Quezon's 2nd congressional district

Quezon's 2nd congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Boundary of Quezon's 2nd congressional district in Quezon
Location of Quezon within the Philippines
Province	Quezon
Region	Calabarzon
Population	753,343 (2020) [1]
Electorate	471,129 (2022) [2]
Major settlements	6 LGUs Cities Lucena Municipalities Candelaria Dolores San Antonio Sariaya Tiaong
Area	825.38 km2 (318.68 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	David C. Suarez
Political party	Lakas–CMD
Congressional bloc	Majority

Quezon's 2nd congressional district is one of the four congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Quezon, formerly Tayabas. 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 Quezon's capital city of Lucena and adjacent municipalities of Candelaria, Dolores, San Antonio, Sariaya and Tiaong. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by David C. Suarez of Lakas–CMD. ^[4]

Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, the second district encompassed the eastern Quezon municipalities of Agdangan, Alabat, Atimonan, Buenavista, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Plaridel, Quezon, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso, Tagkawayan, and Unisan. In 1922, Padre Burgos, then known as Laguimanoc, became part of this district beginning in 1922 after being initially part of the first district since its creation as a municipality in 1917. Marinduque, a former sub-province of Tayabas (now Quezon), was also part of this district until it was granted its own representation beginning in 1922, two years after its re-establishment as an independent province. ^[5] Following the restoration of the Congress in 1987, the aforementioned municipalities were realigned into the new third and fourth districts, respectively, and this district was redefined to encompass the western part of Quezon, a configuration that remains up to date. ^{[6] [7]}

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
District created January 9, 1907. [8] [9]
1			Emiliano A. Gala	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1909	1st	Independent	Elected in 1907.	1907–1909 Alabat, Boac, Calauag, Catanauan, Gasan, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Mulanay, Pitogo, Santa Cruz, Torrijos
2			Gregorio Nieva	October 16, 1909	October 16, 1912	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1909.	1909–1912 Alabat, Boac, Calauag, Catanauan, Gasan, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Pitogo, Santa Cruz, Torrijos, Unisan
3			Bernardo del Mundo	October 16, 1912	October 16, 1916	3rd	Independent	Elected in 1912.	1912–1916 Alabat, Boac, Calauag, Catanauan, Gasan, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mogpog, Mulanay, Pitogo, Santa Cruz, Torrijos, Unisan
(2)			Gregorio Nieva	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.	1916–1922 Alabat, Boac, Calauag, Catanauan, Gasan, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mogpog, Mulanay, Pitogo, Quezon, San Narciso, Santa Cruz, Torrijos, Unisan
4			Ricardo Paras	June 3, 1919	June 6, 1922	5th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.
5			Rafael R. Vilar	June 6, 1922	June 2, 1925	6th	Nacionalista Colectivista	Elected in 1922.	1922–1928 Alabat, Atimonan, Calauag, Catanauan, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Laguimanoc, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Pitogo, Quezon, San Narciso, Unisan
6			León Guinto	June 2, 1925	September 20, 1928	7th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925.
						8th		Re-elected in 1928. Resigned on appointment as Tayabas governor.	1928–1931 Alabat, Atimonan, Calauag, Catanauan, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Quezon, San Narciso, Unisan
7			Marcelo T. Boncan	October 6, 1928	June 5, 1934		Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1928 to finish Guinto's term.
						9th		Re-elected in 1931.	1931–1935 Alabat, Atimonan, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Quezon, San Narciso, Unisan
8			Antonio Z. Argosino	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th	Sakdalista	Elected in 1934.
#	Image		Member	Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
9			Francisco Lavides	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1935.	1935–1938 Alabat, Atimonan, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Quezon, San Narciso, Unisan
						2nd	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.	1938–1941 Alabat, Atimonan, Bondo, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Quezon, San Narciso, Unisan
District dissolved into the two-seat Tayabas'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.
(9)			Francisco Lavides	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Agdangan, Alabat, Atimonan, Aurora, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Quezon, San Narciso, Tagkawayan, Unisan
#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
10			Tomás Morató	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st	Liberal	Elected in 1946.	1946–1949 Agdangan, Alabat, Atimonan, Aurora, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Quezon, San Narciso, Tagkawayan, Unisan
11			Gaudencio V. Vera	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1953	2nd	Liberal	Elected in 1949.	1949–1953 Agdangan, Alabat, Atimonan, Aurora, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Quezon, San Narciso, Tagkawayan, Unisan
12			León M. Guinto Jr.	December 30, 1953	December 30, 1961	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1953.	1953–1961 Agdangan, Alabat, Atimonan, Aurora, Buenavista, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Quezon, San Narciso, Tagkawayan, Unisan
						4th		Re-elected in 1957.
13			Eladio A. Caliwara	December 30, 1961	December 30, 1969	5th	Liberal	Elected in 1961.	1961–1965 Agdangan, Alabat, Atimonan, Aurora, Buenavista, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Quezon, San Andres, San Narciso, Tagkawayan, Unisan
						6th		Re-elected in 1965.	1965–1969 Agdangan, Alabat, Atimonan, Aurora, Buenavista, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Plaridel, Quezon, San Andres, San Narciso, Tagkawayan, Unisan
14			Godofredo M. Tan	December 30, 1969	September 23, 1972	7th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.	1969–1972 Agdangan, Alabat, Atimonan, Buenavista, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Plaridel, Quezon, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso, Tagkawayan, Unisan
District dissolved into the twenty-seat Region IV-A's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the four-seat Quezon's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
15			Mario L. Tagarao	June 30, 1987	April 23, 1990	8th	Liberal	Elected in 1987. Died.	1987–present Candelaria, Dolores, Lucena, San Antonio, Sariaya, Tiaong
16			Marcial C. Punzalan Jr.	June 30, 1992	May 12, 2001	9th	Lakas	Elected in 1992.
						10th		Re-elected in 1995.
						11th		Re-elected in 1998. Died.
17			Lynette A. Punzalan	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2004	12th	Lakas	Elected in 2001.
18			Proceso Alcala	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2010	13th	Liberal	Elected in 2004.
						14th		Re-elected in 2007.
19			Irvin M. Alcala	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2013	15th	Liberal	Elected in 2010.
20			Vicente J. Alcala	June 30, 2013	June 30, 2019	16th	Liberal	Elected in 2013.
						17th	PDP–Laban	Re-elected in 2016.
21			David C. Suarez	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th	Nacionalista	Elected in 2019.
						19th	Lakas	Re-elected in 2022.
						20th		Re-elected in 2025.

