Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district
Appearance
Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district | |
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Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
Province | Ilocos Norte |
Region | Ilocos Region |
Population | 305,774 (2015)[1] |
Electorate | 199,941 (2016)[2] |
Major settlements | |
Area | 2,047.42 km² |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1907 |
Representative | Ria Christina G. Fariñas |
Political party | PDP–Laban |
Congressional bloc | Majority |
Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Ilocos Norte. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.[3] The district consists of the provincial capital city of Laoag and adjacent municipalities of Adams, Bacarra, Bangui, Burgos, Carasi, Dumalneg, Pagudpud, Pasuquin, Piddig, Sarrat and Vintar. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Ria Christina G. Fariñas of the PDP–Laban.[4]
Representation history
# | Member | Term of office | Legislature | Party | Electoral history | Constituent LGUs | ||
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Start | End | |||||||
Ilocos Norte's 1st district for the Philippine Assembly | ||||||||
District created April 1, 1907.[5] | ||||||||
1 | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Irineo Javier | October 16, 1907 | October 16, 1912 | 1st | Nacionalista | Elected in 1907. | 1907–1909 Bacarra, Bangui, Laoag, Pasuquin, Piddig, San Miguel |
2nd | Re-elected in 1909. | 1909–1916 Bacarra, Bangui, Laoag, Pasuquin, Piddig, San Miguel, Vintar | ||||||
2 | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Santiago A. Fonacier | October 16, 1912 | October 16, 1916 | 3rd | Nacionalista | Elected in 1912. | |
Ilocos Norte's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands | ||||||||
3 | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Vicente T. Llanes | October 16, 1916 | June 6, 1922 | 4th | Nacionalista | Elected in 1916. | 1916–1935 Bacarra, Bangui, Burgos, Laoag, Pasuquin, Piddig, Sarrat, Vintar |
5th | Re-elected in 1919. | |||||||
4 | Irineo Ranjo | June 6, 1922 | June 2, 1925 | 6th | Nacionalista Colectivista |
Elected in 1922. | ||
5 | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Severo Hernando | June 2, 1925 | June 2, 1931 | 7th | Nacionalista Consolidado |
Elected in 1925. | |
8th | Re-elected in 1928. | |||||||
6 | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Vicente T. Lazo | June 2, 1931 | September 16, 1935 | 9th | Nacionalista Consolidado |
Elected in 1931. | |
style="background:Template:Nacionalista Democratico/meta/color;" | | 10th | Nacionalista Democrático |
Re-elected in 1934. | |||||
# | Member | Term of office | National Assembly |
Party | Electoral history | Constituent LGUs | ||
Start | End | |||||||
Ilocos Norte's 1st district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines) | ||||||||
(6) | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Democratico/meta/color;" | | Vicente T. Lazo | September 16, 1935 | December 30, 1941 | 1st | Nacionalista Democrático |
Re-elected in 1935. | 1935–1941 Bacarra, Bangui, Burgos, Laoag, Pasuquin, Piddig, Sarrat, Vintar |
style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | 2nd | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1938. | |||||
District dissolved into the two-seat Ilocos Norte's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic). | ||||||||
# | Member | Term of office | Common wealth Congress |
Party | Electoral history | Constituent LGUs | ||
Start | End | |||||||
Ilocos Norte's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines | ||||||||
District re-created May 24, 1945. | ||||||||
(6) | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Vicente T. Lazo | June 11, 1945 | May 25, 1946 | 1st | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1941. | 1945–1946 Bacarra, Bangui, Burgos, Laoag, Pasuquin, Piddig, Sarrat, Vintar |
# | Member | Term of office | Congress | Party | Electoral history | Constituent LGUs | ||
Start | End | |||||||
Ilocos Norte's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | ||||||||
7 | style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | Dámaso T. Samonte | May 25, 1946 | December 30, 1949 | 1st | Liberal | Elected in 1946. | 1946–1961 Bacarra, Bangui, Burgos, Laoag, Pasuquin, Piddig, Sarrat, Vintar |
8 | rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | Antonio V. Raquiza | December 30, 1949 | December 30, 1955 | 2nd | Liberal | Elected in 1949. | |
3rd | Re-elected in 1953. Resigned on election as Ilocos Norte governor. | |||||||
December 30, 1957 | August 24, 1966 | 4th | Re-elected in 1957. | |||||
5th | Re-elected in 1961. | 1961–1972 Bacarra, Bangui, Burgos, Laoag, Pagudpud, Pasuquin, Piddig, Sarrat, Vintar | ||||||
6th | Re-elected in 1965. Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications. | |||||||
9 | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Roque R. Ablan Jr. | January 22, 1968 | September 23, 1972 | Nacionalista | Elected to finish Raquiza's term. | ||
7th | Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law. | |||||||
District dissolved into the twelve-seat Region I's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the two-seat Ilocos Norte's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa. | ||||||||
District re-created February 2, 1987. | ||||||||
(9) | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Kilusang Bagong Lipunan/meta/color;" | | Roque R. Ablan Jr. | June 30, 1987 | June 30, 1998 | 8th | KBL | Elected in 1987. | 1987–present Adams, Bacarra, Bangui, Burgos, Carasi, Dumalneg, Laoag, Pagudpud, Pasuquin, Piddig, Sarrat, Vintar |
9th | Re-elected in 1992. | |||||||
style="background:Template:Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/meta/color;" | | 10th | Lakas–CMD | Re-elected in 1995. | |||||
10 | style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | | Rodolfo Fariñas | June 30, 1998 | June 30, 2001 | 11th | Independent | Elected in 1998. | |
(9) | rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/meta/color;" | | Roque R. Ablan Jr. | June 30, 2001 | June 30, 2010 | 12th | Lakas–CMD | Elected in 2001. | |
13th | Re-elected in 2004. | |||||||
14th | Re-elected in 2007. | |||||||
(10) | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Rodolfo Fariñas | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2019 | 15th | Nacionalista | Elected in 2010. | |
16th | Re-elected in 2013. | |||||||
style="background:Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color;" | | 17th | PDP–Laban | Re-elected in 2016. | |||||
11 | style="background:Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color;" | | Ria Christina G. Fariñas | June 30, 2019 | Incumbent | 18th | PDP–Laban | Elected in 2019. |
Election results
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal | Rodolfo Fariñas | 138,196 | ||
KBL | Ryan Remigio | 3,213 | ||
UNA | Ruel Mandac | 1,712 | ||
Invalid or blank votes | 24,004 | |||
Total votes | 167,125 | |||
Liberal hold |
2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nacionalista | Rodolfo Fariñas | 102,066 | 68.96 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 45,935 | 31.04 | ||
Total votes | 148,001 | 100.00 | ||
Nacionalista hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Nacionalista | Rodolfo Fariñas | 72,184 | 50.42 | |||
Lakas–Kampi | Kristian Ablan | 40,303 | 28.15 | |||
PMP | Reynolan Sales | 22,113 | 15.44 | |||
KBL | Alfonso Ruiz | 5,175 | 3.61 | |||
Liberal | Renato Peralta | 3,399 | 2.37 | |||
Valid ballots | 143,174 | 94.62 | ||||
Invalid or blank votes | 8,145 | 5.38 | ||||
Total votes | 151,319 | 100.00 | ||||
Nacionalista gain from Lakas–Kampi |
See also
References
- ^ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ Division of Insular Affairs (1908). Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War. Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. Vol. 253. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Washington, D.C.: United States War Department. p. 49. Retrieved April 16, 2020.