Abra's at-large congressional district | |
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Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
![]() Location of Abra within the Philippines | |
Province | Abra |
Region | Cordillera Administrative Region |
Population | 250,985 (2020) [1] |
Electorate | 188,957 (2025) [2] |
Area | 4,165.25 km2 (1,608.21 sq mi) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1917 (single-member district) |
Representative | Joseph Bernos |
Political party | Lakas–CMD |
Congressional bloc | Majority |
Abra's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Abra. Abra has been represented in the country's various national legislatures since 1898. [3] The first congressional delegation consisted of two members in the First Philippine Republic legislature known as the Malolos Congress. Since 1917 when it was re-established as a regular province separate from Ilocos Sur, Abra has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, elected provincewide at-large, except for a brief period between 1943 and 1944 when it was again represented by two members in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic. [4] From 1978 to 1984, all provinces were converted into multi-seat regional at-large districts for the Interim Batasang Pambansa of the Fourth Philippine Republic, with Abra forming part of the twelve-seat Region I's at-large district. It was restored as a single-member district in 1984. [4]
The district is currently represented in the 20th Congress by Joseph Bernos of the Lakas–CMD. [5]
# | Term of office | National Assembly | Seat A | Seat B | |||||||||||
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Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
Abra's at-large district for the Malolos Congress | |||||||||||||||
District created June 18, 1898. [6] | |||||||||||||||
– | September 15, 1898 | March 23, 1901 | 1st | ![]() | Isidro Paredes | Independent | Elected in 1898. | ![]() | Juan Villamor | Independent | Elected in 1898. | ||||
# | Term of office | Legislature | Single seat | Seats eliminated | |||||||||||
Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||
Abra's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands | |||||||||||||||
District re-created March 9, 1917. [7] | |||||||||||||||
1 | March 9, 1917 | June 6, 1922 | 4th | ![]() | Eustaquio Purugganan | Nacionalista | Redistricted from Ilocos Sur's 3rd district. | ||||||||
5th | Re-elected in 1919. | ||||||||||||||
2 | June 6, 1922 | June 2, 1925 | 6th | ![]() | Adolfo Brillantes | Nacionalista Colectivista | Elected in 1922. | ||||||||
3 | June 2, 1925 | September 16, 1935 | 7th | ![]() | Quintín Paredes | Nacionalista Consolidado | Elected in 1925. | ||||||||
8th | Re-elected in 1928. | ||||||||||||||
9th | Re-elected in 1931. | ||||||||||||||
10th | Nacionalista Democrático | Re-elected in 1934. | |||||||||||||
# | Term of office | National Assembly | Single seat | ||||||||||||
Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||
Abra's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines) | |||||||||||||||
(3) | November 15, 1935 | January 9, 1936 | 1st | ![]() | Quintín Paredes | Nacionalista Democrático | Re-elected in 1935. Resigned on appointment as Resident Commissioner. | ||||||||
4 | September 1, 1936 | December 30, 1938 | Agapito Garduque | Nacionalista | Elected in 1936 to finish Paredes's term. | ||||||||||
(3) | December 30, 1938 | December 30, 1941 | 2nd | ![]() | Quintín Paredes | Nacionalista | Elected in 1938. | ||||||||
# | Term of office | National Assembly | Seat A | Seat B | |||||||||||
Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
Abra's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic) | |||||||||||||||
District re-created September 7, 1943. [8] | |||||||||||||||
– | September 25, 1943 | February 2, 1944 | 3rd | ![]() | Quintín P. Paredes Jr. | KALIBAPI | Elected in 1943. | ![]() | Juan C. Brillantes | KALIBAPI | Appointed as an ex officio member. | ||||
# | Term of office | Common wealth Congress | Single seat | Seats eliminated | |||||||||||
Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||
Abra's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines | |||||||||||||||
District re-created May 24, 1945. | |||||||||||||||
