Iloilo's 2nd congressional district

Iloilo's 2nd congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Boundary of Iloilo's 2nd congressional district in Iloilo
Location of Iloilo within the Philippines
Province	Iloilo
Region	Western Visayas
Population	346,189 (2020) [1]
Electorate	222,230 (2022) [2]
Major settlements	8 LGUs Municipalities Alimodian Leganes Leon New Lucena Pavia San Miguel Santa Barbara Zarraga
Area	606.88 km²
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	Michael B. Gorriceta
Political party	Nacionalista
Congressional bloc	Majority

Iloilo's 2nd congressional district is one of the five congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Iloilo. 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 municipalities of Alimodian, Leganes, Leon, New Lucena, Pavia, San Miguel, Santa Barbara and Zarraga. Until 1995, it previously included the former sub-province of Guimaras, which became a separate province in 1992. Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, it was composed of Iloilo City, the southern Iloilo municipalities of Leganes and Pavia, and the sub-province of Guimaras. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Michael B. Gorriceta of the Nacionalista Party (NP). ^[4]

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
District created January 9, 1907. [5] [6]
1			Nicolás Jalandoni	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1909	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1907.	1907–1916 Arevalo, Buenavista, Iloilo, Jaro
2			Carlos Ledesma	October 16, 1909	October 16, 1912	2nd	Progresista	Elected in 1909.
3			Perfecto J. Salas	October 16, 1912	October 16, 1916	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1912.
4			Crescenciano Lozano	October 16, 1916	June 2, 1925	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.	1916–1919 Arevalo, Buenavista, Iloilo, Jaro
						5th		Re-elected in 1919.	1919–1922 Arevalo, Buenavista, Iloilo, Jaro, Jordan, La Paz
						6th	Nacionalista Unipersonalista	Re-elected in 1922.	1922–1935 Arevalo, Buenavista, Iloilo, Jaro, Jordan, La Paz, Pavia
5			Vicente R. Ybiernas	June 2, 1925	June 5, 1928	7th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925.
6			Engracio Padilla	June 5, 1928	June 2, 1931	8th	Demócrata	Elected in 1928.
(5)			Vicente R. Ybiernas	June 2, 1931	September 16, 1935	9th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1931.
						10th	Nacionalista Democrático	Re-elected in 1934.
#	Image		Member	Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
7			Ruperto Montinola	September 16, 1935	February 10, 1940	1st	Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia	Elected in 1935.	1935–1938 Arevalo, Buenavista, Iloilo, Jaro, Jordan, La Paz, Pavia
						2nd	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938. Died.	1938–1941 Buenavista, Iloilo City, Jaro, Jordan, Pavia
8			Oscar C. Ledesma	December 10, 1940	December 30, 1941		Nacionalista	Elected in 1940 to finish Montinola's term.
District dissolved into the two-seat Iloilo's at-large district and the two-seat Iloilo City'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.
(8)			Oscar C. Ledesma	June 9, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Buenavista, Iloilo City, Jordan, Leganes, Nueva Valencia, Pavia
#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
(8)			Oscar C. Ledesma	May 29, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1946.	1946–1972 Buenavista, Iloilo City, Jordan, Leganes, Nueva Valencia, Pavia
9			Pascual P. Espinosa	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1953	2nd	Liberal	Elected in 1949.
10			Rodolfo Ganzon	December 30, 1953	November 10, 1955	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1953. Resigned on election as Iloilo City mayor.
(9)			Pascual P. Espinosa	December 30, 1957	December 30, 1961	4th	Liberal	Elected in 1957.
(10)			Rodolfo Ganzon	December 30, 1961	November 12, 1964	5th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1961. Resigned on election as senator.
11			Fermin Z. Caram Jr.	December 30, 1965	September 23, 1972	6th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1965.
						7th		Re-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 five-seat Iloilo's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
12			Alberto J. Lopez	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	LABAN	Elected in 1987.	1987–1995 Alimodian, Buenavista, Jordan, Leganes, Leon, New Lucena, Nueva Valencia, Pavia, San Miguel, Santa Barbara, Zarraga
						9th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1992.
						10th		Re-elected in 1995.	1995–present Alimodian, Leganes, Leon, New Lucena, Pavia, San Miguel, Santa Barbara, Zarraga
13			Augusto L. Syjuco Jr.	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2004	11th	LAMMP	Elected in 1998.
						12th	Lakas	Re-elected in 2001.
14			Judy Syjuco	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2010	13th	Liberal	Elected in 2004.
						14th	Lakas	Re-elected in 2007.
(13)			Augusto L. Syjuco Jr.	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2013	15th	Lakas–Kampi	Elected in 2010.
							UNA
15			Arcadio H. Gorriceta	June 30, 2013	June 30, 2019	16th	Liberal	Elected in 2013.
						17th		Re-elected in 2016.
16			Michael B. Gorriceta	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th	Nacionalista	Elected in 2019.
						19th		Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Michael Gorriceta	106,121	71.50
	NUP	Dennis Superficial	41,072	27.67
	Independent	Mark John Velasco	1,226	8.26
Total votes			148,419	100.00

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Arcadio Gorriceta	99,957
	UNA	June Mondejar	41,585
Invalid or blank votes			14,032
Total votes			155,574

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Arcadio Gorriceta	44,310	41.60
	Independent	Salvador Cabaluna III	30,773	28.89
	UNA	Augusto Syjuco Jr.	23,404	21.97
Margin of victory			13,537	12.71%
Invalid or blank votes			8,033	7.54
Total votes			106,520	100.00
	Liberal gain from UNA

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Augusto Syjuco Jr.	79,843	63.11
	NPC	Ramon Arenas Jr.	43,654	34.50
	Independent	Diopito Gonzales	3,027	2.39
Valid ballots			126,524	91.63
Invalid or blank votes			11,558	8.37
Total votes			138,082	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

See also

• Legislative districts of Iloilo

References

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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 October 26, 2024.
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 March 20, 2020.
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 March 26, 2020.
7. "LIST OF ELECTED MEMBER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). comelec.gov.ph. Commission on Elections. August 11, 2019. p. 23. Retrieved January 14, 2020.