Nueva Ecija's 1st congressional district

Nueva Ecija's 1st congressional district is one of the four congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Nueva Ecija. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1928.[3] The district consists of the western municipalities of Aliaga, Cuyapo, Guimba, Licab, Nampicuan, Quezon, Santo Domingo, Talavera and Zaragoza. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Estrellita B. Suansing of the PDP–Laban.[4]

Nueva Ecija's 1st congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Nueva Ecija within the Philippines
Province	Nueva Ecija
Region	Central Luzon
Population	563,196 (2015)[1]
Electorate	317,626 (2016)[2]
Major settlements	9 LGUs Municipalities Aliaga Cuyapo Guimba Licab Nampicuan Quezon Santo Domingo Talavera Zaragoza
Area	1,027.38 km^2 (396.67 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1926
Representative	Estrellita B. Suansing
Political party	PDP–Laban
Congressional bloc	Majority

Representation history

#	Member		Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Nueva Ecija's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
District created December 7, 1926.[5]
1		Hermogenes Concepción Sr.	June 5, 1928	June 2, 1931	8th	Demócrata	Elected in 1928.	1928–1935 Aliaga, Cuyapo, Guimba, Jaen, Licab, Lupao, Muñoz, Nampicuan, Quezon, San Antonio, Santo Domingo, Talavera, Zaragoza
2		Manuel V. Gallego	June 2, 1931	June 5, 1934	9th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1931.
3		José Robles Jr.	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th	Nacionalista Pro-Independencia	Elected in 1934.
#	Member		Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Nueva Ecija's 1st district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
4		Manuel A. Alzate	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Aliaga, Cuyapo, Guimba, Jaen, Licab, Lupao, Muñoz, Nampicuan, Quezon, San Antonio, Santo Domingo, Talavera, Zaragoza
					2nd	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Nueva Ecija'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
Nueva Ecija's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
(2)		Manuel V. Gallego	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Aliaga, Cuyapo, Guimba, Jaen, Licab, Lupao, Muñoz, Nampicuan, Quezon, San Antonio, Santo Domingo, Talavera, Zaragoza
#	Member		Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Nueva Ecija's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
5		José Cando	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st	Democratic Alliance	Elected in 1946. Oath of office deferred to January 29, 1948 due to electoral protests against Democratic Alliance candidates.	1946–1949 Aliaga, Cuyapo, Guimba, Jaen, Licab, Lupao, Muñoz, Nampicuan, Quezon, San Antonio, Santo Domingo, Talavera, Zaragoza
6		José O. Corpus	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1957	2nd	Liberal	Elected in 1949.	1949–1972 Aliaga, Cuyapo, Guimba, Jaen, Licab, Lupao, Muñoz, Nampicuan, Quezon, San Antonio, Santo Domingo, Talavera, Talugtug, Zaragoza
					3rd		Re-elected in 1953.
7		Eugenio T. Baltao	December 30, 1957	December 30, 1969	4th	Liberal	Elected in 1957.
					5th		Re-elected in 1961.
					6th		Re-elected in 1965.
8		Leopoldo D. Díaz	December 30, 1969	September 23, 1972	7th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the sixteen-seat Region III's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the four-seat Nueva Ecija's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
9		Eduardo Nonato Joson	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1992	8th	KBL BALANE	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Aliaga, Cuyapo, Guimba, Licab, Nampicuan, Quezon, Santo Domingo, Talavera, Zaragoza
10		Renato Diaz	June 30, 1992	June 30, 1998	9th	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 1992.
					10th		Re-elected in 1995.
11		Josefina M. Joson	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2007	11th	NPC BALANE	Elected in 1998.
					12th		Re-elected in 2001.
					13th		Re-elected in 2004.
(9)		Eduardo Nonato Joson	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2010	14th	Independent BALANE	Elected in 2007.
(11)		Josefina M. Joson	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2013	15th	NPC BALANE	Elected in 2010.
12		Estrellita B. Suansing	June 30, 2013	Incumbent	16th	Independent Unang Sigaw	Elected in 2013.
					17th	PDP–Laban	Re-elected in 2016.
					18th		Re-elected in 2019.

Election results

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Estrelita Suansing	145,685
	UNA	Josefina Joson	78,512
Invalid or blank votes			31,478
Total votes			255,675
	Liberal hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unang Sigaw	Estrellita Suansing	94,952	45.12
	NPC	Mariano Cristino Joson	78,267	37.19
	Independent	Renato Diaz	14,805	7.03
Margin of victory			16,685	7.93%
Invalid or blank votes			22,427	10.66
Total votes			210,451	100.00

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Josefina Joson	107,202	53.37
	Lakas–Kampi	Renato Diaz	84,750	42.19
	Liberal	Richard Maliwat	6,388	3.18
	PGRP	Yolanda de Jesus	1,534	0.76
	Independent	Vitaliano Ugalde	998	0.50
Valid ballots			200,872	88.10
Invalid or blank votes			27,133	11.90
Total votes			228,005	100.00
	NPC gain from Independent

See also

• Legislative districts of Nueva Ecija

References

1. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
2. "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved April 21, 2020.
3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
4. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
5. "Act No. 3336, (1926-12-07)". Lawyerly. Retrieved April 21, 2020.