#HalalanResults: 'Dragon slayer' Bag-ao beats Ecleo scion in Dinagat gubernatorial race

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MANILA -- Dinagat Islands Rep. Kaka Bag-ao has defeated another member of the well-entrenched Ecleo political clan -- this time in the gubernatorial race. Bag-ao in 2013 was dubbed &quot;dragon slayer&quot; after defeating then Dinagat mayor Gwendolyn Ecleo in the race for the island&#x27;s lone congressional district. In her bid for the Dinagat&#x27;s highest post this election, Bag-ao of the Liberal Party got 29,449 votes against the 26,705 votes of Gwendolyn&#x27;s brother, Benglen Banglao, according to a partial and unofficial tally of 99.25 percent of election returns by the Commission on Elections. <div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/05/14/dinagat.png"/></figure></div> Banglao belongs to the PDP-Laban party chaired by President Rodrigo Duterte and is a top leader of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA), a spiritual organization founded by the late Ecleo patriarch, Ruben Ecleo Sr. PDP-Laban&#x27;s Nilo Demerey led the vice gubernatorial race with 27,706 votes against the 21,474 of Liberal Party&#x27;s Caloy Eludo. Gwen Ecleo, meanwhile, placed third in the race for the congressional seat of the third district, behind second placer Amor Alcaria of PDP-Laban and topnotcher, independent candidate Ailong Dela Cruz. Click <a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com/local/quezon-city">here </a>for ABS-CBN&#x27;s election results.

Dinagat Islands Rep. Kaka Bag-ao has defeated another member of the well-entrenched Ecleo political clan -- this time in the gubernatorial race.

Dinagat Islands Rep. Kaka Bag-ao has defeated another member of the well-entrenched Ecleo political clan -- this time in the gubernatorial race.

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#HalalanResults: 'Dragon slayer' Bag-ao beats Ecleo scion in Dinagat gubernatorial race

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Published May 14, 2019 12:39 PM PHT

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Updated May 14, 2019 12:55 PM PHT

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