Southern Leyte's 2nd congressional district

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Southern Leyte's 1st congressional district
Constituency
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Boundary of the congressional district in the province
Province Southern Leyte
Region Eastern Visayas
Population228,152 (2020)
Electorate159,882 (2022) [1]
Major settlements
12 LGUs
Area1,194.7 km2 (461.3 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created2019
RepresentativeChristopherson Yap
Political party  Lakas-CMD
Congressional blocMajority

Southern Leyte's 2nd legislative district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Southern Leyte. The district has been represented in the lower house of the Congress since 2022. [2] It is composed of municipalities of Sogod, Libagon, Liloan, San Francisco, Pintuyan, San Ricardo, Saint Bernard, Anahawan, San Juan, Hinunangan, Hinundayan and Silago. [3] It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by Christopherson Yap of the Lakas-CMD, who is the first representative of district since its creation. [4]

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Representation history

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LGUs

StartEnd
District created February 1, 2019 from Southern Leyte's at-large district. [5]
1 Rep. Christopherson Yap (19th Congress).jpg Christopherson YapJune 30, 2022Incumbent 19th Lakas Elected in 2022.2022–present:
Anahawan, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Libagon, Liloan, Pintuyan, Saint Bernard, San Francisco, San Juan, San Ricardo, Silago, Sogod
20th Re-elected in 2025.

Election results

2025

CandidatePartyVotes%
Christopherson Yap (incumbent) Lakas–CMD 74,50552.18
Emie TanIndependent68,28847.82
Total142,793100.00
Valid votes142,79396.51
Invalid/blank votes5,1583.49
Total votes147,951100.00
Registered voters/turnout165,26789.52
Lakas–CMD hold
Source: Commission on Elections

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lakas Christopherson Yap 63,979 56.74
PROMDI Florentino "Junbie" Fernandez39,24634.8
PFP Alexander "Alex" Cuaton4,3403.85
Independent Vick Barcelon3,7393.32
Independent Ray "Loloy" Maupoy9140.81
Independent Miguelito "Mig" Cataran5460.48
Total votes112,764 100.00
Lakas win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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 June 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "LIST: New congressional districts in the 2022 elections". Rappler. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  3. ↑ "Southern Leyte Split". ABS-CBN News. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ Republic Act No. 11198 (February 1, 2019), An Act for the reapportionment of the Province of Southern Leyte into two (2) legislative Districts (PDF), retrieved April 11, 2021
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