Occidental Mindoro's at-large congressional district

Occidental Mindoro's at-large congressional district is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Occidental Mindoro. Also known as Occidental Mindoro's lone district, it has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1952.[3] It first elected a representative provincewide at-large for the 2nd Congress of the Third Philippine Republic following the dissolution of the old Mindoro province under Republic Act No. 505 on June 13, 1950.[4] It has remained a single-member district even under the Fourth Philippine Republic parliament known as the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.

Occidental Mindoro's at-large congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Occidental Mindoro within the Philippines
Province	Occidental Mindoro
Region	Mimaropa
Population	487,414 (2015)[1]
Electorate	289,953 (2019)[2]
Area	5,865.71 km^2 (2,264.76 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1952
Representative	Josephine Sato
Political party	Liberal
Congressional bloc	Majority

The district is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Josephine Sato of the Liberal Party (LP).[5]

Representation history

#	Member		Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history
			Start	End
Occidental Mindoro's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created June 13, 1950 from Mindoro's at-large district.[4]
1		Jesús V. Abeleda	January 28, 1952	December 30, 1953	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1952 special elections following creation of new district.
2		Felipe S. Abeleda	December 30, 1953	December 30, 1965	3rd	Liberal	Elected in 1953.
					4th		Re-elected in 1957.
					5th		Re-elected in 1961.
3		Pedro C. Medalla	December 30, 1965	September 23, 1972	6th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1965.
					7th		Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the twenty-seat Region IV-A's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
#	Member		Term of office		Batasang Pambansa	Party	Electoral history
			Start	End
Occidental Mindoro's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa
District re-created February 1, 1984.[6]
4		Pedro T. Mendiola	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986	2nd	KBL	Elected in 1984.
#	Member		Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history
			Start	End
Occidental Mindoro's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District re-created February 2, 1987.
5		Mario Gene J. Mendiola	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1992	8th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1987.
6		Jose T. Villarosa	June 30, 1992	June 30, 1998	9th	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 1992.
					10th		Re-elected in 1995.
7		Ma. Amelita A. Calimbas-Villarosa	June 30, 1998	August 29, 2000	11th	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 1998. Election annulled after an electoral protest.
8		Ricardo V. Quintos	August 29, 2000	June 30, 2001		LDP	Declared winner of 1998 elections.
9		Josephine Sato	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2004	12th	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 2001.
(7)		Ma. Amelita A. Calimbas-Villarosa	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2013	13th	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 2004.
					14th		Re-elected in 2007.
					15th		Re-elected in 2010.
(9)		Josephine Sato	June 30, 2013	Incumbent	16th	Liberal	Elected in 2013.
					17th		Re-elected in 2016.
					18th		Re-elected in 2019.

Election results

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Josephine Ramirez-Sato	142,551
	UNA	Damsy Malabanan	20,748
	Independent	Thomas Ledesma	6,556
Invalid or blank votes			29,930
Total votes			199,785
	Liberal hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Josephine Sato	84,897	65.18
	Lakas	Edgardo Urieta	35,321	27.12
Margin of victory			49,576	38.06%
Invalid or blank votes			10,036	7.70
Total votes			130,254	100.00
	Liberal gain from Lakas

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Ma. Amelita Villarosa	84,626	53.45
	NPC	Benjamin Tria	67,540	42.66
	Aksyon	Clarita Samala	4,000	2.53
	PGRP	Josefino Garillo	1,280	0.81
	Independent	Samloen Pimentel, Jr.	876	0.55
Valid ballots			158,322	91.88
Invalid or blank votes			13,991	8.12
Total votes			172,313	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

See also

• Legislative districts of Occidental Mindoro

References

1. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
2. "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved May 17, 2020.
3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
4. "Republic Act No. 505 (1950-06-13)". Lawyerly. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
5. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
6. "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved May 17, 2020.