Aklan's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Boundary of Aklan's 1st congressional district in Aklan
Location of Aklan within the Philippines
ProvinceAklan
RegionWestern Visayas
Population313,775 (2020)[1]
Electorate209,315 (2022)[2]
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created2018
RepresentativeCarlito Marquez
Political party  NPC
Congressional blocMajority

Aklan's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Aklan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2019.[3] The district consists of the provincial capital municipality of Kalibo and adjacent municipalities of Altavas, Balete, Banga, Batan, Libacao, Madalag, and New Washington. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Carlito S. Marquez of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), who has represented the district since its creation.[4]

Representation history

# Image Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history Constituent
LGUs
Start End
District created August 28, 2018 from Aklan's at-large district.[5]
1 Carlito S. Marquez June 30, 2019 Incumbent 18th NPC Re-elected in 2019. 2019–present:
Altavas, Balete, Banga, Batan, Kalibo, Libacao, Madalag, New Washington
19th Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Carlito S. Marquez 89,731 55.65%
NUP Rodell Ramos 59,110 33.66%
Aksyon Harry Sucgang 9,710 6.02%
Independent Rodson Mayor 2,863 1.78
Total votes 161,234 100.00%
NPC hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Carlito S. Marquez 92,292 65.82%
Independent Antonio Maming 43,433 30.97%
Independent Axel Gonzalez 4,484 3.19%
Total votes 140,209 100.00%
NPC win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  2. "Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections". Commission on Elections. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  4. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  5. Republic Act No. 11077 (September 24, 2018), An Act Reapportioning the Province of Aklan into Two (2) Legislative Districts (PDF), Congress of the Philippines

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