LIVE UPDATES: BARMM elections | Sept. 14, 2026

The Bangsamoro Federalist Party (BFP) was leading the regional parliamentary political party race in the BARMM elections.

PPCRV had received results from 4,968 of 5,212 voting precincts, or 95.32 percent, in its partial, unofficial parallel count.

MANILA, Philippines — More than 5,000 election results (ER) were logged by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday for the historic Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary elections

LOOK: The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) has recorded 1,794,203 total votes, with 4,902 of 5,212 precincts (94.05%) reported in its partial, unofficial parallel count as of 10:50 p.m. The PPCRV’s Vote Completion Map as of 10:50 p.m. showed Maguindanao del Sur with the highest completion rate at 98.37%, followed by the Special Geographic Area (98.13%) and Tawi-Tawi (96.97%). Lanao del Sur recorded 96.09%, Maguindanao del Norte 91.59%, and Basilan 79.40%. | @CEBacligINQ Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/2DHFnVq1xD Watch our livestream here: https://t.co/JqB8QPy0Ca

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Comelec on Monday said the conduct of the first BARMM elections will resume in Maluso, Basilan on Tuesday, Sept. 15.

Two regional parliament political parties have so far obtained more than 500,000 votes, based on the latest unofficial parallel count.

More than 85% of precincts in the BARMM had transmitted their results to the PPCRV partial, unofficial parallel count as of Monday night.

Watch the unofficial parallel count of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting for the 2026 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections as of Monday, Sept. 14, 2026.

Reprinted official ballots for the first BARMM parliamentary elections will be distributed in certain precincts in Maluso, Basilan Tuesday.

Three political parties are leading the race in the first-ever elections in BARMM, based on the unofficial parallel count by the PPCRV.

Several bets were leading in the BARMM elections, based on the partial and unofficial parallel count by the PPCRV on Monday night.

Comelec had received 43.3 percent of the expected election returns as of 7:30 p.m. on Monday, after the closing of polling precincts for the first BARMM polls.

A candidate for Maguindanao del Sur’s 5th district representative withdrew his candidacy on Monday, the day of the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections.

A powerful explosion rocked Cotabato City Central Pilot Elementary School Monday afternoon while the historic BARMM parliamentary elections were underway.

A police officer from the Caraga region who is part of the security force for the BARMM polls was wounded in a shooting incident.

79 members of electoral boards in Lanao del Sur province backed out from their official duties on Monday for BARMM elections

The Lanao del Sur Provincial Police Office (PPO) has denied reports of a shooting incident or the eruption of gunfire in Lumbaca-Unayan town

The PPCRV said gunshots were reported at San Vicente Academy in Cotabato City on Monday afternoon amid the first BARMM parliamentary elections.

The Comelec has dismissed a Facebook post alleging a vote mismatch in an automated counting machine during the first BARMM parliamentary elections.

NEWS UPDATE: Comelec Chairperson George Garcia says that the BARMM parliamentary elections will resume in Maluso, Basilan on Tuesday, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. This comes after the Comelec flags pre-shaded ballots in 36 out of 68 polling precincts in the Basilan town. The Comelec then ordered the reprinting of over 16,000 ballots in the National Printing Office. Garcia also says that the reprinted ballots will be distributed to electoral board members on early Tuesday morning. | @DSampangINQ Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/2DHFnVptI5 Watch our livestream here: https://t.co/JqB8QPxsMC

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WATCH: Interview with Major General Leonardo Peña, commander of the Philippine Army’s 11th Infantry Division, in Basilan as of 5:30 p.m. on Monday. | 📷: Leah D. Agonoy Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/1RIfIzWtoV https://t.co/dHOO8bzru5

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LOOK: Nasser Dalgan has withdrawn his candidacy for the position of 5th district representative in Maguindanao del Sur on September 14, the day of the BARMM polls. Comelec Chairperson George Garcia says that Dalgan did not disclose the reason behind his candidacy withdrawal. | 📷: Comelec @DSampangINQ Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/2DHFnVq1xD

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The PNP on Monday said at least 13 polling centers in Maluso, Basilan have yet to begin voting for the first BARMM parliamentary elections.

