Laguna's 3rd congressional district

Laguna's 3rd congressional district
Laguna's 3rd congressional district
Constituency; for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
	Interactive map of district boundaries
	Location of Laguna within the Philippines
Province	Laguna
Region	Calabarzon
Population	590,757 (2020)
Electorate	343,966 (2022)
Major settlements	7 LGUs Cities; San Pablo ; Municipalities; Alaminos ; Calauan ; Liliw ; Nagcarlan ; Rizal ; Victoria ;
Area	487.87 km2 (188.37 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1987
Representative	Loreto S. Amante
Political party	Lakas–CMD
Congressional bloc	Majority

Last updated July 29, 2025

Laguna's 3rd congressional district is one of the seven congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Laguna. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1987.^[3] The district consists of the city of San Pablo and adjacent municipalities of Alaminos, Calauan, Liliw, Nagcarlan, Rizal and Victoria bordering Batangas and Quezon also facing the province of Rizal.^[4] It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by Loreto S. Amante of the Lakas–CMD.^[5]^[6]

Representation history

#	Image	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
#	Image	Member	Start	End	Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
Laguna's 3rd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created February 2, 1987.^[4]
1		Florante L. Aquino (1950–2018)	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	PDP–Laban	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Alaminos, Calauan, Liliw, Nagcarlan, Rizal, San Pablo, Victoria
					9th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1992.
					10th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1995.
2		Danton Q. Bueser (born 1951)	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2007	11th	Liberal	Elected in 1998.
					12th		Re-elected in 2001.
					13th		Re-elected in 2004.
3		Maria Evita R. Arago (born 1975)	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2013	14th	Liberal	Elected in 2007.
3		Maria Evita R. Arago (born 1975)	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2013	15th	Liberal	Re-elected in 2010.
4		Sol Aragones (born 1977)	June 30, 2013	June 30, 2022	16th	UNA	Elected in 2013.
					17th	UNA	Re-elected in 2016.
					18th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 2019.
5		Loreto S. Amante (born 1982)	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	PDP–Laban	Elected in 2022.
5		Loreto S. Amante (born 1982)	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	20th	Lakas	Re-elected in 2025.

Election results

1992

1992 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Florento Aquino	51,246	43.34
	Nacionalista	Valeriano Plantilla	24,059	20.35
	LP–PDP	Ramon De Roma	20,856	17.64
	Lakas	Reynaldo Pineda	9,689	8.19
	NPC	Virgilio Gesmundo	8,669	7.33
	PRP	Marty Desphy	3,639	3.08
	KBL	Abelardo Ardez	81	0.07
Total votes			118,239	100.00

1995

1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Florante Aquino	74,835	55.86%
	LDP	Dolores Potenciano	43,821	32.71%
	NPC	Nelson Agapay	15,316	11.43%
Total votes			133,972	100.00

1998

1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Danton Bueser	51,830	32.24%
	Lakas	Dolores Potenciano	46,236	28.76%
	LAMMP	Cesar Dizon	34,508	21.46%
	Reporma	Arcadio Najie Gapangada	24,467	15.22%
	PROMDI	Conrado Manicad	3,746	2.33%
Total votes			160,787	100.00
	Liberal gain from Nacionalista

2001

2001 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Danton Bueser	89,065	61.98%
	Lakas	Vicente Amante	54,623	38.02%
Total votes			143,688	100.00
	Liberal hold

2004

2004 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Danton Bueser	143,377	87.93%
	KNP	Conrado Manicad	19,687	12.07%
Total votes			163,064	100.00
	Liberal hold

2007

2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Maria Evita Arago	60,449	35.87%
	NPC	Arcadio Najie Gapangada	44,871	26.63%
	Lakas	Florante Aquino	38,620	22.92%
	KAMPI	Adoracion Alava	12,808	7.6%
	KAMPI	Enrico Velasco	5,733	3.4%
	Independent	Damaso Amante	5,313	3.15%
	Independent	Andrew Atienza	732	0.43%
Total votes			168,526	100.00
	Liberal hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Maria Evita Arago	123,638	61.64
	NPC	Katherine Agapay	60,751	30.69
	PMP	Florante Aquino	16,202	8.08
Valid ballots			200,591	94.85
Invalid or blank votes			10,895	5.15
Total votes			211,486	100.00
	Liberal hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Sol Aragones-Sampelo	92,273	50.58
	Liberal	Maria Evita Arago (Incumbent)	81,764	44.82
	PDP–Laban	Celia Lopez	8,386	4.60
Total votes			195,772	100.00
	UNA gain from Liberal

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Sol Aragones-Sampelo	154,339	71.12
	Liberal	Florante Aquino	40,783	18.79
	NPC	Damaso Amante	19,938	9.18
	Lakas	Maria Christina Villamor	1,923	0.88
Total votes			216,983	100.00
	UNA hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Sol Aragones-Sampelo	214,899	95.76
	Independent	Ma. Cristina Villamor	6,078	2.69
	Independent	King Mediano	3,508	1.55
Total votes			224,375	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Loreto Amante	197,324	72.76
	PROMDI	Angelica Jones Alarva	68,044	25.09
	Aksyon	Ma. Cristina Villamor	3,778	1.39
	Independent	King Mediano	2,053	0.76
Total votes			271,199	100.00
	PDP–Laban gain from Nacionalista

2025

2025 Philippine House of Representatives election in Laguna 3rd district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Loreto Amante (Incumbent)	238,140	86.38
	RP	Empelight Empemano	28,730	10.42
	Independent	Ronnie Masirag	4,697	1.70
	Independent	Ocha Mamaril	4,106	1.49
Total votes			275,673	100
	Lakas hold

References

↑ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
↑ "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 23, 2023.
↑ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
1 2 "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
↑ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved February 7, 2021.
↑ Quismoro, Ellson (September 29, 2023). "Lakas-CMD swears in 2 new members from House; find out who they are". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

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[psa-1] "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 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 23, 2023.

[congleg-3] "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2021.

[apportion-4] 1 2 "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved February 7, 2021.

[congmem-5] "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved February 7, 2021.

[6] Quismoro, Ellson (September 29, 2023). "Lakas-CMD swears in 2 new members from House; find out who they are". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

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