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Unopposed governor elected Apayao congressional rep

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Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Apayao Governor Eleanor Bulut Begtang. Apayao PIO" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/12/20220508-apayao-bulut-begtang-apio-3.jpg"/><figcaption>Apayao Governor Eleanor Bulut Begtang. Apayao PIO</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Apayao Governor Eleonor “Leah” Bulut-Begtang is set to return to the House of Representatives after winning as her province’s congressional representative in this year’s elections.</p><p>Bulut-Begtang got 50,503 votes, based on partial, unofficial results aggregated from Comelec data as of May 12, 2022, 3:17 PM and from 167 Election Returns.</p><p>She ran unopposed, meaning she only needed a single vote to be declared as winner.</p><p>With her win, Bulut-Begtang returns to the lower chamber, replacing her brother Elias Bulut Jr., whom she swapped positions with in the 2019 elections.</p><p>Bulut-Begtang, who is affiliated with ruling party PDP-Laban, was among 38 candidates for district representative who ran unopposed. Overall, 845 aspirants for varying positions were unchallenged in this year’s elections, according to the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/03/25/22/845-candidates-are-sure-winners-in-2022-polls">Sure winners: 845 candidates running unopposed in 2022 polls</a></li></ul><div><em>For live election results, see <a href="https://www.halalanresults.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN News Halalan results</a></em><br/> </div>

Apayao Governor Eleonor Bulut-Begtang is set to return to the lower chamber after winning as her province’s congressional representative in this year’s elections.

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Unopposed governor elected Apayao congressional rep

Jaehwa Bernardo,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 12, 2022 05:39 PM PHT

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