Batanes's at-large congressional district
Batanes's at-large congressional district | |
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Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
Province | Batanes |
Region | Cagayan Valley |
Population | 17,246 (2015)[1] |
Electorate | 11,006 (2016)[2] |
Area | 219.01 km2 (84.56 sq mi) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1909 (single-member district) |
Representative | Ciriaco B. Gato Jr. |
Political party | NPC |
Congressional bloc | Majority |
Batanes's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Batanes. Batanes has been represented in the country's various national legislatures since 1898.[3] The first congressional delegation consisted of two members in the First Philippine Republic legislature known as the Malolos Congress. Since 1909 when it was re-established as a regular province separate from Cagayan, Batanes has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, elected provincewide at-large, except for a brief period between 1943 and 1944 when it was again eliminated and absorbed by Cagayan's at-large representation for the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.[4] From 1978 to 1984, all provinces were converted into multi-seat regional at-large districts for the Interim Batasang Pambansa of the Fourth Philippine Republic, with Batanes forming part of the seven-seat Region II's at-large district. It was restored as a single-member district in 1984.[4]
The district is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Ciriaco B. Gato Jr. of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).[5]
Representation history
# | Term of office | National Assembly |
Seat A | Seat B | |||||||||
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Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
Batanes's at-large district for the Malolos Congress | |||||||||||||
District created June 18, 1898.[6] | |||||||||||||
– | September 15, 1898 | March 23, 1901 | 1st | style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | | Daniel Tirona | Independent | Elected in 1898. | style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | | Vito Belarmino | Independent | Appointed. | ||
# | Term of office | Legislature | Single seat | Seats eliminated | |||||||||
Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Batanes's at-large district for the Philippine Assembly | |||||||||||||
District re-created May 20, 1909 from Cagayan's 1st district.[7] | |||||||||||||
1 | October 16, 1909 | July 22, 1910 | 2nd | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Teófilo Castillejos | Nacionalista | Elected in 1909. Died. | ||||||
2 | September 5, 1911 | October 16, 1916 | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Progresista Party/meta/color;" | | Vicente Barsana | Progresista | Elected to finish Castillejos's term. | |||||||
3rd | Re-elected in 1912. | ||||||||||||
Batanes's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands | |||||||||||||
3 | October 16, 1916 | June 3, 1919 | 4th | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Juan C. Castillejos | Nacionalista | Elected in 1916. | ||||||
4 | June 3, 1919 | June 2, 1925 | 5th | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Claudio Castillejos | Nacionalista | Elected in 1919. | ||||||
6th | Nacionalista Unipersonalista |
Re-elected in 1922. | |||||||||||
5 | June 2, 1925 | June 5, 1928 | 7th | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Vicente Agan | Nacionalista Consolidado |
Elected in 1925. | ||||||
6 | June 5, 1928 | June 5, 1934 | 8th | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Mariano Lizardo | Nacionalista Consolidado |
Elected in 1928. | ||||||
9th | Re-elected in 1931. | ||||||||||||
(5) | June 5, 1934 | September 16, 1935 | 10th | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Democratico/meta/color;" | | Vicente Agan | Nacionalista Democrático |
Elected in 1934. | ||||||
# | Term of office | National Assembly |
Single seat | ||||||||||
Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Batanes's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines) | |||||||||||||
(5) | September 16, 1935 | December 30, 1941 | 1st | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Democratico/meta/color;" | | Vicente Agan | Nacionalista Democrático |
Re-elected in 1935. | ||||||
2nd | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1938. | ||||||||||
District dissolved into the two-seat Cagayan's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic). | |||||||||||||
# | Term of office | Common wealth Congress |
Single seat | ||||||||||
Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Batanes's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines | |||||||||||||
District re-created May 24, 1945. | |||||||||||||
