Bohol's 1st congressional district

Bohol's 1st congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Boundary of Bohol's 1st congressional district in Bohol
Location of Bohol within the Philippines
Province	Bohol
Region	Central Visayas
Population	443,038 (2015) [1]
Electorate	268,381 (2016) [2]
Major settlements	15 LGUs Cities Tagbilaran Municipalities Alburquerque Antequera Baclayon Balilihan Calape Catigbian Corella Cortes Dauis Loon Maribojoc Panglao Sikatuna Tubigon
Area	1,002.68 km2
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	Baba Yap
Political party	NUP
Congressional bloc	Majority

Bohol's 1st congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Bohol. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916. ^[3] The district consists of the provincial capital city of Tagbilaran and adjacent municipalities of Alburquerque, Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Catigbian, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Sikatuna and Tubigon. It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by John Geesnell “Baba” Yap who was the Former Mayor of Tagbilaran City, Bohol. ^[4]

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
District created January 9, 1907. [5] [6]
1			Candelario Borja	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1916	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1907.	1907–1916 Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Tagbilaran
						2nd		Re-elected in 1909.
						3rd		Re-elected in 1912.
2			Celestino Gallares	October 16, 1916	June 6, 1922	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.	1916–1935 Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Tagbilaran
						5th		Re-elected in 1919.
3			Fermín Torralba	June 6, 1922	June 5, 1928	6th	Nacionalista Colectivista	Elected in 1922.
						7th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Re-elected in 1925.
4			José Concón	June 5, 1928	June 5, 1934	8th	Independent	Elected in 1928.
						9th		Re-elected in 1931.
5			Bernardo Josol	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1934.
#	Image		Member	Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
6			Juan Torralba	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1938	1st	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Tagbilaran
7			Genaro Visarra	December 30, 1938	December 30, 1941	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Bohol's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).
#	Image		Member	Term of office		Common wealth Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
District re-created May 24, 1945.
(7)			Genaro Visarra	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Tagbilaran
#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
8			Luís T. Clarín	May 25, 1946	February 25, 1949	1st	Liberal	Elected in 1946. Election annulled by House tribunal after an electoral protest.	1946–1969 Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Tagbilaran
(7)			Genaro Visarra	March 4, 1949	December 30, 1949		Nacionalista	Declared winner of 1946 elections.
(8)			Luís T. Clarín	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1953	2nd	Liberal	Elected in 1949.
9			Natalio P. Castillo	December 30, 1953	January 25, 1960	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1953.
						4th		Re-elected in 1957. Resigned on appointment as Executive Secretary.
				September 5, 1961	September 23, 1972			Returned to finish term.
						5th		Re-elected in 1961.
						6th		Re-elected in 1965.
						7th		Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.	1969–1972 Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, San Isidro, Tagbilaran
District dissolved into the thirteen-seat Region VII's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the three-seat Bohol's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
10			Venice Borja-Agana	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	LABAN	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Alburquerque, Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Catigbian, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Sikatuna, Tagbilaran, Tubigon
						9th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1992.
						10th		Re-elected in 1995.
11			Ernesto Herrera	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2001	11th	LAMMP	Elected in 1998.
12			Edgar Chatto	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010	12th	Lakas	Elected in 2001.
						13th		Re-elected in 2004.
						14th		Re-elected in 2007.
13			Rene Relampagos	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2019	15th	Liberal	Elected in 2010.
						16th		Re-elected in 2013.
						17th	NUP	Re-elected in 2016.
(12)			Edgar Chatto	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2025	18th	Liberal	Elected in 2019.
						19th	NUP	Re-elected in 2022.
14			John Geesnell Yap	June 30, 2025	Incumbent	20th	LDP	Elected in 2025.

Election results

2022

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Edgar Chatto	160,647	70.95%
	NPC	Fabio Ontong Jr.	36,638	16.18%
	Independent	Marybelle De La Serna	29,153	12.87%
Total votes			226,438	100.00%
	NUP gain from Liberal

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edgar Chatto	143,039	69.01%
	NPC	Dan Neri Lim 1	64,242	30.99%
Total votes			207,281	100.00%
	Liberal gain from NPC

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rene Relampagos	147,405	79.47%
	UNA	Joahna Cabalit-Initay	28,516	15.37%
	PDP–Laban	Cresencio Alturas	9,547	5.14%
Invalid or blank votes			49,307
Total votes			234,775	100.00%

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rene Relampagos	125,442	65.20
	NPC	Dan Neri Lim	46,014	23.91
Margin of victory			79,428	41.28%
Invalid or blank votes			20,954	10.89
Total votes			192,410	100.00
	Liberal hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Rene Relampagos	92,220	50.52
	Liberal	Edgar Kapirig	45,561	24.96
	NPC	Oscar Glovasa	43,674	23.92
	Independent	Mario Magat, Jr.	1,096	0.60
Valid ballots			182,551	90.42
Invalid or blank votes			19,333	9.58
Total votes			201,884	100.00
	LDP gain from Lakas–Kampi

See also

• Legislative districts of Bohol

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 April 14, 2020.
2. "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines) . Retrieved April 14, 2020.
3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
4. . House of Representatives of the Philippines.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
5. "Act No. 1582, (1907-01-09)". Lawyerly. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
6. Division of Insular Affairs (1908). Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War. Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. Vol. 253. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Washington, D.C.: United States War Department. p. 49. Retrieved April 12, 2020.