Southern Leyte's at-large congressional district

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Southern Leyte's at-large congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
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Location of Southern Leyte within the Philippines
ProvinceSouthern Leyte
RegionEastern Visayas
Population421,750 (2015)[1]
Electorate292,337 (2019)[2]
Area1,798.61 km2 (694.45 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1961
RepresentativeVacant

Southern Leyte's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Southern Leyte. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1961.[3] Southern Leyte first elected a single representative provincewide at-large representative for the 5th Congress of the Third Philippine Republic following its creation as a regular province separate from Leyte under Republic Act No. 2227 on May 22, 1959.[4] Before 1959, its territory was represented as part of Leyte's at-large, 2nd and 3rd districts. Between 1978 and 1984, multi-seat regional delegations were formed in lieu of provinces for the Fourth Philippine Republic parliament known as the Interim Batasang Pambansa, with Southern Leyte forming part of the ten-seat Region VIII's at-large district. It was restored as a single-member district in 1984.[3]

On February 1, 2019, Republic Act No. 11198 was signed reapportioning Southern Leyte into two legislative districts.[5] The First district is composed of Maasin City, and municipalities of Macrohon, Padre Burgos, Limasawa, Malitbog, Tomas Oppus and Bontoc. The Second district is composed of municipalities of Sogod, Libagon, Liloan, San Francisco, Pintuyan, San Ricardo, Saint Bernard, Anahawan, San Juan, Hinunangan, Hinundayan and Silago. Due to time constraints, election to fill the seats were not fulfilled in the May 2019 election, and lone district will have a holdover position. It will instead be administered in the May 2022 election.

Representation history[]

# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history
Start End

Southern Leyte's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines[]

District created May 22, 1959. Redistricted from Leyte's 3rd district.[4]
1 Nicanor Yñiguez December 30, 1961 September 23, 1972 5th Nacionalista Elected in 1961.
6th Re-elected in 1965.
7th 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

Southern Leyte's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa[]

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

Southern Leyte's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines[]

District re-created February 2, 1987.
2 Roger G. Mercado June 30, 1987 October 15, 1991 8th Liberal Elected in 1987.
Election annulled by House electoral tribunal following an electoral protest.
3 Rosette Yñiguez Lerias December 4, 1991 June 30, 1992 KBL Declared winner of 1987 elections.
(2) Roger G. Mercado June 30, 1992 June 30, 1998 9th Lakas–CMD Elected in 1992.
10th Re-elected in 1995.
4 Aniceto G. Saludo Jr. June 30, 1998 June 30, 2004 11th PMP Elected in 1998.
12th Re-elected in 2001.
(2) Roger G. Mercado June 30, 2004 June 30, 2013 13th Lakas–CMD Elected in 2004.
14th Re-elected in 2007.
15th NUP Re-elected in 2010.
5 Damian G. Mercado June 30, 2013 June 30, 2016 16th NUP Elected in 2013.
(2) Roger G. Mercado June 30, 2016 October 13, 2021 17th PDP–Laban Elected in 2016.
18th Lakas–CMD Re-elected in 2019.
Resigned on appointment as acting Secretary of Public Works and Highways.[7]
District dissolved into and districts.

Election results[]

2016[]

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Roger Mercado 123,806 65.23%
UNA Rico Rentuza 65,998 34.77%
Valid ballots 189,804 84.38%
Margin of victory 57,808 30.46%
Invalid or blank votes 35,132 15.62%
Total votes 224,936 100.00%
Liberal hold

2013[]

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
NUP Damian Mercado 85,919 48.46
Akbayan Rico Rentuza 34,239 19.31
Liberal Marisa Lerias 31,640 17.85
Independent Vicente Geraldo 885 0.50
Margin of victory 51,680 29.15%
Invalid or blank votes 24,612 13.88
Total votes 177,295 100.00
NUP hold

2010[]

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas 125,912 66.60
PMP Aniceto Saludo 61,595 32.58
Independent Vicente Geraldo 961 0.51
Independent Jeffren Roden 590 0.31
Valid ballots 189,058 91.53
Invalid or blank votes 17,500 8.47
Total votes 206,558 100.00
Lakas hold

See also[]

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. 2227". Arellano Law Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  5. ^ "Republic Act No. 11198 : An Act for the reapportionment of the Province of Southern Leyte into two (2) legislative Districts" (PDF). Official Gazette. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  7. ^ "New DPWH chief, MMDA general manager named". CNN Philippines. October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.

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