Albay's 1st congressional district

Albay's 1st congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Albay. 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 the northern Albay city of Tabaco and adjacent municipalities of Bacacay, Malilipot, Malinao, Santo Domingo and Tiwi. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Edcel Lagman of the Liberal Party (LP).[4]

Albay's 1st congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Albay within the Philippines
Province	Albay
Region	Bicol Region
Population	373,947 (2015)[1]
Electorate	220,819 (2016)[2]
Major settlements	6 LGUs Cities Tabaco Municipalities Bacacay Malilipot Malinao Santo Domingo Tiwi
Area	547.88 km²
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	Edcel Lagman
Political party	Liberal
Congressional bloc	Minority

Representation history

#	Member		Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Albay's 1st district for the Philippine Assembly
District created April 1, 1907.[5]
1		Tomás Almonte	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1909	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1907.	1907–1916 Bacacay, Malilipot, Malinao, Santo Domingo, Tabaco, Tiwi
2		Marcial Calleja	October 16, 1909	October 16, 1912	2nd	Progresista	Elected in 1909.
3		Domingo Díaz	October 16, 1912	October 16, 1916	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1912.
Albay's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
(3)		Domingo Díaz	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1916.	1916–1935 Bacacay, Malilipot, Malinao, Santo Domingo, Tabaco, Tiwi
4		Agapito Buenconsejo	June 3, 1919	June 2, 1925	5th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.
					6th		Re-elected in 1922.
5		Francisco B. Peña	June 2, 1925	June 5, 1928	7th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1925.
6		Julián Belén	June 5, 1928	June 2, 1931	8th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1928.
7		Froilán Paverico	June 2, 1931	August 9, 1931	9th	Democrata	Elected in 1931. Died.
8		Julián M. Locsin	September 3, 1931	January 31, 1933		Nacionalista	Elected to finish Paverico's term. Election annulled by House tribunal after electoral protest.
9		Exequiel Kare	January 31, 1933	September 16, 1935		Nacionalista	Declared winner of 1931 special election.
					10th	Nacionalista Democratico	Re-elected in 1934.
#	Member		Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Albay's 1st district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
10		José Bonto	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st	Nacionalista Democratico	Elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Bacacay, Malilipot, Malinao, Santo Domingo, Tabaco, Tiwi
					2nd	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Albay's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).
#	Member		Term of office		Common wealth Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Albay's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
11		Isabelo V. Binamira	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Bacacay, Malilipot, Malinao, Santo Domingo, Tabaco, Tiwi
#	Member		Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Albay's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
12		Eulogio V. Lawenko	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1946.	1946–1972 Bacacay, Malilipot, Malinao, Santo Domingo, Tabaco, Tiwi
13		Lorenzo P. Ziga	December 30, 1949	November 4, 1954	2nd	Liberal	Elected in 1949.
					3rd		Re-elected in 1953. Died.
14		Tecla San Andres Ziga	November 8, 1955	December 30, 1961		Liberal	Elected to finish Ziga's term.
					4th		Re-elected in 1957.
15		Venancio P. Ziga	December 30, 1961	December 30, 1969	5th	Liberal	Elected in 1961.
					6th		Re-elected in 1965.
16		Amando D. Cope	December 30, 1969	September 23, 1972	7th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the twelve-seat Region V's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the three-seat Albay's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
17		Edcel Lagman	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	LABAN	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Bacacay, Malilipot, Malinao, Santo Domingo, Tabaco, Tiwi
					9th	LDP	Re-elected in 1992.
					10th		Re-elected in 1995.
18		Krisel B. Lagman-Luistro	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2004	11th	LAMMP	Elected in 1998.
					12th	Lakas–CMD	Re-elected in 2001.
(17)		Edcel Lagman	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2013	13th	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 2004.
					14th		Re-elected in 2007.
					15th		Re-elected in 2010.
19		Edcel B. Lagman Jr.	June 30, 2013	June 30, 2016	16th	Liberal	Elected in 2013.
(17)		Edcel Lagman	June 30, 2016	Incumbent	17th	Liberal	Elected in 2016.
					18th		Re-elected in 2019.

Election results

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Albay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edcel Lagman	101,486	54.98
	NPC	Herbie Aguas	81,128	43.95
	Independent	Hernando Bruce	1,959	1.06
Invalid or blank votes			15,845
Total votes			200,923
Margin of victory			20,358	11.03
	Liberal hold

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edcel C. Lagman	102,939
	NPC	Antonio Betito	52,555
	PDP–Laban	Gregorio Luis Contacto	16,316
Invalid or blank votes			17,807
Total votes			189,617
	Liberal hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edcel Lagman, Jr.	57,133	42.01
	UNA	Ricky Ziga	55,011	40.45
	PDP–Laban	Gregorio Luis Contacto	13,111	9.64
Margin of victory			2,122	1.56%
Invalid or blank votes			10,759	7.91
Total votes			136,014	100.00
	Liberal gain from Independent

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Edcel Lagman	129,083	78.28
	Liberal	Wilfredo Brizuela	24,993	15.15
Valid ballots			154,076	93.43
Invalid or blank votes			10,827	6.57
Total votes			164,903	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

See also

• Legislative districts of Albay

References

1. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
2. "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved March 20, 2020.
3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
4. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
5. Division of Insular Affairs (1908). Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War. Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. 253. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Washington, D.C.: United States War Department. p. 49. Retrieved March 26, 2020.