Aklan's 1st congressional district

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Aklan's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Aklan's 1st congressional district
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Boundary of Aklan's 1st congressional district in Aklan
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Location of Aklan within the Philippines
Province Aklan
Region Western Visayas
Population313,775 (2020) [1]
Electorate209,315 (2022) [2]
Major settlements
8 LGUs
Current constituency
Created2018
Representative Carlito 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]

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Representation history

#ImageMemberTerm of officeCongressPartyElectoral historyConstituent
LGUs
StartEnd
District created August 28, 2018. [5]
1 Rep. Carlito Marquez (18th Congress).jpg Carlito S. Marquez June 30, 2019May 12, 2025 18th NPC Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 2019.2019–present:
Altavas, Balete, Banga, Batan, Kalibo, Libacao, Madalag, New Washington
19th Re-elected in 2022.
2 Jesus R. Marquez May 12, 2025Incumbent 20th NPC Elected in 2025.

Election results

2025

2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Jesus Marquez 88,054 49.10%
Aksyon Rodell Ramos75,28642.00%
Total votes163,340 100.00%
Turnout 179,38185.63%
NPC hold

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Carlito S. Marquez 89,731 55.65%
NUP Rodell Ramos59,11033.66%
Aksyon Harry Sucgang9,7106.02%
Independent Rodson Mayor2,8631.78
Total votes161,234 100.00%
NPC hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Carlito S. Marquez 92,292 65.82%
Independent Antonio Maming43,43330.97%
Independent Axel Gonzalez4,4843.19%
Total votes140,209 100.00%
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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