Antique's at-large congressional district

Antique's at-large congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Antique within the Philippines
ProvinceAntique
RegionWestern Visayas
Population612,974 (2020)[1]
Electorate387,998 (2022)[2]
Area2,729.17 km2 (1,053.74 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1907 (single-member district)
RepresentativeAntonio Legarda Jr.
Political party  NPC
Congressional blocMajority

Antique's at-large congressional district, also known as Antique's lone district, is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Antique. Antique has been represented in the country's various national legislatures since 1898.[3] Since 1907, Antique 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 a second seat was allocated in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.[4] It was also earlier represented by three members in the First Philippine Republic legislature known as the Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1901.[3]

The district is currently represented by Antonio Agapito "AA" Legarda Jr. of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).[5]

Representation history

# Term of office National
Assembly 		Seat A Seat B Seat C
Start End Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Antique's at-large district for the Malolos Congress

District created June 18, 1898.[6]
– September 15, 1898 March 23, 1901 1st Vicente López Independent Elected in 1898. Aristón Gella Independent Appointed. Eusebio Natividad Independent Appointed.
# Term of office Legislature Single seat Seats eliminated
Start End Member Party Electoral history

Antique's at-large district for the Philippine Assembly

District re-created January 9, 1907.[7][8]
1 October 16, 1907 October 16, 1909 1st Pedro V. Jiménez Progresista Elected in 1907.
2 October 16, 1909 October 16, 1916 2nd Ángel Salazar Progresista Elected in 1909.
3rd Re-elected in 1912.
# Term of office Legislature Single seat
Start End Member Party Electoral history

Antique's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands

3 October 16, 1916 June 6, 1922 4th Ramón Maza Nacionalista Elected in 1916.
5th Re-elected in 1919.
(2) June 6, 1922 June 2, 1925 6th Ángel Salazar Nacionalista
Colectivista 		Elected in 1922.
4 June 2, 1925 June 5, 1934 7th Segundo C. Moscoso Nacionalista
Consolidado 		Elected in 1925.
8th Re-elected in 1928.
9th Re-elected in 1931.
5 June 5, 1934 September 16, 1935 10th Calixto Zaldívar Nacionalista
Demócrata Pro-Independencia 		Elected in 1934.
# Term of office National
Assembly 		Single seat
Start End Member Party Electoral history

Antique's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)

(5) September 16, 1935 December 30, 1941 1st Calixto Zaldívar Nacionalista
Demócrata Pro-Independencia 		Elected in 1935.
2nd Nacionalista Re-elected in 1938.
# Term of office National
Assembly 		Seat A Seat B Seats restored
Start End Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Antique's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)

District re-created September 7, 1943.[9]
– September 25, 1943 February 2, 1944 1st Alberto A. Villavert KALIBAPI Elected in 1943. Tobias Fornier KALIBAPI Appointed as an ex officio member.
# Term of office Common
wealth
Congress 		Single seat Seats eliminated
Start End Member Party Electoral history

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

District re-created May 24, 1945.
6 June 9, 1945 May 25, 1946 1st Emigdio V. Nietes Popular Front Elected in 1941.
# Term of office Congress Single seat
Start End Member Party Electoral history

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

(6) May 25, 1946 December 30, 1949 1st Emigdio V. Nietes Popular Front Re-elected in 1946.
7 December 30, 1949 October 31, 1964 2nd Tobias Fornier Nacionalista Elected in 1949.
3rd Re-elected in 1953.
4th Re-elected in 1957.
5th Re-elected in 1961.
Died.
8 December 30, 1965 December 30, 1969 6th José A. Fornier Nacionalista Elected in 1965.
9 December 30, 1969 September 23, 1972 7th Enrique A. Zaldívar Liberal Elected in 1969.
Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the sixteen-seat Region VI's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
# Term of office Batasang
Pambansa 		Single seat
Start End Member Party Electoral history

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

District re-created February 1, 1984.[10]
– July 23, 1984 March 25, 1986 2nd Arturo F. Pacificador KBL Elected in 1984.
Election annulled by the Supreme Court.
– – – Evelio Javier UNIDO Posthumously declared winner of 1984 elections September 22, 1986.[11]
# Term of office Congress Single seat
Start End Member Party Electoral history

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

District re-created February 2, 1987.
10 June 30, 1987 June 30, 1998 8th Exequiel Javier Independent Elected in 1987.
9th Lakas Re-elected in 1992.
10th Re-elected in 1995.
11 June 30, 1998 June 30, 2001 11th Jovito C. Plameras Jr. Lakas Elected in 1998.
(10) June 30, 2001 June 30, 2010 12th Exequiel Javier Lakas Elected in 2001.
13th Re-elected in 2004.
14th Re-elected in 2007.
12 June 30, 2010 June 30, 2019 15th Paolo Everardo S. Javier Liberal Elected in 2010.
16th Re-elected in 2013.
17th PDP–Laban Re-elected in 2016.
13 June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022 18th Loren Legarda NPC Elected in 2019.
14 June 30, 2022 Incumbent 19th Antonio Agapito Legarda Jr. NPC Elected in 2022.

Election results

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Antonio Agapito Legarda Jr. 189,907 56.15
PDP–Laban Paolo Everardo Javier 69,299 20.49
Liberal Abe Fajardo 28,848 8.53
PDP–Laban Paolo Javier 10,755 1.18
Invalid or blank votes 39,433 11.66
Total votes 338,242 100.00

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Loren Legarda 199,187 66.43
Independent Exequiel Javier 69,716 23.25
Independent Robin Robinos 1,951 0.65
Independent Rodelo Pidoy 1,662 0.55
PGRP Jun Villaflor 701 0.23
Invalid or blank votes 26,609 8.87
Total votes 299,826 100.00

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Paolo Everardo Javier 120,096 43.70
UNA Raymundo Roquero 86,727 31.56
NPC Robert Delfin 11,060 4.02
Independent Junior Combong 3,791 1.38
LM Narzal Mallares 3,748 1.36
Independent Rodelio Pidoy 1,700 0.62
KBL Antero Villaflor 1,093 0.40
Invalid or blank votes 46,624 16.96
Total votes 274,839 100.00

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Paolo Everardo Javier 94,566 48.05
UNA Raymundo Roquero 70,586 36.00
LM Antero Florante Villaflor 2,014 1.02
Margin of victory 23,980 12.18%
Invalid or blank votes 29,642 15.06
Total votes 196,808 100.00
Liberal hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas–Kampi Paolo Everardo Javier 93,081 44.97
NPC Salvacion Z. Perez 66,282 32.03
KBL Arturo Pacificador 30,471 14.72
PDSP Robert Delfin 12,848 6.21
Aksyon Narzal Mallares 3,443 1.66
LM Antero Florante Jr. 838 0.40
Valid ballots 206,953 88.72
Invalid or blank votes 27,628 12.95
Total votes 234,591 100.00
Lakas–Kampi hold

References

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  5. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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  10. ^ "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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