Ex-assemblyman Froxy Macarambon, the first nominee of the Moro Ako Party declared that their regional parliamentary bid remains active despite administrative hurdles.

Voting was temporarily disrupted at a polling center in Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur, on Monday noon amid an alleged encounter between police and an armed group.

The wife of a mayor reportedly ordered some people to use the names of those who had yet to vote in the BARMM elections on Monday, Sept. 14.

Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong took time off on Monday from his House prosecution duties in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial to vote in the BARMM polls.

Two luxury cars were destroyed as unidentified men with sticks and iron rods threatened to storm a Cotabato City polling center for the Bangsamoro polls on Monday.

[Trigger Warning: Shooting] WATCH: A shooting incident was reported at San Vicente Academy in Cotabato City around 2:47 p.m. amid the first-ever Bangsamoro Parliamentary elections on Monday, Sept. 14. According to BARMM regional coordinator Father Dave Procalla, the incident caused no casualties. The investigation is ongoing. 🎥: PPCRV – COTABATO @MJSalcedoINQ Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/2DHFnVq1xD

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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) extended voting in Al-Barka, Basilan, by another two hours, as security hitches on Monday morning delayed the opening of polling centers.

Lanao del Sur 1st District Rep. Ziaur-Rahman “Zia” A. Adiong said the first Bangsamoro polls was generally peaceful across Lanao del Sur.

For 18-year-old Jomar Ulimpaen, casting his first ballot on Monday was more than a new experience; it was also a chance to make his voice heard in the Bangsamoro polls.

Comelec said winners in the first BARMM parliamentary elections may bring four companions to their proclamation.

Voting at precincts in Al-Barka, Basilan, for the first-ever Bangsamoro election has been extended until 9 p.m., Commission on Elections Chair George Erwin Garcia announces. Originally scheduled to end at 7 p.m., voting was extended by two hours because the polls did not open at the scheduled time due to “heated discussions” among MILF fighters and commanders and partisan groups. Voting was supposed to begin at 7 a.m. but only commenced at around 10:30 a.m. | @luisacabatoINQ Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/2DHFnVq1xD

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The wife of a mayor reportedly ordered some people at Barurao Central Elementary School in Maguindanao del Sur to use the names of those who had yet to vote in the BARMM elections and have them cast ballots for their allied candidates. “Pumasok raw po ang mga tao ng asawa ng mayor at kinuha ang voters list. Lahat daw ng mga hindi pa nagboboto, kinukuha ang pangalan para pwedeng botohin para sa kanilang kandidato,” PPCRV spokesperson Singson says. | @MJSalcedoINQ Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/2DHFnVptI5

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LOOK: MILF first vice chairman and UBJP vice president Mohagher Iqbal, chair of the front’s Peace Implementing Panel, casts his vote for the first BARMM elections at a polling precinct in Barangay Bugawas, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, on Monday, Sept. 14. | 📷: Abubakar Guiaman via Taher Solaimaniman Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/2DHFnVptI5

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Moro Islamic Liberation Front Chairman (MILF) and United Bangsamoro Justice Party Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim voted on Monday, hoping that the winners will truly serve the region.

The Comelec urged the Congress to amend the Omnibus Election Law to transfer the custody of official ballots

WATCH: Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chairman Ahod Balawag Ebrahim, also president of United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), voted today at Barangay Lower Pangangkalan, Pahamuddin, Special Geographic Area, BARMM. | 📹: Ahod Balawag Ebrahim/FB Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/2DHFnVq1xD

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Political parties participating in the first ever parliamentary elections in the BARMM were told to uphold peace

A blast that maybe from a grenade was heard outside the compound of a school in a Special Geographic Area of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao town on Monday.

A total of 1,164 out of the 1,186 voting centers, or 98.14 percent, in the first BARMM parliamentary elections were now open

WATCH: Lanao del Sur 1st District Representative Zia Alonto Adiong casts his vote at the Upper Pugaan Elementary School in Barangay Upper Pugaan, Ditsaan-Ramain, Lanao del Sur, at around 11 a.m. on Monday, September 14. | 🎥: Divina M. Suson, Inquirer Mindanao Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/2DHFnVq1xD

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The PNP has so far recorded at least seven incidents of violence amid the first BARMM parliamentary elections

Voters in Lanao del Sur discovered that unknown individuals had cast their ballots for the first Bangsamoro parliamentary polls on Monday.