(5) | – | – | 1st | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Vicente Agan | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1941. Died before start of term. | ||||||
# | Term of office | Congress | Single seat | ||||||||||
Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Batanes's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |||||||||||||
7 | May 25, 1946 | December 30, 1949 | 1st | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Anastacio Agan | Nacionalista | Elected in 1946. | ||||||
8 | December 30, 1949 | December 30, 1957 | 2nd | style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | | Jorge A. Abad | Independent | Elected in 1949. | ||||||
3rd | style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | Liberal | Re-elected in 1953. | ||||||||||
9 | December 30, 1957 | December 30, 1961 | 4th | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Manuel Agudo | Nacionalista | Elected in 1957. | ||||||
(8) | December 30, 1961 | June 22, 1964 | 5th | style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | Jorge A. Abad | Liberal | Elected in 1961. Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications. | ||||||
10 | December 30, 1965 | December 30, 1969 | 6th | style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | Aurora B. Abad | Liberal | Elected in 1965. | ||||||
(8) | December 30, 1969 | September 23, 1972 | 7th | style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | Jorge A. Abad | Liberal | Elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law. | ||||||
District dissolved into the seven-seat Region II's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa. | |||||||||||||
# | Term of office | Batasang Pambansa |
Single seat | ||||||||||
Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Batanes's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa | |||||||||||||
District re-created February 1, 1984.[8] | |||||||||||||
– | July 23, 1984 | March 25, 1986 | 2nd | style="background:Template:Kilusang Bagong Lipunan/meta/color;" | | Fernando C. Faberes | KBL | Elected in 1984. | ||||||
# | Term of office | Congress | Single seat | ||||||||||
Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Batanes's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |||||||||||||
District re-created February 2, 1987. | |||||||||||||
11 | June 30, 1987 | December 31, 1989 | 8th | style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | Florencio Abad | Liberal | Elected in 1987. Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Agrarian Reform. | ||||||
12 | June 30, 1992 | June 30, 1995 | 9th | style="background:Template:Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/meta/color;" | | Enrique C. Lizardo | Lakas–CMD | Elected in 1992. | ||||||
(11) | June 30, 1995 | June 30, 2004 | 10th | rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | Florencio Abad | Liberal | Elected in 1995. | ||||||
11th | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||||
12th | Re-elected in 2001. | ||||||||||||
13 | June 30, 2004 | June 30, 2007 | 13th | style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | Henedina Abad | Liberal | Elected in 2004. | ||||||
14 | June 30, 2007 | June 30, 2010 | 14th | style="background:Template:Lakas–CMD/meta/color;" | | Carlo Oliver Diasnes | Lakas–CMD | Elected in 2007. | ||||||
(13) | June 30, 2010 | October 8, 2017 | 15th | rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | Henedina Abad | Liberal | Elected in 2010. | ||||||
16th | Re-elected in 2013. | ||||||||||||
17th | Re-elected in 2016. Died. | ||||||||||||
15 | June 30, 2019 | Incumbent | 18th | style="background:Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color;" | | Ciriaco B. Gato Jr. | NPC | Elected in 2019. |
Election results
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal | Henedina Abad | 4,236 | ||
NPC | Efren Lizardo | 1,795 | ||
Independent | Alex Narag | 1,517 | ||
UNA | Nicanor Abad | 1,479 | ||
Margin of victory | ||||
Invalid or blank votes | 641 | |||
Total votes | 9,668 | |||
Liberal hold |
2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henedina Abad | 3,813 | 45.74 | +8.67 | |
Independent | Carlo Oliver Diasnes | 3,676 | 44.10 | +8.09 | |
UNA | Anacleto Mendoza | 847 | 10.16 | +10.16 | |
Margin of victory | 137 | 1.64 | +0.58 | ||
Total votes | 8,336 | 100 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.38 |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Liberal | Dina Abad | 3,076 | 37.07 | |||
Lakas–Kampi | Carlo Oliver Diasnes | 2,988 | 36.01 | |||
Independent | Alex Narag | 2,234 | 26.92 | |||
Valid ballots | 8,298 | 97.93 | ||||
Invalid or blank votes | 175 | 2.07 | ||||
Total votes | 8,473 | 100.00 | ||||
Liberal gain from Lakas–Kampi |
See also
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