Eastern Samar's at-large congressional district

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Eastern Samar's at-large congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
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Location of Eastern Samar within the Philippines
ProvinceEastern Samar
RegionEastern Visayas
Population467,160 (2015)[1]
Electorate338,718 (2019)[2]
Area4,660.47 km2 (1,799.42 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1965
RepresentativeMaria Fe R. Abunda
Political party  PDP–Laban
Congressional blocMajority

Eastern Samar's at-large congressional district is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Eastern Samar. Also known as Eastern Samar's lone district, it has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1965.[3] It first elected a representative provincewide at-large for the 6th Congress of the Third Philippine Republic following its creation and that of Northern Samar as regular provinces separate from Samar under Republic Act No. 4221 on June 19, 1965.[4] It has remained a single-member district for the House of Representatives as well as the Fourth Philippine Republic parliament known as the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.[3]

The district is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Maria Fe R. Abunda of the PDP–Laban.[5]

Representation history[]

# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history
Start End

Eastern Samar's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines[]

District created June 19, 1965. Redistricted from Samar's 3rd district.[4]
1 Felipe J. Abrigo December 30, 1965 September 23, 1972 6th Liberal Elected in 1965.
7th Nacionalista Re-elected in 1969.
Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the ten-seat Region VIII's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
# Member Term of office Batasang
Pambansa 		Party Electoral history
Start End

Eastern Samar's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa[]

District re-created February 1, 1984.[6]
2 Vicente O. Valley July 23, 1984 March 25, 1986 2nd KBL Elected in 1984.
# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history
Start End

Eastern Samar's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines[]

District re-created February 2, 1987.
3 Jose Tan Ramirez June 30, 1987 June 30, 1998 8th Liberal Elected in 1987.
9th Lakas–CMD Re-elected in 1992.
10th Re-elected in 1995.
4 Marcelino C. Libanan June 30, 1998 April 18, 2007 11th LAMMP Elected in 1998.
12th NPC Re-elected in 2001.
13th Lakas–CMD Re-elected in 2004.
Resigned on appointment as Bureau of Immigration commissioner.
5 Teodulo M. Coquilla June 30, 2007 June 30, 2010 14th Lakas–CMD Elected in 2007.
6 Ben P. Evardone June 30, 2010 June 30, 2019 15th Liberal Elected in 2010.
16th Re-elected in 2013.
17th PDP–Laban Re-elected in 2016.
7 Maria Fe R. Abunda June 30, 2019 Incumbent 18th PDP–Laban Elected in 2019.

Election results[]

2016[]

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Ben Evardone 132,089 58.32%
Nacionalista Annaliz Gonzales-Kwan 94,388 41.68%
Valid ballots 226,477 88.32%
Margin of victory 37,701 16.65%
Invalid or blank votes 29,959 11.68%
Total votes 256,436 100.00%
Liberal hold

2013[]

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Ben Evardone 79,083 47.16
Nacionalista Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan 75,131 44.81
Independent Febidal Fadel 402 0.24
Margin of victory 3,952 2.36%
Invalid or blank votes 13,060 7.79
Total votes 167,676 100.00
Liberal hold

2010[]

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent 74,082 38.07
Independent 66,222 34.03
NPC Raymond Apita 25,932 13.33
PMP Mateo Biong, Jr. 17,682 9.09
Nacionalista Maximo Aljibe 9,108 4.68
Independent Conrado Macasa, Sr. 806 0.41
Independent Angelo Miguel 577 0.30
PGRP Febidal Padel 193 0.10
Valid ballots 194,602 91.05
Invalid or blank votes 19,137 8.95
Total votes 213,739 100.00
Independent hold

See also[]

  • Legislative district of Eastern Samar

References[]

  1. ^ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Republic Act No. 4221". Arellano Law Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  5. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  6. ^ "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved May 22, 2020.

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