The DOH has raised a “code white” alert level for the conduct of the first BARMM parliamentary elections on September 14. 

An election watchdog flagged voters at Central Oring Elementary School in Buldon, Maguindanao del Norte, for voting multiple times

READ: Vice President Sara Duterte urged candidates, political parties, stakeholders, and voters in the first BARMM parliamentary elections to uphold a peaceful and transparent election, and to responsibly exercise their right to vote for leaders committed to good governance and the welfare of the Bangsamoro. | 📷: Duterte/Facebook Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/2DHFnVptI5

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Maranao leader Samira Gutoc traveled from Manila to Marantao to fulfill what she called a “holy obligation” to vote in the Bangsamoro parliamentary polls on Monday.

The results of the first BARMM Parliamentary elections are available on the official website of the Commission on Elections. 

WATCH: Persons deprived of liberty have cast their votes for the first BARMM Parliamentary elections at the BJMP Cotabato City Jail on Monday, September 14. | 🎥: Comelec via @DSampangINQ Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/1RIfIzWtoV https://t.co/qGzJjRkoz9

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WATCH: Mindanao State University History Prof. Tirmizy Abdullah casts his vote in Baconga Elementary School, Marantao town in Lanao del Sur. | 🎥: Cong B. Corrales Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/1RIfIzWtoV https://t.co/OiD0qwtgOW

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‘MANY VOTERS HAVE VOTED MULTIPLE TIMES’ UPDATE: In Central Oring Elementary School in Buldon, Maguindanao del Norte, many voters were reported to have voted “multiple times” during the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary elections on Monday, Sept. 14. “They are voting on behalf of people who cannot vote or were unable to show up at the precinct. They are also handing out sample ballots to support their candidates,” PPCRV spokesperson Singson says, reading a volunteer’s report. Singson reminds the public that a voter can cast only one vote and that voting for others is prohibited. | @MJSalcedoINQ Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/2DHFnVptI5

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Gunshots were reported at Dilausan Central Elementary School in Lanao del Sur, amid the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary elections.

A Maguindanao mayor and MILF commander urged voters to vote on Monday in the Bangsamoro polls, describing the ballot as a way to advance the Moro people’s bid of self-governance.

LOOK: The results of the BARMM parliamentary elections can be accessible through the official website of the Commission on Elections.The Comelec says that transmission of results will begin after the closing of polling precincts at 7 p.m. and printing of the first nine copies… pic.twitter.com/oCpDDaHKEA

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Around 88.11 percent of voting centers across the BARMM have opened so far for its first parliamentary elections

Election materials for the Bangsamoro polls failed to leave the municipal hall of Al-Barka, Basilan, on Monday after armed men reportedly took positions on the roads.

WATCH: Brig. Gen. Frederick Sales, commander of 1101st Infantry Brigade, speaks to reporters in Al-Barka, Basilan, where a group MILF members earlier barred poll workers and materials from proceeding. The situation was later resolved through proper Bangsamoro peace mechanisms. |… pic.twitter.com/dyK2aNumKY

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WATCH: Lead Prosecutor Rep. Gerville Luistro says she believes that the Senate has the sole power to decide whether to base the 2/3 conviction threshold on all 24 senators or only the members of the Senate who are able to attend VP Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial.Asked if they… pic.twitter.com/IWuzXMZJc0

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WATCH: Voters search for their names on the Precinct Computerized Voters’ List (PCVL) outside the polling center in Barangay Cawayan, Marantao, Lanao del Sur, during the historic BARMM parliamentary elections on Monday, September 14. | via Divina M. Suson, Inquirer Mindanao… pic.twitter.com/GpWNJCkmNT

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WATCH: Maranao civiv leader Samira Gutoc (2nd right) prays with her family before heading to the polling precinct in Barangay Cawayan, Marantao, Lanao del Sur, to cast her vote. "We also pray for the safety of the media who covered the elections," she said. | via Divina M.… pic.twitter.com/1T3k79ifkf

— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) September 14, 2026

Bangsamoro interim Chief Minister Abduraof Macacua condemned the series of violence that hit Cotabato City on the eve of and during the regional parliamentary polls.

