Unofficial election results in the Muslim-majority autonomous region of Bangsamoro in the southern Philippines suggest no single party is on course to dominate parliament, meaning that coalition talks may be needed to choose the region’s first chief minister. The election has been largely shaped by rival camps within the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a former separatist movement that negotiated autonomy with the Philippine government. One camp, the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), is led by longtime Front chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, while the other, the Bangsamoro Federalist Party, is led by Abdulraof Macacua, a former Front commander appointed interim chief by Philippine President Marcos Jr in 2025.
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