Davao de Oro's 1st congressional district

Davao de Oro's 1st congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Davao de Oro within the Philippines
Province	Davao de Oro
Region	Davao Region
Population	346,257 (2020) [1]
Electorate	233,351 (2022) [2]
Major settlements	5 LGUs Municipalities Compostela Maragusan Monkayo Montevista New Bataan
Area	2,069.03 km2 (798.86 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1998
Representative	Maricar Zamora
Political party	Lakas–CMD
Congressional bloc	Majority

Davao de Oro's 1st congressional district is a congressional district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines in the province of Davao de Oro, formerly Compostela Valley. ^[3] It was created ahead of the 1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections by Republic Act No. 8470 that established the province initially named Compostela Valley. ^[4] The district encompasses most of the area of its namesake valley in the Mindanao Pacific Cordillera which were formerly within Davao del Norte's 1st district. It currently comprises the municipalities of Compostela, Maragusan, Monkayo, Montevista and New Bataan. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Maricar Zamora of the Lakas–CMD. ^{[5] [6]}

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
District created January 30, 1998. [4]
1			Rogelio M. Sarmiento	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2001	11th	LAMMP	Redistricted from Davao del Norte's 1st district and re-elected in 1998.	1998–2019 Compostela, Maragusan, Monkayo, Montevista, New Bataan
2			Manuel E. Zamora	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010	12th	Lakas	Elected in 2001.
						13th		Re-elected in 2004.
						14th		Re-elected in 2007.
3			Maria Carmen Zamora-Mabanglo	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2019	15th	Liberal	Elected in 2010.
						16th		Re-elected in 2013.
						17th	HNP	Re-elected in 2016.
(2)			Manuel E. Zamora	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022	18th	HNP	Elected in 2019.	2019–present Compostela, Maragusan, Monkayo, Montevista, New Bataan
(3)			Maria Carmen Zamora-Mabanglo	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	Lakas (HNP)	Elected in 2022.

Election results

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Hugpong	Maricar Zamora	104,779	54.14
	PDP–Laban	Joanna Gentugaya	82,898	42.83
	Independent	Nena "Ate Nenz" Atamosa	5,863	3.03
Total votes			193,540	100.00
	Hugpong hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Hugpong	Manuel E. Zamora	78,257
	Independent	Franco Tito	70,808
Total votes				100.00
	Hugpong hold

See also

• Legislative districts of Davao de Oro

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. "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 January 1, 2025.
3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
4. "Republic Act No. 8740". Official Gazette (Philippines). 30 January 1998. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
5. "Republic Act No. 11297". Official Gazette (Philippines). 17 April 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
6. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved February 24, 2021.