Capiz's 1st congressional district

Capiz's 1st congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Map
Location of Capiz within the Philippines
Province	Capiz
Region	Western Visayas
Population	413,213 (2015) [1]
Electorate	239,712 (2016) [2]
Major settlements	7 LGUs Cities Roxas Municipalities Panay Panitan Pontevedra President Roxas Maayon Pilar
Area	730.41 km2
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	Ivan Howard A. Guintu
Political party	Independent
Congressional bloc	Majority

Capiz's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Capiz. 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 Capiz's capital city of Roxas and adjacent municipalities of Maayon, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra and President Roxas. It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by Howard Guintu (Independent). ^[4]

The district had been a safe seat for the Liberal Party. Whenever the district is contested in an election, it has been held by the party since its foundation in 1946, except from 1953 to 1957, until 2025. In the 2025 elections, none of the contesting candidates were from the Liberal Party.

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
District created January 9, 1907. [5] [6]
1			Eugenio Picazo	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1909	1st	Independent	Elected in 1907.	1907–1909 Capiz, Dao, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra
2			Rafael Acuña	October 16, 1909	October 16, 1916	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1909.	1909–1916 Capiz, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, Sigma
						3rd		Re-elected in 1912.
3			Antonio V. Belo	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.	1916–1919 Capiz, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, Sigma
4			Antonio Habana	June 3, 1919	June 6, 1922	5th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.	1919–1935 Capiz, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra
5			Manuel Roxas	June 6, 1922	September 16, 1935	6th	Nacionalista Colectivista	Elected in 1922.
						7th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Re-elected in 1925.
						8th		Re-elected in 1928.
						9th		Re-elected in 1931.
						10th	Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia	Re-elected in 1934.
#	Image		Member	Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
(5)			Manuel Roxas	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1938	1st	Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia	Re-elected in 1935.	1935–1938 Capiz, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra
6			Ramón A. Arnaldo	December 30, 1938	December 30, 1941	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1938.	1938–1941 Capiz, Cuartero, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra
District dissolved into the two-seat Capiz'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.
(6)			Ramón A. Arnaldo	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Capiz, Cuartero, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra
#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
(6)			Ramón A. Arnaldo	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1953	1st	Liberal	Re-elected in 1946.	1946–1949 Capiz, Cuartero, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra
						2nd		Re-elected in 1949.	1949–1953 Capiz, Cuartero, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas
7			Carmen D. Consing	December 30, 1953	December 30, 1957	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1953.	1953–1957 Cuartero, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas, Roxas
8			Gerardo Roxas	December 30, 1957	November 12, 1963	4th	Liberal	Elected in 1957.	1957–1972 Cuartero, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Maayon, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas, Roxas
						5th		Re-elected in 1961. Resigned on election as senator.
9			Mariano H. Acuña	December 30, 1965	December 30, 1969	6th	Liberal	Elected in 1965.
10			Juliano A. Alba	December 30, 1969	September 23, 1972	7th	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, followed by the two-seat Capiz's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
11			Gerardo Roxas Jr.	June 30, 1987	April 4, 1993	8th	Liberal	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Maayon, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas, Roxas
						9th		Re-elected in 1992. Died.
12			Mar Roxas	September 1, 1993	January 2, 2000		Liberal	Elected in 1993 to finish his brother's term.
						10th		Re-elected in 1995.
						11th		Re-elected in 1998. Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Trade and Industry.
13			Rodriguez D. Dadivas	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2007	12th	Liberal	Elected in 2001.
						13th		Re-elected in 2004.
14			Antonio del Rosario	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2016	14th	Liberal	Elected in 2007.
						15th		Re-elected in 2010.
						16th		Re-elected in 2013.
15			Tawi Billones	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2025	17th	Liberal	Elected in 2016.
						18th		Re-elected in 2019.
						19th		Re-elected in 2022.
16			Howard Guintu	June 30, 2025	Incumbent	20th	Independent	Elected in 2025.

Election results

2025

2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Howard Guintu	131,545	54.63
	1-Capiz	Paolo Roxas	109,249	45.37
Total votes			240,794	100.00
	Independent gain from Liberal

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Emmanuel Billones Sr.	110,349	53.01%
	PDP–Laban	Esteban Evan Contreras	54,558	26.21%
	PRP	Engineer Agana	42,726	20.53%
Total votes
	Liberal hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Emmanuel Billones Sr.	87,905
	UNA	Gingging Perez Almalbis	62,374
	PFP	Ruth Dinglasan	6,929
	PDDS	Marcelo Barruela Jr.	3,862
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes
	Liberal hold

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Emmanuel Billones Sr.	103,872
	UNA	Medardo Pestaño	28,639
Invalid or blank votes			68,110
Total votes			200,621
	Liberal hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Antonio Del Rosario	100,675	59.69
	NUP	Jesus Maria Jose Avelino	22,684	13.45
	Independent	Conrado Tinsay	2,894	1.72
	Independent	Zinon Amoroso	2,131	1.26
Margin of victory			77,991	46.24%
Invalid or blank votes			40,271	23.88
Total votes			168,655	100.00
	Liberal hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Antonio Del Rosario	77,584	46.72
	Ugyon Kita Capiz	Felipe Barredo	45,859	27.62
	Independent	Rodriguez Dadivas	41,205	24.82
	Independent	Conrado Tinsay II	1,397	0.84
Valid ballots			166,045	92.87
Invalid or blank votes			12,752	7.13
Total votes			178,797	100.00
	Liberal hold

1993 special

1993 Capiz's 1st congressional district special election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mar Roxas	Liberal Party
Total
Total votes			68,638	–
Registered voters/turnout			174,524	39.33
	Liberal Party hold

See also

• Legislative districts of Capiz

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 11, 2020.
2. "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines) . Retrieved April 11, 2020.
3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
4. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved August 5, 2022.
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 11, 2020.

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Preceded by Cebu's 2nd congressional district	Home district of the speaker of the National Assembly October 27, 1922 – May 5, 1934	Succeeded by Abra's at-large congressional district