5 | June 9, 1945 | May 25, 1946 | 1st | ![]() | Jesús V. Paredes | Nacionalista | Elected in 1941. | ||||||||
# | Term of office | Congress | Single seat | ||||||||||||
Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||
Abra's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |||||||||||||||
(3) | May 25, 1946 | December 30, 1949 | 1st | ![]() | Quintín Paredes | Liberal | Elected in 1946. | ||||||||
6 | December 30, 1949 | December 30, 1953 | 2nd | ![]() | Virgilio V. Valera | Liberal | Elected in 1949. | ||||||||
7 | December 30, 1953 | December 30, 1965 | 3rd | ![]() | Lucas P. Paredes | Democratic | Elected in 1953. | ||||||||
4th | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1957. | |||||||||||||
5th | Re-elected in 1961. | ||||||||||||||
8 | December 30, 1965 | September 23, 1972 | 6th | ![]() | Carmelo Z. Barbero | Liberal | Elected in 1965. | ||||||||
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. | |||||||||||||||
# | Term of office | Batasang Pambansa | Single seat | ||||||||||||
Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||
Abra's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa | |||||||||||||||
District re-created February 1, 1984. [9] | |||||||||||||||
– | July 23, 1984 | March 25, 1986 | 2nd | Arturo V. Barbero | KBL | Elected in 1984. | |||||||||
# | Term of office | Congress | Single seat | ||||||||||||
Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||
Abra's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |||||||||||||||
District re-created February 2, 1987. | |||||||||||||||
9 | June 30, 1987 | June 30, 1992 | 8th | Rudolfo A. Bernardez | LABAN | Elected in 1987. | |||||||||
10 | June 30, 1992 | June 30, 1998 | 9th | Jeremias Z. Zapata | Lakas | Elected in 1992. | |||||||||
10th | Re-elected in 1995. | ||||||||||||||
11 | June 30, 1998 | June 30, 2001 | 11th | Vicente Ysidro P. Valera | LDP | Elected in 1998. | |||||||||
12 | June 30, 2001 | December 16, 2006 | 12th | Luis P. Bersamin Jr. | PDSP | Elected in 2001. | |||||||||
13th | KAMPI | Re-elected in 2004. Died. | |||||||||||||
13 | June 30, 2007 | June 30, 2010 | 14th | Cecilia Seares-Luna | Lakas | Elected in 2007. | |||||||||
14 | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2016 | 15th | ![]() | Joy Bernos | PDSP | Elected in 2010. | ||||||||
16th | Liberal | Re-elected in 2013. | |||||||||||||
15 | June 30, 2016 | June 30, 2022 | 17th | ![]() | Joseph Bernos | PDP–Laban | Elected in 2016. | ||||||||
18th | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 2019. | |||||||||||||
16 | June 30, 2022 | June 30, 2025 | 19th | ![]() | Ching Bernos | Nacionalista (Asenso Abrenio) | Elected in 2022. | ||||||||
Lakas (Asenso Abrenio) | |||||||||||||||
(15) | June 30, 2025 | Incumbent | 20th | ![]() | Joseph Bernos | Lakas | Elected in 2025. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Lakas | Joseph Bernos | 137,542 | 84.89 | |||
Asenso | Mila Valera | 23,094 | 14.24 | |||
Aksyon | Deydey Ifurung | 1,262 | 0.78 | |||
Total votes | 161,898 | 100% | ||||
Lakas gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nacionalista | Menchie Bernos | 122,223 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 122,223 | 100% | ||
Nacionalista hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal | Joseph Bernos | 63,919 | ||
Nacionalista | Marco Bautista | 53,814 | ||
Independent | Joselito Bringas | 7,460 | ||
Lakas | Cecilia Luna | 3,424 | ||
Invalid or blank votes | 11,307 | |||
Total votes | 139,924 | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ma. Jocelyn Valera-Bernos | 55,323 | 64.79% | ||
Nacionalista | Rolando Somera | 19,116 | 22.39% | ||
Independent | Hans Roger Luna | 10,952 | 12.83% | ||
Margin of victory | |||||
Rejected ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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PDSP | Joy Bernos | 46,536 | 40.85 | |||
Lakas–Kampi | Cecilia Seares-Luna | 45,454 | 39.90 | |||
Nacionalista | Ma. Zita Valera | 11,249 | 9.87 | |||
PMP | Mailed Molina | 10,677 | 9.37 | |||
Valid ballots | 113,916 | 95.21 | ||||
Invalid or blank votes | 5,735 | 4.79 | ||||
Total votes | 119,651 | 100.00 | ||||
PDSP gain from Lakas–Kampi |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Agapito Garduque | 3,320 | 47.19 | |
Jesus Paredes | 2,525 | 35.89 | |
Adolfo Brillantes | 1,190 | 16.92 | |
Total votes | 7,035 | 100.00 |