Antique's at-large congressional district

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Antique's at-large congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
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Location of Antique within the Philippines
Province Antique
Region Western Visayas
Population612,974 (2020) [1]
Electorate387,998 (2022) [2]
Area2,729.17 km2 (1,053.74 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1907 (single-member district)
Representative Antonio Legarda Jr.
Political party  NPC
Congressional blocMajority

Antique's at-large congressional district, also known as Antique's lone district, is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Antique. Antique has been represented in the country's various national legislatures since 1898. [3] Since 1907, Antique 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 a second seat was allocated in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic. [4] It was also earlier represented by three members in the First Philippine Republic legislature known as the Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1901. [3]

Contents

The district is currently represented by Antonio Agapito "AA" Legarda Jr. of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC). [5]

Representation history

#Term of officeNational
Assembly
Seat ASeat BSeat C
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral history

Antique's at-large district for the Malolos Congress

District created June 18, 1898. [6]
September 15, 1898March 23, 19011stVicente LópezIndependent Elected in 1898.Aristón GellaIndependentAppointed.Eusebio NatividadIndependentAppointed.
#Term of officeLegislatureSingle seatSeats eliminated
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral history

Antique's at-large district for the Philippine Assembly

District re-created January 9, 1907. [7] [8]
1October 16, 1907October 16, 1909 1st Pedro V. Jiménez Progresista Elected in 1907.
2October 16, 1909October 16, 1916 2nd Ángel Salazar Progresista Elected in 1909.
3rd Re-elected in 1912.
#Term of officeLegislatureSingle seat
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral history

Antique's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands

3October 16, 1916June 6, 1922 4th Ramón Maza Nacionalista Elected in 1916.
5th Re-elected in 1919.
(2)June 6, 1922June 2, 1925 6th Ángel Salazar Nacionalista
Colectivista
Elected in 1922.
4June 2, 1925June 5, 1934 7th Segundo C. Moscoso Nacionalista
Consolidado
Elected in 1925.
8th Re-elected in 1928.
9th Re-elected in 1931.
5June 5, 1934September 16, 1935 10th Calixto Zaldívar Nacionalista
Demócrata Pro-Independencia
Elected in 1934.
#Term of officeNational
Assembly
Single seat
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral history

Antique's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)

(5)September 16, 1935December 30, 1941 1st Calixto Zaldívar Nacionalista
Demócrata Pro-Independencia
Elected in 1935.
2nd Nacionalista Re-elected in 1938.
#Term of officeNational
Assembly
Seat ASeat BSeats restored
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral history

Antique's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)

District re-created September 7, 1943. [9]
September 25, 1943February 2, 19441st Alberto A. Villavert KALIBAPI Elected in 1943.Tobias Fornier KALIBAPI Appointed as an ex officio member.
#Term of officeCommon
wealth
Congress
Single seatSeats eliminated
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral history

Antique's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

District re-created May 24, 1945.
6June 9, 1945May 25, 1946 1st Emigdio V. NietesPopular Front Elected in 1941.
#Term of officeCongressSingle seat
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral history

Antique's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

(6)May 25, 1946December 30, 1949 1st Emigdio V. NietesPopular Front Re-elected in 1946.
7December 30, 1949October 31, 1964 2nd Tobias Fornier Nacionalista Elected in 1949.
3rd Re-elected in 1953.
4th Re-elected in 1957.
5th Re-elected in 1961.
Died.
8December 30, 1965December 30, 1969 6th José A. Fornier Nacionalista Elected in 1965.
9December 30, 1969September 23, 1972 7th Enrique A. Zaldívar Liberal Elected in 1969.
Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the sixteen-seat Region VI's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
#Term of officeBatasang
Pambansa
Single seat
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral history

Antique's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa

District re-created February 1, 1984. [10]
July 23, 1984March 25, 19862ndArturo F. Pacificador KBL Elected in 1984.
Election annulled by the Supreme Court.
Evelio Javier UNIDO Posthumously declared winner of 1984 elections September 22, 1986. [11]
#Term of officeCongressSingle seat
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral history

Antique's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

District re-created February 2, 1987.
10June 30, 1987June 30, 1998 8th Exequiel Javier Independent Elected in 1987.
9th Lakas Re-elected in 1992.
10th Re-elected in 1995.
11June 30, 1998June 30, 2001 11th Jovito C. Plameras Jr. Lakas Elected in 1998.
(10)June 30, 2001June 30, 2010 12th Exequiel Javier Lakas Elected in 2001.
13th Re-elected in 2004.
14th Re-elected in 2007.
12June 30, 2010June 30, 2019 15th Paolo Everardo S. Javier Liberal Elected in 2010.
16th Re-elected in 2013.
17th PDP–Laban Re-elected in 2016.
13June 30, 2019June 30, 2022 18th Loren Legarda NPC Elected in 2019.
14June 30, 2022Incumbent 19th Antonio Agapito B. Legarda, Jr. NPC Elected in 2022.

Election results

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Antonio Agapito Legarda Jr. 189,907 56.15
PDP–Laban Paolo Everardo Javier69,29920.49
Liberal Abe Fajardo28,8488.53
PDP–Laban Paolo Javier10,7551.18
Invalid or blank votes39,43311.66
Total votes338,242 100.00

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections
PartyCandidateVotes%
NPC Loren Legarda 199,187 66.43
Independent Exequiel Javier69,71623.25
Independent Robin Robinos1,9510.65
Independent Rodelo Pidoy1,6620.55
PGRP Jun Villaflor7010.23
Invalid or blank votes26,6098.87
Total votes299,826 100.00

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Paolo Everardo Javier120,09643.70
UNA Raymundo Roquero86,72731.56
NPC Robert Delfin11,0604.02
Independent Junior Combong3,7911.38
LM Narzal Mallares3,7481.36
Independent Rodelio Pidoy1,7000.62
KBL Antero Villaflor1,0930.40
Invalid or blank votes46,62416.96
Total votes274,839 100.00

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Paolo Everardo Javier 94,566 48.05
UNA Raymundo Roquero70,58636.00
LM Antero Florante Villaflor2,0141.02
Margin of victory23,98012.18%
Invalid or blank votes29,64215.06
Total votes196,808 100.00
Liberal hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas–Kampi Paolo Everardo Javier 93,081 44.97
NPC Salvacion Z. Perez 66,28232.03
KBL Arturo Pacificador 30,47114.72
PDSP Robert Delfin12,8486.21
Aksyon Narzal Mallares3,4431.66
LM Antero Florante Jr.8380.40
Valid ballots206,95388.72
Invalid or blank votes27,62812.95
Total votes234,591 100.00
Lakas–Kampi hold

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