Cebu's 2nd congressional district

Cebu's 2nd congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Boundary of Cebu's 2nd congressional district in Cebu
Location of Cebu within the Philippines
Province	Cebu
Region	Central Visayas
Population	257,658 (2020) [1]
Electorate	175,265 (2022) [2]
Major settlements	7 LGUs Municipalities Alcoy Argao Boljoon Dalaguete Oslob Samboan Santander
Area	740.67 km2
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	Edsel Galeos
Political party	Lakas-CMD
Congressional bloc	Majority

Cebu's 2nd congressional district is one of the seven congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Cebu. 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 southern Cebu municipalities of Alcoy, Argao, Boljoon, Dalaguete, Oslob, Samboan and Santander. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Edsel Galeos of the Lakas-CMD. ^[4]

Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, the district encompassed the cities of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu, and Mandaue, and the eastern municipalities of Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, and Liloan.

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
District created January 9, 1907. [5] [6]
1			Sergio Osmeña	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1916	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1907.	1907–1912 Cebu, Liloan, Mandaue, Opon
						2nd		Re-elected in 1909.
						3rd		Re-elected in 1912.	1912–1916 Cebu, Cordova, Liloan, Mandaue, Opon
(1)			Sergio Osmeña	October 16, 1916	June 6, 1922	4th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1916.	1916–1919 Cebu, Cordova, Liloan, Mandaue, Opon
						5th		Re-elected in 1919.	1919–1922 Cebu, Compostela, Cordova, Liloan, Mandaue, Opon
2			Vicente Sotto	June 6, 1922	June 2, 1925	6th	Demócrata	Elected in 1922.	1922–1935 Cebu, Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Liloan, Mandaue, Opon
3			Paulino Gullas	June 2, 1925	June 5, 1928	7th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925.
4			Sotero Cabahug	June 5, 1928	June 5, 1934	8th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1928.
						9th		Re-elected in 1931.
5			Hilario Abellana	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th	Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia	Elected in 1934.
#	Image		Member	Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
(5)			Hilario Abellana	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st	Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia	Re-elected in 1935.	1935–1938 Cebu, Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Liloan, Mandaue, Opon
						2nd	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.	1938–1941 Cebu City, Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Liloan, Mandaue, Opon
District dissolved into the two-seat Cebu'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			Pedro López	June 9, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Cebu City, Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Liloan, Mandaue, Opon
#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
7			Vicente Logarta	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1946.	1946–1961 Cebu City, Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Liloan, Mandaue, Opon
8			Leandro Tojong	December 30, 1949	December 6, 1952	2nd	Liberal	Re-elected in 1949. Election annulled by House electoral tribunal.
(7)			Vicente Logarta	January 26, 1953	December 30, 1953		Nacionalista	Declared winner of 1949 elections.
(6)			Pedro López	December 30, 1953	March 17, 1957	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1953. Died.
9			Sergio Osmeña Jr.	December 30, 1957	December 30, 1961	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1957.
10			José Briones	December 30, 1961	December 30, 1969	5th	Liberal	Elected in 1961.	1961–1972 Cebu City, Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Lapu-Lapu, Liloan, Mandaue
						6th		Re-elected in 1965.
11			John Henry Osmeña	December 30, 1969	December 30, 1971	7th	Liberal	Elected in 1969. Resigned on election as senator.
District dissolved into the thirteen-seat Region VII's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the six-seat Cebu's at-large district and the two-seat Cebu City's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
12			Crisologo Abines	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	LABAN	Elected in 1987.	1987–2016 Alcantara, Alcoy, Alegria, Argao, Badian, Boljoon, Dalaguete, Dumanjug, Ginatilan, Malabuyoc, Moalboal, Oslob, Ronda, Samboan, Santander
						9th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1992.
						10th		Re-elected in 1995.
13			Simeon L. Kintanar	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2007	11th	NPC	Elected in 1998.
						12th		Re-elected in 2001.
						13th		Re-elected in 2004.
14			Pablo P. Garcia	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2013	14th	Lakas	Elected in 2007.
						15th	NUP	Re-elected in 2010.
15			Wilfredo S. Caminero	June 30, 2013	June 30, 2022	16th	Liberal	Elected in 2013.
						17th		Re-elected in 2016.	2016–present Alcoy, Argao, Boljoon, Dalaguete, Oslob, Samboan, Santander
						18th	NUP	Re-elected in 2019.
16			Edsel A. Galeos	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	Lakas	Elected in 2022.

Election results

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Edsel Galeos	73,122	51.73
	NUP	Jose Mari Salvador	66,999	47.40
	PFP	Leony Gregremosa	1,236	0.87
Total votes			141,357	100.00

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Wilfredo S. Caminero	66,166	56.45
	PDP–Laban	Ronald Allan Cesante	48,918	41.73
	UNA	Cora Lou Kintanar	2,125	1.81
Total votes			117,209	100.00

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Wilfredo S. Caminero	81,167	80.75
	1-Cebu	Teresita Celis	11,893	11.83
	UNA	Cora-Lou Kintanar	7,453	7.41
Valid ballots			100,513	80.65
Invalid or blank votes			24,108	19.35
Total votes			124,621	100.00

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Wilfredo S. Caminero	84,256	40.88
	NUP	Pablo P. Garcia	77,625	37.66
	Independent	Simeon Kintanar	8,607	4.18
Margin of victory			6,901	3.35
Invalid or blank votes			35,619	17.28
Total votes			206,107	100.00
	Liberal gain from NUP

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Pablo Garcia	117,670	65.64
	Liberal	Cora-Lou Kintanar	61,597	34.36
Valid ballots			179,267	83.90
Invalid or blank votes			34,396	16.10
Total votes			213,663	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

See also

• Legislative districts of Cebu

References

1. Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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 April 22, 2023.
3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
4. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved April 22, 2023.
5. Act No. 1582 (January 9, 1907), An Act to Provide for the Holding of Elections in the Philippine Islands, for the Organization of the Philippine Assembly, and for Other Purposes, 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 March 26, 2020.

House of Representatives of the Philippines
First	Home district of the speaker of the National Assembly October 16, 1907 – February 11, 1922	Succeeded by Capiz's 1st congressional district