Sorsogon's 1st congressional district
Appearance
Sorsogon's 1st congressional district | |
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Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
![]() Location of Sorsogon within the Philippines | |
Province | Sorsogon |
Region | Bicol Region |
Population | 420,092 (2015)[1] |
Electorate | 213,458 (2016)[2] |
Major settlements | 6 LGUs
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Area | 1,103.73 km² |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1907 |
Representative | Evelina G. Escudero |
Political party | NPC |
Congressional bloc | Majority |
Sorsogon's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Sorsogon. 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, Sorsogon City, and adjacent municipalities of Casiguran, Castilla, Donsol, Magallanes and Pilar. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Evelina G. Escudero of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).[4]
Representation history
# | Member | Term of office | Legislature | Party | Electoral history | Constituent LGUs | ||
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Start | End | |||||||
Sorsogon's 1st district for the Philippine Assembly | ||||||||
District created April 1, 1907.[5] | ||||||||
1 | style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | | Vicente de Vera | October 16, 1907 | October 16, 1909 | 1st | Independent | Elected in 1907. | 1907–1916 Bacon, Barcelona, Bulusan, Casiguran, Castilla, Gubat, Irosin, Juban, Matnog, Prieto Diaz, Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon |
2 | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Leoncio Grajo | October 16, 1909 | October 16, 1916 | 2nd | Nacionalista | Elected in 1909. | |
3rd | Re-elected in 1912. | |||||||
Sorsogon's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands | ||||||||
3 | style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | | Manuel Escudero | October 16, 1916 | June 3, 1919 | 4th | Independent | Elected in 1916. | 1916–1922 Bacon, Barcelona, Bulusan, Casiguran, Castilla, Gubat, Irosin, Juban, Matnog, Prieto Diaz, Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon |
(2) | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Leoncio Grajo | June 3, 1919 | June 6, 1922 | 5th | Nacionalista | Elected in 1919. | |
4 | Antonio H. Rocha | June 6, 1922 | June 2, 1925 | 6th | Demócrata | Elected in 1922. | 1922–1935 Barcelona, Bulan, Bulusan, Gubat, Irosin, Matnog, Prieto Diaz, Santa Magdalena | |
5 | Juan Reyes | June 2, 1925 | June 5, 1928 | 7th | Demócrata | Elected in 1925. | ||
6 | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Justino Encinas | June 5, 1928 | June 2, 1931 | 8th | Nacionalista | Elected in 1928. | |
7 | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Adolfo Gerona | June 2, 1931 | September 16, 1935 | 9th | Nacionalista | 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 | |||||||
Sorsogon's 1st district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines) | ||||||||
8 | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Democratico/meta/color;" | | Norberto A. Roque | September 16, 1935 | December 30, 1941 | 1st | Nacionalista Democrático |
Elected in 1935. | 1935–1941 Barcelona, Bulan, Bulusan, Gubat, Irosin, Matnog, Prieto Diaz, Santa Magdalena |
style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | 2nd | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1938. | |||||
District dissolved into the two-seat Sorsogon'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 | |||||||
Sorsogon's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines | ||||||||
District re-created May 24, 1945. | ||||||||
(8) | style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Norberto A. Roque | June 11, 1945 | May 25, 1946 | 1st | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1941. | 1945–1946 Barcelona, Bulan, Bulusan, Gubat, Irosin, Matnog, Prieto Diaz, Santa Magdalena |
# | Member | Term of office | Congress | Party | Electoral history | Constituent LGUs | ||
Start | End | |||||||
Sorsogon's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | ||||||||
9 | style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | Pacifico F. Lim | May 25, 1946 | December 30, 1949 | 1st | Liberal | Elected in 1946. | 1946–1972 Barcelona, Bulan, Bulusan, Gubat, Irosin, Matnog, Prieto Diaz, Santa Magdalena |
10 | style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | Modesto G. Galias | December 30, 1949 | December 30, 1953 | 2nd | Liberal | Elected in 1949. | |
11 | rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" | | Salvador R. Encinas | December 30, 1953 | September 23, 1972 | 3rd | Nacionalista | Elected in 1953. | |
4th | Re-elected in 1957. | |||||||
5th | Re-elected in 1961. | |||||||
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | 6th | Liberal | Re-elected in 1965. | |||||
7th | Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law. | |||||||
District dissolved into the twelve-seat Region V's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the two-seat Sorsogon's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa. | ||||||||
District re-created February 2, 1987. | ||||||||
12 | style="background:Template:Kilusang Bagong Lipunan/meta/color;" | | Salvador Escudero | June 30, 1987 | April 15, 1996 | 8th | KBL | Elected in 1987. | 1987–present Casiguran, Castilla, Donsol, Magallanes, Pilar, Sorsogon City |
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color;" | | 9th | NPC | Re-elected in 1992. | |||||
10th | Re-elected in 1995. Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Agriculture. | |||||||
13 | style="background:Template:Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino/meta/color;" | | Francis Escudero | June 30, 1998 | June 30, 2007 | 11th | LAMMP | Elected in 1998. | |
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color;" | | 12th | NPC | Elected in 2001. | |||||
13th | Re-elected in 2004. | |||||||
(12) | style="background:Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color;" | | Salvador Escudero | June 30, 2007 | August 13, 2012 | 14th | NPC | Elected in 2007. | |
style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" | | 15th | Liberal | Re-elected in 2010. Died. | |||||
14 | rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color;" | | Evelina G. Escudero | June 30, 2013 | Incumbent | 16th | NPC | Elected in 2013. | |
17th | Re-elected in 2016. | |||||||
18th | Re-elected in 2019. |
Election results
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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NPC | Evelina Escudero | 116,069 | ||
Invalid or blank votes | 64,305 | |||
Total votes | 180,374 | |||
NPC hold |
2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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NPC | Evelina Escudero | 55,425 | 50.34 | |
Independent | Aeneas Eli Diaz | 28,006 | 25.43 | |
Independent | Arnulfo Perete | 12,581 | 11.43 | |
Margin of victory | 27,419 | 24.90% | ||
Invalid or blank votes | 14,099 | 12.80 | ||
Total votes | 110,111 | 100.00 | ||
NPC hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal | Salvador Escudero III | 89,512 | 54.56 | |
Nacionalista | Edwin Hamor | 63,287 | 38.57 | |
Valid ballots | 152,799 | 93.13 | ||
Invalid or blank votes | 11,274 | 6.87 | ||
Total votes | 164,073 | 100.00 | ||
Liberal hold |
See also
References
- ^ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 14, 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 12, 2020.