Davao City's 1st congressional district

Davao City's 1st congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Map
Location of Davao City within the Davao Region
City	Davao City
Region	Davao Region
Population	618,729 (2020) [1]
Electorate	366,439 (2025) [2]
Major settlements	54 barangays Barangays Bago Aplaya Bago Gallera Baliok Barangays 1-A–10-A Barangays 11-B–20-B Barangays 21-C–30-C Barangays 31-D–40-D Bucana Catalunan Grande Catalunan Pequeño Dumoy Langub Ma-a Magtuod Matina Aplaya Matina Crossing Matina Pangi Talomo Proper
Current constituency
Created	1987
Representative	Paolo Duterte
Political party	HNP   HTL
Congressional bloc	Independent

Davao City's 1st congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in Davao City. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987. ^[3] The district covers the city's poblacion or downtown commercial core composed of 40 barangays and Talomo district that borders it to the west which consists of 14 barangays. ^[4] It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by Paolo Duterte of the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP), and Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod (HTL). ^[5]

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
District created February 2, 1987 from Davao City's at-large district. [4]
1			Jesus Dureza	June 30, 1987	June 16, 1989	8th	Independent	Elected in 1987. Removed from office after an electoral protest.	1987–present Poblacion (Barangays 1-A–10-A, 11-B–20-B, 21-C–30-C, 31-D–40-D), Talomo (Bago Aplaya, Bago Gallera, Baliok, Bucana, Catalunan Grande, Catalunan Pequeño, Dumoy, Langub, Ma-a, Magtuod, Matina Aplaya, Matina Crossing, Matina Pangi, Talomo Proper)
2			Prospero Nograles	June 16, 1989	June 30, 1992		Lakas ng Bansa	Declared winner of 1987 election.
(1)			Jesus Dureza	June 30, 1992	June 30, 1995	9th	NPC	Elected in 1992.
(2)			Prospero Nograles	June 30, 1995	June 30, 1998	10th	Lakas	Elected in 1995.
3			Rodrigo Duterte	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2001	11th	PDP–Laban (LAMMP)	Elected in 1998.
(2)			Prospero Nograles	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010	12th	Lakas	Elected in 2001.
						13th		Re-elected in 2004.
						14th		Re-elected in 2007.
4			Karlo Nograles	June 30, 2010	November 5, 2018	15th	Lakas	Elected in 2010.
						16th	NUP	Re-elected in 2013.
						17th	PDP–Laban	Re-elected in 2016. Resigned on appointment as Cabinet Secretary.
—	vacant			November 5, 2018	June 30, 2019		–	No special election held to fill vacancy.
5			Paolo Duterte	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th	NUP (HTL/HNP)	Elected in 2019.
						19th		Re-elected in 2022.
						20th	HTL (HNP)	Re-elected in 2025.

Election results

2025

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Paolo Duterte	Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod	203,557	78.75
	Migs Nograles	Independent	49,186	19.03
	Mags Maglana	Independent	3,530	1.37
	Janeth Jabines	Independent	1,870	0.72
	Rex Labis	Independent	331	0.13
Total			258,474	100.00
	Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod hold

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Hugpong	Paolo Duterte (incumbent)	212,382	92.94
	Independent	Mags Maglana	14,122	6.18
	Independent	Jamal Kanan	1,366	0.60
	Independent	Jovanie Mantawel	642	0.28
Total votes			228,512	100.00
	Hugpong hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Hugpong	Paolo Duterte	197,370	96.45
	Independent	Susan Uyanguren	5,135	2.51
	Independent	Rex Labis	2,124	1.04
Total votes			204,629	100.00
	Hugpong gain from PDP–Laban

1987

1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jesus Dureza	33,538	26.97
	LnB	Prospero Nograles	33,531	26.97
	UNIDO	Dominador Zuño Jr.	32,438	26.09
	Liberal	Exuperio Porras	8,487	6.83
	UNIDO	Leon Garcia	4,919	3.96
	Liberal	Dominador Carillo	2,556	2.06
	PnB	Laurente Ilagan	2,431	1.96
	PDP–Laban	Jose Salcedo Quimpo	2,261	1.82
	Nacionalista	Victorio Advincula	1,470	1.18
	KBL	Felicidad Santos	1,424	1.15
	Independent	Paterno Lomantas	484	0.39
	Independent	Asterio Perez	333	0.27
	Independent	Jose Santos	148	0.12
	Independent	Roberto Sencio	133	0.11
	Independent	Fortunato Bello	102	0.08
	Independent	Apolinario Canada	48	0.04
	Independent	Gervacio Nierras	40	0.03
Total votes			124,343	100.00

See also

• Legislative districts of Davao City

References

1. Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. "Data on the Total Number Established and Clustered Precincts, Registered Voters and Voting Centers" (PDF). Commission on Elections. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
4. "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
5. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved February 23, 2021.

House of Representatives of the Philippines
Preceded by Pangasinan's 4th congressional district	Home district of the speaker February 5, 2008 – June 9, 2010	Succeeded by Quezon City's 4th congressional district