Southern Leyte's 1st congressional district

Southern Leyte's 1st legislative district will be the representation of the province of Southern Leyte in the Congress of the Philippines. Created in 2019 during the 17th Congress, the district will be represented in the lower house of the Congress through its first congressional district after the 2022 elections.[1] The First district is composed of Maasin City, and municipalities of Macrohon, Padre Burgos, Limasawa, Malitbog, Tomas Oppus and Bontoc.[2]

Southern Leyte's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Southern Leyte within the Philippines
ProvinceSouthern Leyte
RegionEastern Visayas
Population201,421 (2020)
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created2019
RepresentativeVacant
Political partyTo be determined
Congressional blocTo be determined

Representation history
# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history Constituent

LGUs

Start End
District created February 1, 2019, redistricted from Southern Leyte's at-large congressional district.[3]
1 Election pending June 30, 2022 June 30, 2025 19th To be determined Election to take place in 2022. 2022–present:
Maasin, Bontoc, Limasawa, Macrohon, Malitbog, Padre Burgos, Tomas Oppus

Election results

2022
2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Vicente Geraldo
NUP Luz Mercado
Valid ballots
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes
hold

See also

References
  1. "LIST: New congressional districts in the 2022 elections". Rappler. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  2. ABS-CBN News (6 February 2019). "Southern Leyte Split". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  3. "Republic Act No. 11198 : An Act for the reapportionment of the Province of Southern Leyte into two (2) legislative Districts" (PDF). Official Gazette. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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