General Santos City — GenSan Mayor Lorelie Pacquiao's allies here for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections last Monday have proven their hold as they dominated 18 of 26 barangays in the polls.

In a statement, City Administrator Atty. Franklin Gacal mentioned that eight big barangays — Labangal, Fatima, Calumpang, Mabuhay, City Heights, Apopong, Bula and Lagao — will be under the leadership of Pacquiao allies.

He added that the smaller barangays — Bawing, Buayan, Baluan, Tinagacan, Katangawan, Ligaya and Batomelong, Dadiangas West — also belonged to the mayor's allies.

Barangay Olympog, which elected an independent candidate, is presumed to join the Pacquiao stable comes 2025.

Former Partylist Representative Alberto "Bobby" Pacquiao — the mayor's husband — ran uncontested in Labangal and is expected to be unopposed once the Association of Barangay Captains convene for new sets of officers.

With this development, Gacal said that the BSKE in GenSan will mostly become the barometer in the upcoming 2025 midterm elections.

Meantime, the rival local party RCRI of former GenSan City Mayor Ronnel Rivera only got the smaller barangays like, Dadiangas North, South, East, San Jose, Upper Labay and Tambler.