%
	Lakas hold

Regional vice-governor

2001 ARMM vice-gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Mutilan, Mahid M.	549,705	66.62%
	Independent	Loong, Benjamin T.	247,432	29.99%
	Independent	Midtimbang, Midpantao M.	7,159	0.87%
	Independent	Sheik Al-Aman, Usman I.	4,642	0.56%
	KAMPI	Lucman, Tarhata A.	4,236	0.51%
	Independent	Rasul, Fatima Irene I.	3,362	0.41%
	People's Leadership Party	Laguindab, Abdulmalik P.C.L	3,085	0.37%
	Independent	Sema, Bai Sandra A.	2,421	0.29%
	Independent	Comadug, Malailah D.	807	0.10%
	Independent	Laguindab, Ali P.	789	0.10%
	Independent	Dianalan, Jiamil M.	668	0.08%
	Ompia	Hadjinor, Abdulbasit A.	466	0.06%
	Independent	Lomondot, Rocma A.	338	0.04%
Margin of victory			302,110	36.63%
Total votes			825,110	100.00%
	Lakas hold

References

1. "Republic Act No. 9054 | GOVPH". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

External links

• Official Results
• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• Republic Act No. 9054