Manila's 6th congressional district

Manila's 6th congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the city of Manila. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1987.[3] The district consists of barangays 587 to 648 and 829 to 905 in the eastern Manila districts of north Paco, Pandacan, San Miguel, Santa Ana and Santa Mesa.[4] It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Benny Abante of the National Unity Party (NUP) and Asenso Manileño.[5]

Manila's 6th congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Boundary of Manila's 6th congressional district in Manila
City	Manila
Region	Metro Manila
Population	295,245 (2015)[1]
Electorate	142,151 (2016)[2]
Major settlements	5 city districts north Paco Pandacan San Miguel Santa Ana Santa Mesa
Area	7.79 km²
Current constituency
Created	1987
Representative	Benny Abante
Political party	NUP
Congressional bloc	Minority

Representation history

#	Member		Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Manila's 6th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created February 2, 1987.[4]
1		Pablo V. Ocampo Jr.	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1992	8th	PDP–Laban	Elected in 1987.	1987–present north Paco, Pandacan, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Santa Mesa
2		Rosenda Ann M. Ocampo	June 30, 1992	June 30, 2001	9th	NPC	Elected in 1992.
					10th		Re-elected in 1995.
					11th		Re-elected in 1998.
3		Mark "Mario Crespo" B. Jimenez	June 30, 2001	March 6, 2003	12th	Independent	Elected in 2001. Election annulled by House electoral tribunal due to citizenship.
4		Benny Abante	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2010	13th	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 2004.
					14th		Re-elected in 2007.
(2)		Rosenda Ann M. Ocampo	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2019	15th	Liberal KKK	Elected in 2010.
					16th		Re-elected in 2013.
					17th	PDP–Laban KKK	Re-elected in 2016.
(4)		Benny Abante	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th	NUP Asenso Manileño	Elected in 2019.

Election results

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Asenso Manileño	Bienvenido Abante	49,795	46.21
	Bagumbayan	Patricia Yvette Ocampo	33,731	31.30
	PMP	Casimiro "Cassy" Sison	24,239	22.49
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes			107,765	100.00
	Asenso Manileño gain from Liberal

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rosenda Ann Ocampo	56,844
	Asenso Manileño	Benny M. Abante	48,260
	Independent	Richard Bautista	695
	Independent	Jose Castillo	623
Invalid or blank votes			6,774
Total votes			113,196
	Liberal hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UNA	Benny Abante
	Independent	Richard Bautista
	Independent	Francisco Candaza
	Liberal	Rosenda Ocampo
Margin of victory
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sandy Ocampo	39,985	38.63
	Lakas–Kampi	Benny M. Abante	38,113	36.82
	Nacionalista	Danilo Lacuna	24,866	24.03
	Independent	Ramon Villanueva	204	0.20
	Independent	Joven Yuson	160	0.16
	PGRP	Marlo Gerardo Artacho	96	0.09
	Bigkis Pinoy	Ronaldo Tibig	76	0.07
Valid ballots			103,500	95.70
Invalid or blank votes			4,654	4.30
Total votes			108,154	100.00
	Liberal gain from Lakas–Kampi

See also

• Legislative districts of Manila

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. "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
5. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 20, 2020.