Eastern Samar's at-large congressional district

Eastern Samar's at-large congressional district is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Eastern Samar. Also known as Eastern Samar's lone district, it has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1965.[3] It first elected a representative provincewide at-large for the 6th Congress of the Third Philippine Republic following its creation and that of Northern Samar as regular provinces separate from Samar under Republic Act No. 4221 on June 19, 1965.[4] It has remained a single-member district for the House of Representatives as well as the Fourth Philippine Republic parliament known as the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.[3]

Eastern Samar's at-large congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Eastern Samar within the Philippines
Province	Eastern Samar
Region	Eastern Visayas
Population	467,160 (2015)[1]
Electorate	338,718 (2019)[2]
Area	4,660.47 km^2 (1,799.42 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1965
Representative	Maria Fe R. Abunda
Political party	PDP–Laban
Congressional bloc	Majority

The district is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Maria Fe R. Abunda of the PDP–Laban.[5]

Representation history

#	Member		Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history
			Start	End
Eastern Samar's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created June 19, 1965. Redistricted from Samar's 3rd district.[4]
1		Felipe J. Abrigo	December 30, 1965	September 23, 1972	6th	Liberal	Elected in 1965.
					7th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the ten-seat Region VIII's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
#	Member		Term of office		Batasang Pambansa	Party	Electoral history
			Start	End
Eastern Samar's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa
District re-created February 1, 1984.[6]
2		Vicente O. Valley	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986	2nd	KBL	Elected in 1984.
#	Member		Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history
			Start	End
Eastern Samar's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District re-created February 2, 1987.
3		Jose Tan Ramirez	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	Liberal	Elected in 1987.
					9th	Lakas–CMD	Re-elected in 1992.
					10th		Re-elected in 1995.
4		Marcelino C. Libanan	June 30, 1998	April 18, 2007	11th	LAMMP	Elected in 1998.
					12th	NPC	Re-elected in 2001.
					13th	Lakas–CMD	Re-elected in 2004. Resigned on appointment as Bureau of Immigration commissioner.
5		Teodulo M. Coquilla	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2010	14th	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 2007.
6		Ben P. Evardone	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2019	15th	Liberal	Elected in 2010.
					16th		Re-elected in 2013.
					17th	PDP–Laban	Re-elected in 2016.
7		Maria Fe R. Abunda	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th	PDP–Laban	Elected in 2019.

Election results

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ben Evardone	132,089	58.32%
	Nacionalista	Annaliz Gonzales-Kwan	94,388	41.68%
Valid ballots			226,477	88.32%
Margin of victory			37,701	16.65%
Invalid or blank votes			29,959	11.68%
Total votes			256,436	100.00%
	Liberal hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ben Evardone	79,083	47.16
	Nacionalista	Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan	75,131	44.81
	Independent	Febidal Fadel	402	0.24
Margin of victory			3,952	2.36%
Invalid or blank votes			13,060	7.79
Total votes			167,676	100.00
	Liberal hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ben P. Evardone	74,082	38.07
	Independent	Teodulo Coquilla	66,222	34.03
	NPC	Raymond Apita	25,932	13.33
	PMP	Mateo Biong, Jr.	17,682	9.09
	Nacionalista	Maximo Aljibe	9,108	4.68
	Independent	Conrado Macasa, Sr.	806	0.41
	Independent	Angelo Miguel	577	0.30
	PGRP	Febidal Padel	193	0.10
Valid ballots			194,602	91.05
Invalid or blank votes			19,137	8.95
Total votes			213,739	100.00
	Independent hold

See also

• Legislative district of Eastern Samar

References

1. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
2. "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved May 22, 2020.
3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
4. "Republic Act No. 4221". Arellano Law Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
5. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
6. "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved May 22, 2020.