Bangsamoro interim chief minister Abdulraof Macacua cast his vote during the first regional parliamentary elections on Monday.

WATCH: Authorities guard the entrance of the Lamitan Central Elementary School in Barangay Maganda, Lamitan City, Basilan, as polling for the historic BARMM election starts on Monday. | 🎥: Leah D. Agonoy, Inquirer MindanaoFollow our live updates here: https://t.co/1RIfIzVVzn pic.twitter.com/E86VrUmGjN

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Voters patiently waited as early as 5 a.m. on Monday in front of a Cotabato City school but voting for the Bangsamoro parliamentary polls did not start until 8 a.m.

LOOK: BARMM Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua voted in Barangay Gambar, Kabuntalan, Maguindanao del Sur at 7:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 14. He said: "I voted. I exercised my right to vote with faith in our people and hope for the future of the Bangsamoro. Let us choose with wisdom,… pic.twitter.com/SHImiMo2cC

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WATCH: Regular voting started at 7 a.m. Monday, Sept. 14, at the Madrasat Al-Riayah Al-Islamiya in Barangay Indatuan, Northern Kabuntalan, Maguindanao del Norte. | 🎥: Amiel CagayanFollow our live updates here: https://t.co/1RIfIzVVzn pic.twitter.com/jWHAqlKSqR

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On ordinary days, Madrasat Al-Riayah Al-Islamiya is a place where Muslim children study. When floods hit, it becomes an evacuation center.

Four people, including a police officer, were wounded in a shooting inside Central Pilot Elementary School in Cotabato City.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urged voters in the first Bangsamoro parliamentary election on Monday to uphold

WATCH: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. calls the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections on Monday a “defining moment” for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, urging voters to uphold the integrity of the ballot and help shape the region’s future. |… pic.twitter.com/5nlQ0L4V4Y

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Johairah Didato, 24, of Barangay Datu sa Dansalan, was unable to finish casting her vote after a poll watcher allegedly took her ballot

LOOK: The Commission on Elections shares a photo of a pre-shaded ballot in Maluso, Basilan for the first BARMM parliamentary elections.The poll body has placed the town under Comelec control after determining that ballots from 36 out of its 68 polling precincts were already… pic.twitter.com/KLBDspHOa3

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The BARMM elections kicked off here peacefully on Monday characterized by organized polling centers and high early voter turnout.

WATCH: An Army soldier instructs voters as they line up while waiting for their turn to cast their votes in Barangay Sagonsongan, Marawi City, Lanao del Sur. | via Divina M. Suson, Inquirer MindanaoFollow our live updates here: https://t.co/1RIfIzVVzn pic.twitter.com/76eBCxEtUi

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WATCH: Gun shots were fired at the vicinity of the Cotabato City Pilot Central Elementary School early Monday morning as voters flock to vote for the historic BARMM parliamentary elections.| 🎥: Katungod Bangsamoro via Cong B. Corrales, Inquirer MindanaoFollow our live updates… pic.twitter.com/dt8YN6UfNQ

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WATCH: Accompanied by her grandchild, who assisted her in voting, 74-year-old Labi Oding Didaagun shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting her ballot at a polling precinct in Barangay Sagonsongan, Marawi City, Lanao del Sur on Monday's historic BARMM parliamentary… pic.twitter.com/xjnupLZoxi

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WATCH: Voters went inside a polling center in Barangay Sagongsongan, Marawi City, Lanao del Sur at the opening of the BARMM parliamentary elections at 7 a.m. on Monday. | via Cong B. Corrales, Inquirer MindanaoFollow our live updates here: https://t.co/1RIfIzVVzn pic.twitter.com/uGYcejmaM0

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Joint police and military units thwarted a bombing plot after discovering and safely detonating an improvised explosive device early Monday.