Election results

2025

2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	David Suarez	286,091	100.00
Total votes			286,091	100.00
	Lakas hold

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	David Suarez	207,836	52.93
	NPC	Proceso Alcala	173,639	44.22
	Reporma	Antonio Punzalan	6,038	1.54
	Independent	Abigail Jashael Bagabaldo	3,129	0.80
	Independent	Alejandro Nebu	2,026	0.52
Total votes			392,668	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	David Suarez	171,903
	Liberal	Proceso Alcala	120,998
	Aksyon	Amadeo Suarez	2,699
	PFP	Boyet Masilang	3,957
	DPP	Christian Señeres	1,076
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	Nacionalista gain from PDP–Laban

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Vicente Alcala	174,578	64.40
	Independent	Rosauro Masilang	85,945	31.70
	Independent	Vivencio Escueta	16,245	3.90
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	Liberal hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Vicente Alcala	94,113	50.55
	UNA	Barbara Ruby Talaga	42,791	22.98
	Independent	Lynette Punzalan	16,245	8.73
	Lakas	Kneigoutina Suarez	9,124	4.90
	Independent	Marivic Rivera	475	0.26
Margin of victory			51,322	27.56%
Rejected ballots			23,438	12.59%
Turnout			186,186	100
	Liberal hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Irvin Alcala	170,760	74.41
	Nacionalista	James Rey Bico	40,260	17.57
	PMP	Bernard Tagarao	18,169	7.95
Valid ballots			229,189	90.78
Invalid or blank votes			23,281	9.22
Total votes			252,470	100.00
	Liberal hold

See also

• Legislative districts of Quezon

References

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