Antique's at-large congressional district

Antique's at-large congressional district, also known as Antique's lone district, is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Antique. Antique has been represented in the country's various national legislatures since 1898.[3] Since 1907, Antique has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, elected provincewide at-large, except for a brief period between 1943 and 1944 when a second seat was allocated in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.[4] It was also earlier represented by three members in the First Philippine Republic legislature known as the Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1901.[3]

Antique's at-large congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Antique within the Philippines
Province	Antique
Region	Western Visayas
Population	582,012 (2015)[1]
Electorate	322,861 (2016)[2]
Area	2,729.17 km^2 (1,053.74 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1907 (single-member district)
Representative	Loren Legarda
Political party	NPC
Congressional bloc	Majority

The district is currently represented by Loren Legarda of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).[5]

Representation history

#	Term of office		National Assembly		Seat A					Seat B					Seat C
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history		Member		Party	Electoral history		Member		Party	Electoral history
Antique's at-large district for the Malolos Congress
District created June 18, 1898.[6]
–	September 15, 1898	March 23, 1901	1st			Vicente López	Independent	Elected in 1898.			Aristón Gella	Independent	Appointed.			Eusebio Natividad	Independent	Appointed.
#	Term of office		Legislature		Single seat				Seats eliminated
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history
Antique's at-large district for the Philippine Assembly
District re-created April 1, 1907.[7]
1	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1909	1st			Pedro V. Jiménez	Progresista	Elected in 1907.
2	October 16, 1909	October 16, 1916	2nd			Ángel Salazar	Progresista	Elected in 1909.
			3rd					Re-elected in 1912.
#	Term of office		Legislature		Single seat
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history
Antique's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
3	October 16, 1916	June 6, 1922	4th			Ramón Maza	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.
			5th					Re-elected in 1919.
(2)	June 6, 1922	June 2, 1925	6th			Ángel Salazar	Nacionalista Colectivista	Elected in 1922.
4	June 2, 1925	June 5, 1934	7th			Segundo C. Moscoso	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925.
			8th					Re-elected in 1928.
			9th					Re-elected in 1931.
5	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th			Calixto Zaldívar	Nacionalista Pro-Independencia	Elected in 1934.
#	Term of office		National Assembly		Single seat
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history
Antique's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
(5)	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st			Calixto Zaldívar	Nacionalista Pro-Independencia	Elected in 1935.
			2nd				Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
#	Term of office		National Assembly		Seat A					Seat B				Seats restored
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history		Member		Party	Electoral history
Antique's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)
District re-created September 7, 1943.[8]
–	September 25, 1943	February 2, 1944	1st			Alberto A. Villavert	KALIBAPI	Elected in 1943.			Tobias Fornier	KALIBAPI	Appointed as an ex officio member.
#	Term of office		Common wealth Congress		Single seat				Seats eliminated
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history
Antique's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
6	June 9, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st			Emigdio V. Nietes	Popular Front	Elected in 1941.
#	Term of office		Congress		Single seat
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history
Antique's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
(6)	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st			Emigdio V. Nietes	Popular Front	Elected in 1946.
7	December 30, 1949	October 31, 1964	2nd			Tobias Fornier	Nacionalista	Elected in 1949.
			3rd					Re-elected in 1953.
			4th					Re-elected in 1957.
			5th					Re-elected in 1961. Died.
8	December 30, 1965	December 30, 1969	6th			José A. Fornier	Nacionalista	Elected in 1965.
9	December 30, 1969	September 23, 1972	7th			Enrique A. Zaldívar	Liberal	Elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the sixteen-seat Region VI's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
#	Term of office		Batasang Pambansa		Single seat
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history
Antique's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa
District re-created February 1, 1984.[9]
–	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986	2nd			Arturo F. Pacificador	KBL	Elected in 1984. Election annulled by the Supreme Court.
–	–	–				Evelio Javier	Nacionalista	Posthumously declared winner of 1984 elections September 22, 1986.[10]
#	Term of office		Congress		Single seat
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history
Antique's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District re-created February 2, 1987.
10	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th			Exequiel Javier	Independent	Elected in 1987.
			9th				Lakas–CMD	Re-elected in 1992.
			10th					Re-elected in 1995.
11	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2001	11th			Jovito C. Plameras Jr.	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 1998.
(10)	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010	12th			Exequiel Javier	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 2001.
			13th					Re-elected in 2004.
			14th					Re-elected in 2007.
12	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2019	15th			Paolo S. Javier	Liberal	Elected in 2010.
			16th					Re-elected in 2013.
			17th				PDP–Laban	Re-elected in 2016.
13	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th			Loren Legarda	NPC	Elected in 2019.

Election results

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Paolo Everardo Javier	120,096
	UNA	Raymundo Roquero	86,727
	NPC	Robert Delfin	11,060
	Independent	Junior Combong	3,791
	PMM	Narzal Mallares	3,748
	Independent	Rodelio Pidoy	1,700
	KBL	Antero Villaflor	1,093
Invalid or blank votes			46,624
Total votes			274,839

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Paolo Everardo Javier	94,566	48.05
	UNA	Raymundo Roquero	70,586	36.00
	PMM	Antero Florante Villaflor	2,014	1.02
Margin of victory			23,980	12.18%
Invalid or blank votes			29,642	15.06
Total votes			196,808	100.00
	Liberal hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Paolo Everardo Javier	93,081	44.97
	NPC	Salvacion Z. Perez	66,282	32.03
	KBL	Arturo Pacificador	30,471	14.72
	PDSP	Robert Delfin	12,848	6.21
	Aksyon	Narzal Mallares	3,443	1.66
	Lapiang Manggagawa	Antero Florante Jr.	838	0.40
Valid ballots			206,953	88.72
Invalid or blank votes			27,628	12.95
Total votes			234,591	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

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