Capiz's 2nd congressional district

Capiz's 2nd congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Capiz. 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 municipalities of Cuartero, Dao, Dumalag, Dumarao, Ivisan, Jamindan, Mambusao, Sapian, Sigma and Tapaz. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Fredenil Castro of the Lakas–CMD (Lakas).[4]

Capiz's 2nd congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Capiz within the Philippines
Province	Capiz
Region	Western Visayas
Population	348,171 (2015)[1]
Electorate	217,670 (2016)[2]
Major settlements	10 LGUs Municipalities Cuartero Dao Dumalag Dumarao Ivisan Jamindan Mambusao Sapian Sigma Tapaz
Area	1,864.23 km^2 (719.78 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	Fredenil Castro
Political party	Lakas
Congressional bloc	Majority

Representation history

#	Member		Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Capiz's 2nd district for the Philippine Assembly
District created April 1, 1907.[5]
1		José Altavas	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1909	1st	Independent	Elected in 1907.	1907–1909 Dumalag, Dumarao, Iuisan, Jamindan, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, Sigma, Tapas
2		Leocadio Pajarillo	October 16, 1909	October 16, 1912	2nd	Independent	Elected in 1909.	1909–1912 Calivo, Dumalag, Jamindan, Lezo, Libacao, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, Sigma, Tapaz
3		Simeon Dádivas	October 16, 1912	July 27, 1914	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1912. Died.	1912–1916 Banga, Calivo, Dumalag, Jamindan, Lezo, Libacao, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, Sigma, Tapaz
4		Emiliano Acevedo	October 10, 1914	October 16, 1916		Progresista	Elected to finish Dádivas's term.
Capiz's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
5		Leopoldo Alba Mobo	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.	1916–1919 Banga, Calivo, Dumalag, Jamindan, Lezo, Libacao, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, Sigma, Tapaz
6		José A. Urquiola	June 3, 1919	June 6, 1922	5th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.	1919–1931 Altavas, Balete, Banga, Dumalag, Jamindan, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, Sigma, Tapaz
7		Agustín Aldea	June 6, 1922	June 2, 1925	6th	Nacionalista Colectivista	Elected in 1922.
(1)		José Altavas	June 2, 1925	June 5, 1928	7th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925.
8		José A. Dorado	June 5, 1928	September 16, 1935	8th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1928.
					9th		Re-elected in 1931.	1931–1935 Altavas, Balete, Banga, Batan, Dumalag, Jamindan, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, Sigma, Tapaz
					10th	Nacionalista Pro-Independencia	Re-elected in 1934.
#	Member		Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Capiz's 2nd district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
(8)		José A. Dorado	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st	Nacionalista Pro-Independencia	Re-elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Altavas, Balete, Banga, Batan, Dumalag, Jamindan, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, Sigma, Tapaz
					2nd	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Capiz'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
Capiz's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
9		Cornelio Villareal	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Altavas, Balete, Banga, Batan, Dumalag, Jamindan, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, Sigma, Tapaz
#	Member		Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Capiz's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
(9)		Cornelio Villareal	May 25, 1946	September 23, 1972	1st	Liberal	Re-elected in 1946.	1946–1957 Altavas, Balete, Banga, Batan, Dumalag, Jamindan, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, Sigma, Tapaz
					2nd		Re-elected in 1949.
					3rd		Re-elected in 1953.
					4th		Re-elected in 1957.	1957–1972 Dumalag, Jamindan, Mambusao, Sapian, Sigma, Tapaz
					5th		Re-elected in 1961.
					6th		Re-elected in 1965.
					7th		Re-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, followed by the two-seat Capiz's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
(9)		Cornelio Villareal	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1992	8th	Liberal	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Cuartero, Dao, Dumalag, Dumarao, Ivisan, Jamindan, Mambusao, Sapian, Sigma, Tapaz
10		Vicente J. Andaya Jr.	June 30, 1992	June 30, 2001	9th	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 1992.
					10th		Re-elected in 1995.
					11th	LAMMP	Re-elected in 1998.
11		Fredenil Castro	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010	12th	Liberal	Elected in 2001.
					13th		Re-elected in 2004.
					14th	Lakas–CMD	Re-elected in 2007.
12		Jane T. Castro	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2013	15th	NUP	Elected in 2010.
(11)		Fredenil Castro	June 30, 2013	Incumbent	16th	NUP	Elected in 2013.
					17th		Re-elected in 2016.
					18th	Lakas–CMD	Re-elected in 2019.

Election results

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Fredenil Castro	118,433
Invalid or blank votes			63,800
Total votes			182,233
	NUP hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Jane Castro	77,293	52.70
	Liberal	Maria Andaya	59,829	40.79
Margin of victory			17,464	11.91
Invalid or blank votes			9,536	6.50
Total votes			146,658	100.00
	NUP hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Jane Castro	109,147	69.51
	Liberal	Roberto Lastimoso	47,885	30.49
Valid ballots			157,032	95.07
Invalid or blank votes			8,148	4.93
Total votes			165,180	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

See also

• Legislative districts of Capiz

References

1. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
2. "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved April 26, 2020.
3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
4. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 26, 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 April 26, 2020.