Aklan's 2nd congressional district

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Aklan's 2nd congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Map
Map
Boundary of Aklan's 2nd congressional district in Aklan
Location of Aklan within the Philippines
ProvinceAklan
RegionWestern Visayas
Population301,700 (2020)[1]
Electorate200,623 (2022)[2]
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created2018
RepresentativeTeodorico Haresco Jr.
Political party  Nacionalista
Congressional blocMajority

Aklan's 2nd congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Aklan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2019.[3] The district consists of the municipalities of Buruanga, Ibajay, Lezo, Makato, Malay, Malinao, Nabas, Numancia, and Tangalan. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Teodorico Haresco Jr. of the Nacionalista Party (NP), who has represented the district since its creation.[4]

Representation history

# Image Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history Constituent
LGUs
Start End
District created August 28, 2018 from Aklan's at-large district.[5]
1 Teodorico Haresco Jr. June 30, 2019 incumbent 18th Nacionalista Elected in 2019. 2019–present:
Buruanga, Ibajay, Lezo, Makato, Malay, Malinao, Nabas, Numancia, Tangalan
19th Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Nacionalista Teodorico T. Haresco, Jr. 134,436 87.43%
Independent Virgilita Pamatian 11,130 7.24%
Independent Matias Wacan 8,206 5.34%
Total votes 153,772 100.00%
Nacionalista hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Nacionalista Teodorico T. Haresco, Jr. 92,292 64.65%
NPC Vicky Ramos 49,073 34.17%
PFP Leovigildo Mationg 978 0.68%
Independent Johnny Tumbokon 708 0.49%
Total votes 143,605 100.00%
Nacionalista win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ^ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections". Commission on Elections. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  5. ^ Republic Act No. 11077 (September 24, 2018), An Act Reapportioning the Province of Aklan into Two (2) Legislative Districts (PDF), Congress of the Philippines