WATCH: At the Saguiaran Elementary School in Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur, police personnel ushered voters inside the polling area at exactly 7 a.m. Monday, September 14, as regular voting began for the historic BARMM Parliamentary Elections. | via Divina M. Suson, Inquirer Mindanao… pic.twitter.com/y9v638RR2P

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WATCH: Voter Basari Yahiya, 58, expressed disappointment after lining up at the Saguiaran Elementary School in Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur as early as 5 a.m. on Monday, hoping to cast his votes under the priority lane for voters with special needs, including senior citizens and… pic.twitter.com/grSwpkhvyV

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WATCH: A person with disability (PWD) troops to the Lamitan Central Elementary School in Barangay Maganda, Lamitan City, Basilan to vote for the historic BARMM parliamentary elections on Monday. | 🎥: Leah D. Agonoy

Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/1RIfIzVVzn pic.twitter.com/QcaIPYRA9L

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WATCH: A woman who gave her name only as Lorna, of the Lamitan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative (LARBECO) from a Gawad Kalinga village, was at the voting center at B. Aldana Central Elementary School in Barangay Limo-ok, Lamitan City, Basilan at 4:30 a.m. Monday to… pic.twitter.com/VmZHM5eKUH

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WATCH: Teachers set up the ACM at Clustered Precinct No. 2 in Manarapan Elementary School in Manarapan, Kapalawan, SGA-BARMM at 5 a.m. on Sept. 14. | 🎥: Taher G. Solaiman

Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/1RIfIzWtoV pic.twitter.com/GiTEbAa7DJ

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Despite the series of bombings and shooting here on Sunday night, voting started on time in most of the voting precincts

WATCH: Setting up of the ACM at Precinct Nos. 001A, 1B and 1C in Manarapan Elementary School in Barangay Manarapan, Kapalawan, SGA-BARMM before the start of the historic Sept. 14 parliamentary elections. | 🎥: Taher G. Solaiman

Follow our live updates here:… pic.twitter.com/WXcpOxiYdR

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JUST IN: The Commission on Elections has placed Cotabato City and Maluso, Basilan under Comelec control for the first BARMM polls due to violence and compromised ballots.

Comelec Chairman George Garcia says that explosions and a shooting incident were reported in Cotabato City… pic.twitter.com/xVSDdKvowZ

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Abdullah Macapaar, more known as Commander Bravo, was among the first voters to cast his ballot Monday.

Comelec has determined that the ballots in 36 out of 68 precincts in Maluso, Basilan have already been preshaded

Senior citizens were among the early voters who showed up at polling centers in Maguindanao del Norte on Monday

The regular voting period for the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary elections has started.

Some 727,634 voters in Lanao del Sur, BARMM’s vote-richest, are eligible to cast ballots across 1,764 clustered precincts.

All eyes will be on BARMM on Monday, as 2.39 million voters head to 1,186 voting centers to elect the region’s first regular parliament.

Three people were killed, and at least 15 others were wounded in a shooting incident near polling center in Barangay Bagua 2, Cotabato City.

For the Bangsamoro people, today is more than election day. It is a demonstration of what peace makes possible when guns give way to ballots.

Seniors, PWDs, and pregnant women can now cast their votes during the early voting period for the first BARMM parliamentary elections.

Faithful Catholics in Isabela City, Basilan lit candles as church bells tolled in unison following the Sunday afternoon Mass.

Two explosions were reported in Cotabato City on Sunday night, a day before the Bangsamoro parliamentary elections, with one person injured in the first incident.

The PNP vowed to remain impartial, protect voters’ rights, and ensure peaceful first BARMM parliamentary elections to be held on Monday.

The UN urges stakeholders in the historic Bangsamoro polls to remain committed to dialogue as a way to resolve differences.

It’s all systems go in Lanao del Sur, according to officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the military.

In Lanao del Sur, security forces and local authorities are enforcing strict one-way cordons and designated holding areas to prevent congestion and maintain order.

The United Nations Philippines urged all stakeholders to ensure the peaceful, credible and inclusive conduct of the first parliamentary elections in the BARMM.

As the BARMM enters a critical juncture, interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua urged the Bangsamoro electorate to make the election peaceful.