Quirino's at-large congressional district

Quirino's at-large congressional district is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Quirino. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987 and earlier in the Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.[3]

Quirino's at-large congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Quirino within the Philippines
ProvinceQuirino
RegionCagayan Valley
Population188,991 (2015)[1]
Electorate117,635 (2019)[2]
Area2,323.47 km2 (897.10 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1984
RepresentativeMidy N. Cua
Political party  Lakas–CMD
Congressional blocMajority

Quirino first elected a single representative provincewide at-large for the Regular Batasang Pambansa of the Fourth Philippine Republic in 1984 or more than 12 years since its creation as a regular province separate from Nueva Vizcaya on September 10, 1971.[4] Due to the 1972 imposition of martial law and subsequent dissolution of both houses of Congress, the then newly created province has not had a representative elected as provided for in its provincial charter until the restoration of a national legislature in 1978 following a shift to a parliamentary form of government. However, in the national parliament known as the Interim Batasang Pambansa, provincial district representation was replaced by regional representation, with Quirino having been included in the eight-seat Region II's at-large assembly district. The province only elected its first representative following the 1984 Philippine constitutional plebiscite which restored the province, city or district representation in parliament.[5] The district was re-created on February 2, 1987, following the ratification of the 1987 constitution that restored the House of Representatives.[6]

The district is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Midy Cua, who ran as a member of Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan in the 2022 general elections but took her oath as member of Lakas–CMD before the opening of the said legislative period.[7]

Representation history
# Member Term of office Batasang
Pambansa		 Party Electoral history
StartEnd

Quirino's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa

District created February 1, 1984 from Region II's at-large district.[5]
1 Orlando C. Dulay July 23, 1984 March 25, 1986 2nd KBL Elected in 1984.
# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history
StartEnd

Quirino's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

District re-created February 2, 1987.[6]
2 Richard S. Puzon June 30, 1987 July 25, 1988 8th Independent Elected in 1987.
Removed from office after an electoral protest.
3 Junie E. Cua July 25, 1988 June 30, 1998 Liberal Declared winner of 1987 elections.
9th Lakas–CMD Re-elected in 1992.
10th Re-elected in 1995.
4 Ma. Angela E. Cua June 30, 1998 June 30, 2001 11th LAMMP Elected in 1998.
(3) Junie E. Cua June 30, 2001 June 30, 2010 12th Liberal Elected in 2001.
13th Lakas–CMD Re-elected in 2004.
14th Re-elected in 2007.
5 Dakila Cua June 30, 2010 June 30, 2019 15th Liberal Elected in 2010.
16th Re-elected in 2013.
17th PDP–Laban Re-elected in 2016.
(3) Junie E. Cua June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022 18th PDP–Laban Elected in 2019.
6 Midy N. Cua June 30, 2022 Incumbent 19th Lakas–CMD Elected in 2022.

Election results

2022
2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
PDDS Midy Cua 88,864 94.09
Independent Vic Senica 5,582 5.91
Total votes 94,446 100.00
PDDS hold

2019
2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP–Laban Junie Cua 76,320 100.00
Valid ballots 76,320 64.88
Invalid or blank votes 41,315 35.12
Total votes 117,635 100.00
PDP–Laban 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 13, 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 13, 2021.
  3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  4. "Republic Act No. 6394". Lawyerly. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  5. "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  6. "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  7. Cervantes, Filane Mikee (June 9, 2022). "23 more House members join Lakas-CMD party". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.

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