Davao de Oro's 1st congressional district

Davao de Oro's 1st congressional district is a congressional district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines in the province of Davao de Oro.[3] It was created ahead of the 1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections by the same republic act of July 19, 1997 that established the province initially named Compostela Valley.[4] The district encompasses most of the area of its namesake valley in the Mindanao Pacific Cordillera which were formerly within Davao del Norte's 1st district. It currently comprises the municipalities of Compostela, Maragusan, Monkayo, Montevista and New Bataan. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Maricar Zamora of the Lakas–CMD and Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP).[5][6]

Davao de Oro's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Davao de Oro within the Philippines
ProvinceDavao de Oro
RegionDavao Region
Population334,656 (2015)[1]
Electorate210,940 (2019)[2]
Major settlements
Area2,069.03 km2 (798.86 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1998
RepresentativeMaricar Zamora
Political party  Lakas–CMD
  HNP
Congressional blocMajority

Representation history
# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history Constituent
LGUs
StartEnd

Compostela Valley's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

District created January 30, 1998.[4] Redistricted from Davao del Norte's 1st district.
1 Rogelio M. Sarmiento June 30, 1998 June 30, 2001 11th LAMMP Re-elected in 1998. 1998–2019
Compostela, Maragusan, Monkayo, Montevista, New Bataan
2 Manuel E. Zamora June 30, 2001 June 30, 2010 12th Lakas–CMD Elected in 2001.
13th Re-elected in 2004.
14th Re-elected in 2007.
3 Maria Carmen Zamora Apsay June 30, 2010 June 30, 2019 15th Liberal Elected in 2010.
16th Re-elected in 2013.
17th HNP Re-elected in 2016.

Davao de Oro's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

(2) Manuel E. Zamora June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022 18th HNP Elected in 2019. 2019–present
Compostela, Maragusan, Monkayo, Montevista, New Bataan
(3) Ma. Carmen Zamora-Apsay June 30, 2022 Incumbent 19th Lakas–CMD (HNP) Elected in 2022.

Election results

2022
2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
HNP Maricar Zamora 104,779 54.14
PDP–Laban Joanna Gentugaya 82,898 42.83
Independent Nena "Ate Nenz" Atamosa 5,863 3.03
Total votes 193,540 100.00
HNP hold

2019
2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
HNP Manuel E. Zamora 78,257
Independent Franco Tito 70,808
Total votes 100.00
HNP hold

See also

References
  1. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  2. "Number of Registered Voters, Voters who Actually Voted and Voters' Turnout" (PDF). Commission on Elections (Philippines). January 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  4. "Republic Act No. 8740". Official Gazette (Philippines). 30 January 1998. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  5. "Republic Act No. 11297". Official Gazette (Philippines). 17 April 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  6. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved February 24, 2021.

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