Abra's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Abra. Abra has been represented in the country's various national legislatures since 1898.[3] The first congressional delegation consisted of two members in the First Philippine Republic legislature known as the Malolos Congress. Since 1919 when it was re-established as a regular province separate from Ilocos Sur, Abra has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, elected provincewide at-large, except for a brief period between 1943 and 1944 when it was again represented by two members in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.[4] From 1978 to 1984, all provinces were converted into multi-seat regional at-large districts for the Interim Batasang Pambansa of the Fourth Philippine Republic, with Abra forming part of the twelve-seat Region I's at-large district. It was restored as a single-member district in 1984.[4]
| Abra's at-large congressional district | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
 Map | |
 Location of Abra within the Philippines | |
| Province | Abra |
| Region | Cordillera Administrative Region |
| Population | 250,985 (2020)[1] |
| Electorate | 182,696 (2022)[2] |
| Area | 4,165.25 km2 (1,608.21 sq mi) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1917 (single-member district) |
| Representative | Menchie Bernos |
| Political party | Lakas–CMD |
| Congressional bloc | Majority |
The district is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Menchie Bernos of the Lakas–CMD.[5]
Representation history
edit| # | Term of office | National Assembly |
Seat A | Seat B | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
Abra's at-large district for the Malolos Congressedit | |||||||||||||
| District created June 18, 1898.[6] | |||||||||||||
| – | September 15, 1898 | March 23, 1901 | 1st | Isidro Paredes | Independent | Elected in 1898. | Juan Villamor | Independent | Elected in 1898. | ||||
| # | Term of office | Legislature | Single seat | Seats eliminated | |||||||||
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Abra's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islandsedit | |||||||||||||
| District re-created March 9, 1917.[7] | |||||||||||||
| 1 | June 3, 1919 | June 6, 1922 | 5th | Eustaquio Purugganan | Nacionalista | Redistricted from Ilocos Sur's 3rd district and re-elected in 1919. | |||||||
| 2 | June 6, 1922 | June 2, 1925 | 6th | Adolfo Brillantes | Nacionalista Colectivista |
Elected in 1922. | |||||||
| 3 | June 2, 1925 | September 16, 1935 | 7th | Quintín Paredes | Nacionalista Consolidado |
Elected in 1925. | |||||||
| 8th | Re-elected in 1928. | ||||||||||||
| 9th | Re-elected in 1931. | ||||||||||||
| 10th | Nacionalista Democrático |
Re-elected in 1934. | |||||||||||
| # | Term of office | National Assembly |
Single seat | ||||||||||
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Abra's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)edit | |||||||||||||
| (3) | November 15, 1935 | January 9, 1936 | 1st | Quintín Paredes | Nacionalista Democrático |
Re-elected in 1935. Resigned on appointment as Resident Commissioner. | |||||||
| 4 | September 1, 1936 | December 30, 1938 | Agapito Garduque | Nacionalista | Elected in 1936 to finish Paredes's term. | ||||||||
| (3) | December 30, 1938 | December 30, 1941 | 2nd | Quintín Paredes | Nacionalista | Elected in 1938. | |||||||
| # | Term of office | National Assembly |
Seat A | Seat B | |||||||||
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
Abra's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)edit | |||||||||||||
| District re-created September 7, 1943.[8] | |||||||||||||
| – | September 25, 1943 | February 2, 1944 | 3rd | Quintín Paredes | KALIBAPI | Elected in 1943. | Juan C. Brillantes | KALIBAPI | Appointed as an ex officio member. | ||||
| # | Term of office | Common wealth Congress |
Single seat | Seats eliminated | |||||||||
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Abra's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippinesedit | |||||||||||||
| District re-created May 24, 1945. | |||||||||||||
| 5 | June 9, 1945 | May 25, 1946 | 1st | Jesús V. Paredes | Nacionalista | Elected in 1941. | |||||||
| # | Term of office | Congress | Single seat | ||||||||||
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Abra's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippinesedit | |||||||||||||
| (3) | May 25, 1946 | December 30, 1949 | 1st | Quintín Paredes | Liberal | Elected in 1946. | |||||||
| 6 | December 30, 1949 | December 30, 1953 | 2nd | Virgilio V. Valera | Liberal | Elected in 1949. | |||||||
| 7 | December 30, 1953 | December 30, 1965 | 3rd | Lucas P. Paredes | Democratic | Elected in 1953. | |||||||
