Oriental Mindoro's 1st congressional district

Oriental Mindoro's 1st congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Oriental Mindoro within the Philippines
Province	Oriental Mindoro
Region	Mimaropa
Population	452,908 (2015) [1]
Electorate	282,342 (2019) [2]
Major settlements	8 LGUs Cities Calapan Municipalities Baco Naujan Pola Puerto Galera San Teodoro Socorro Victoria
Area	2,015.19 km2 (778.07 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1987
Representative	Arnan C. Panaligan
Political party	Lakas-CMD
Congressional bloc	Majority

Oriental Mindoro's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Oriental Mindoro. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987. ^[3] The district encompasses the province's northern half composed of its capital city Calapan and the municipalities of Baco, Naujan, Pola, Puerto Galera, San Teodoro, Socorro and Victoria. ^[4] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Arnan C. Panaligan of the Lakas–CMD. ^[5]

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
District created February 2, 1987 from Oriental Mindoro's at-large district. [4]
1			Rodolfo G. Valencia	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1992	8th	Liberal	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Baco, Calapan, Naujan, Pola, Puerto Galera, San Teodoro, Socorro, Victoria
2			Renato V. Leviste	June 30, 1992	June 30, 2001	9th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1992.
						10th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1995.
						11th		Re-elected in 1998.
3			Charity P. Leviste	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2004	12th	Lakas	Elected in 2001.
(1)			Rodolfo G. Valencia	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2013	13th	Liberal	Elected in 2004.
						14th	Lakas	Re-elected in 2007.
						15th	Liberal	Re-elected in 2010.
4			Paulino Salvador Leachon	June 30, 2013	June 30, 2022	16th	Liberal	Elected in 2013.
						17th	PDP–Laban	Re-elected in 2016.
						18th		Re-elected in 2019.
5			Arnan C. Panaligan	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	Lakas	Elected in 2022.

See also

• Legislative districts of Oriental Mindoro

References

1. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved February 16, 2021.
2. "Number of Registered Voters, Voters who Actually Voted and Voters' Turnout" (PDF). Commission on Elections (Philippines) . January 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved February 16, 2021.
4. "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
5. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved February 16, 2021.