Cavite's 7th congressional district | |
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Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
![]() Location of Cavite within the Philippines | |
Province | Cavite |
Region | Calabarzon |
Population | 633,219 (2020) [1] |
Electorate | 365,184 (2022) [2] |
Major settlements | 4 LGUs
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Area | 245.61 km2 (94.83 sq mi) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2009 |
Representative | Crispin Diego Remulla |
Political party | NUP |
Cavite's 7th congressional district is one of the eight congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Cavite. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2010. [3] The district consists of Cavite's de facto capital city of Trece Martires and its adjacent municipalities of Amadeo, Indang, and Tanza. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Crispin Diego Remulla of the National Unity Party (NUP). [4]
The city of Tagaytay and the municipalities of Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, and Ternate were once part of this district until they were reassigned to the eighth district when the city of General Trias gained separate representation as the sixth district, effective in 2019. [5]
# | Image | Member | Term of office | Congress | Party | Electoral history | Constituent LGUs | ||
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Start | End | ||||||||
District created July 27, 2009. [6] | |||||||||
1 | ![]() | Jesus Crispin Remulla (born 1961) | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2013 | 15th | Nacionalista | Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 2010. | 2010–2019: Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Indang, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, Tagaytay, Ternate | |
2 | ![]() | Abraham Tolentino (born 1964) | June 30, 2013 | June 30, 2019 | 16th | Liberal | Elected in 2013. | ||
UNA | |||||||||
17th | PDP-Laban | Re-elected in 2016. Redistricted to the 8th district. | |||||||
(1) | ![]() | Jesus Crispin Remulla (born 1961) | June 30, 2019 | June 30, 2022 | 18th | Nacionalista | Elected in 2019. | 2019–present: Amadeo, Indang, Tanza, Trece Martires | |
NUP | Re-elected in 2022. Resigned rights to sit on appointment as Secretary of Justice. | ||||||||
— | vacant | June 30, 2022 | February 28, 2023 | 19th | Martin Romualdez (Leyte–1st) was designated as the caretaker of the district. | ||||
3 | ![]() | Crispin Diego Remulla (born 1990) | February 28, 2023 | Incumbent | NUP | Elected in 2023 to fill vacancy. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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NUP | Crispin Diego "Ping" Remulla | 98,474 | 66.68 | |
Independent | Melencio "Jun" De Sagun | 46,530 | 31.51 | |
Independent | Jose Angelito Aguinaldo | 1,610 | 1.09 | |
Independent | Michael Angelo Santos | 1,068 | 0.72 | |
Total votes | 147,682 | 100.00% | ||
NUP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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NUP | Jesus Crispin Remulla | 202,784 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 202,784 | 100% | ||
NUP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Nacionalista | Jesus Crispin Remulla | 128,674 | 67.83% | |||
Aksyon | Hermogenes Arayata III | 61,031 | 32.17% | |||
Total votes | 189,705 | 100% | ||||
Nacionalista gain from PDP–Laban |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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UNA | Abraham Tolentino | 163,514 | 100% | |
Total votes | 163,514 | 100% | ||
UNA hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Liberal | Abraham Tolentino | 91,836 | 53.72% | |||
Nacionalista | Gilbert Remulla | 76,961 | 45.02% | |||
PMP | Norman Versoza | 1,662 | 0.97% | |||
NPC | Pedro Lopez | 507 | 0.29% | |||
Total votes | 170,966 | 100% | ||||
Liberal gain from Nacionalista |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Nacionalista | Jesus Crispin Remulla | 119,810 | 71.20% | ||
Liberal | Laureano Mendoza | 48,454 | 28.80% | ||
Invalid or blank votes | 19,233 | 10.26% | |||
Total votes | 187,497 | 100% | |||
Nacionalista win (new seat) |
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