| 4th | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1957. | |||||||||||
| 5th | Re-elected in 1961. | ||||||||||||
| 8 | December 30, 1965 | September 23, 1972 | 6th | Carmelo Z. Barbero | Liberal | Elected in 1965. | |||||||
| 7th | Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law. | ||||||||||||
| District dissolved into the twelve-seat Region I's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa. | |||||||||||||
| # | Term of office | Batasang Pambansa |
Single seat | ||||||||||
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Abra's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansaedit | |||||||||||||
| District re-created February 1, 1984.[9] | |||||||||||||
| – | July 23, 1984 | March 25, 1986 | 2nd | Arturo V. Barbero | KBL | Elected in 1984. | |||||||
| # | Term of office | Congress | Single seat | ||||||||||
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Abra's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippinesedit | |||||||||||||
| District re-created February 2, 1987. | |||||||||||||
| 9 | June 30, 1987 | June 30, 1992 | 8th | Rudolfo A. Bernardez | LABAN | Elected in 1987. | |||||||
| 10 | June 30, 1992 | June 30, 1998 | 9th | Jeremias Z. Zapata | Lakas | Elected in 1992. | |||||||
| 10th | Re-elected in 1995. | ||||||||||||
| 11 | June 30, 1998 | June 30, 2001 | 11th | Vicente Ysidro P. Valera | LDP | Elected in 1998. | |||||||
| 12 | June 30, 2001 | December 16, 2006 | 12th | Luis P. Bersamin Jr. | PDSP | Elected in 2001. | |||||||
| 13th | KAMPI | Re-elected in 2004. Died. | |||||||||||
| 13 | June 30, 2007 | June 30, 2010 | 14th | Cecilia Seares-Luna | Lakas | Elected in 2007. | |||||||
| 14 | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2016 | 15th | Joy Bernos | PDSP | Elected in 2010. | |||||||
| 16th | Liberal | Re-elected in 2013. | |||||||||||
| 15 | June 30, 2016 | June 30, 2022 | 17th | Joseph Bernos | PDP–Laban | Elected in 2016. | |||||||
| 18th | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 2019. | |||||||||||
| 16 | June 30, 2022 | Incumbent | 19th | Ching Bernos | Nacionalista (Asenso Abrenio) | Elected in 2022. | |||||||
| Lakas (Asenso Abrenio) | |||||||||||||
Election results
edit2022
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nacionalista | Menchie Bernos | 122,223 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 122,223 | 100% | ||
| Nacionalista hold | ||||
2016
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Joseph Bernos | 63,919 | ||
| Nacionalista | Marco Bautista | 53,814 | ||
| Independent | Joselito Bringas | 7,460 | ||
| Lakas | Cecilia Luna | 3,424 | ||
| Invalid or blank votes | 11,307 | |||
| Total votes | 139,924 | |||
| Liberal hold | ||||
2013
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ma. Jocelyn Valera-Bernos | 55,323 | 64.79% | ||
| Nacionalista | Rolando Somera | 19,116 | 22.39% | ||
| Independent | Hans Roger Luna | 10,952 | 12.83% | ||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
2010
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDSP | Joy Bernos | 46,536 | 40.85 | |||
| Lakas–Kampi | Cecilia Seares-Luna | 45,454 | 39.90 | |||
| Nacionalista | Ma. Zita Valera | 11,249 | 9.87 | |||
| PMP | Mailed Molina | 10,677 | 9.37 | |||
| Valid ballots | 113,916 | 95.21 | ||||
| Invalid or blank votes | 5,735 | 4.79 | ||||
| Total votes | 119,651 | 100.00 | ||||
| PDSP gain from Lakas–Kampi | ||||||
1936 special
edit| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agapito Garduque | 3,320 | 47.19 | |
| Jesus Paredes | 2,525 | 35.89 | |
| Adolfo Brillantes | 1,190 | 16.92 | |
| Total votes | 7,035 | 100.00 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "Number of Registered Voters, Voters who Actually Voted and Voters' Turnout" (PDF). Philippine Commission on Elections. January 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "The Malolos Congress: A Centennial publication on the inauguration of the Philippine Republic (January 23, 1899 – January 3, 1999)". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. 1999. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ "The Malolos Congress: A Centennial publication on the inauguration of the Philippine Republic (January 23, 1899 – January 3, 1999)". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. 1999. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ Act No. 2683 (March 9, 1917), An Act to Authorize the Segregation of the Subprovince of Abra From the Province of Ilocos Sur and the Reestablishment of the Former Province of Abra, and for Other Purposes., Lawyerly, retrieved May 9, 2024
- ^ "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Retrieved May 16, 2020.