Bacolod's at-large congressional district is the city-wide electoral district in Bacolod, Philippines. It has been electing representatives at-large to the House of Representatives since 1987 and earlier to the National Assembly from 1943 to 1944.[3]
The district was first formed ahead of the 1943 Philippine legislative election following the ratification of the Second Philippine Republic constitution which called for a unicameral legislature composed of delegates from all provinces and chartered cities in the country.[4] Bacolod, a chartered city since 1938, elected Francisco Zulueta to the National Assembly, who was joined by then-mayor Alfredo C. Yulo as an appointed second delegate.[5] The district became inactive following the restoration of the House of Representatives in 1945 when the city reverted to its old provincial constituency of Negros Occidental's 2nd congressional district.[3] In the unicameral Batasang Pambansa that replaced the House, Bacolod was not entitled to its own separate representation despite being a highly-urbanized city. Instead, it formed part of the multi-member Region VI's at-large district for the interim parliament from 1978 to 1984 and Negros Occidental's at-large district in the regular parliament from 1984 to 1986.[3] The city-wide electoral district was only restored in 1987 under a new constitution.[6]
The district is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Greg G. Gasataya of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).[7]
Representation history
| # | Term of office | National Assembly |
Seat A | Seat B | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||
Bacolod's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic) | ||||||||||||||||
| District created September 7, 1943.[4] | ||||||||||||||||
| – | September 25, 1943 | February 2, 1944 | 1st | 
|
Francisco Zulueta | KALIBAPI | Elected in 1943. | 
|
Alfredo C. Yulo | KALIBAPI | Appointed as an ex officio member. | |||||
| District dissolved into Negros Occidental's 2nd district. | ||||||||||||||||
| # | Term of office | Congress | Single seat | Seats eliminated | ||||||||||||
| Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||||
Bacolod's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | ||||||||||||||||
| District re-created February 2, 1987.[6] Redistricted from Negros Occidental's at-large district. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | June 30, 1987 | June 30, 1998 | 8th | Romeo G. Guanzon | Lakas ng Bansa | Elected in 1987. | ||||||||||
| 9th | LDP | Re-elected in 1992. | ||||||||||||||
| 10th | Lakas | Re-elected in 1995. | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | June 30, 1998 | June 30, 2001 | 11th | Juan N. Orola Jr. | LAMMP | Elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
| 3 | June 30, 2001 | June 30, 2010 | 12th | 
|
Monico Puentevella | Lakas | Elected in 2001. | |||||||||
| 13th | Re-elected in 2004. | |||||||||||||||
| 14th | Re-elected in 2007. | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2013 | 15th | Anthony Golez | Independent | Elected in 2010. | ||||||||||
| 5 | June 30, 2013 | June 30, 2016 | 16th | 
|
Evelio Leonardia | NPC | Elected in 2013. | |||||||||
| 6 | June 30, 2016 | Incumbent | 17th | 
|
Greg Gasataya | NPC | Elected in 2016. | |||||||||
| 18th | Re-elected in 2019. | |||||||||||||||
| 19th | Re-elected in 2022. | |||||||||||||||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPC | Greg Gasataya (incumbent) | 185,470 | 69.27 | |
| Independent | Dan Atayde | 80,591 | 30.1 | |
| PDDS | Nonong San Miguel | 850 | 0.32 | |
| Independent | Romy Gustilo | 850 | 0.32 | |
| Total votes | 267,761 | 100.00 | ||
| NPC hold | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPC | Greg Gasataya (incumbent) | 135,346 | ||
| Lakas | Monico Puentevella | 84,705 | ||
| Independent | Kevin Moises | 3,751 | ||
| Total votes | ||||
| NPC hold | ||||
2016
2013
2010
See also
References
- ^ "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 March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ a b "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Commonwealth Act No. 326". Official Gazette (Philippines). 18 June 1938. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ a b "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
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