Southern Leyte's 2nd congressional district

Southern Leyte's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Southern Leyte within the Philippines
ProvinceSouthern Leyte
RegionEastern Visayas
Population228,152 (2020)
Electorate159,882 (2022)[1]
Major settlements
12 LGUs
Area1,194.7 km2 (461.3 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created2019
RepresentativeChristopherson Yap
Political party  Lakas-CMD
Congressional blocMajority

Southern Leyte's 2nd legislative district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Southern Leyte. The district has been represented in the lower house of the Congress since 2022.[2] It is composed of municipalities of Sogod, Libagon, Liloan, San Francisco, Pintuyan, San Ricardo, Saint Bernard, Anahawan, San Juan, Hinunangan, Hinundayan and Silago.[3] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Christopherson Yap of the Lakas-CMD, who is the first representative of district since its creation.[4]

Representation history

# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history Constituent

LGUs

Start End
District created February 1, 2019 from Southern Leyte's at-large district.[5]
1 Christopherson Yap June 30, 2022 Incumbent 19th Lakas Elected in 2022. 2022–present:
Anahawan, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Libagon, Liloan, Pintuyan, Saint Bernard, San Francisco, San Juan, San Ricardo, Silago, Sogod

Election results

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas Christopherson Yap 63,979 56.74
PROMDI Florentino "Junbie" Fernandez 39,246 34.8
PFP Alexander "Alex" Cuaton 4,340 3.85
Independent Vick Barcelon 3,739 3.32
Independent Ray "Loloy" Maupoy 914 0.81
Independent Miguelito "Mig" Cataran 546 0.48
Total votes 112,764 100.00
Lakas win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections". Commission on Elections. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "LIST: New congressional districts in the 2022 elections". Rappler. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  3. ^ ABS-CBN News (6 February 2019). "Southern Leyte Split". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  4. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  5. ^ Republic Act No. 11198 (February 1, 2019), An Act for the reapportionment of the Province of Southern Leyte into two (2) legislative Districts (PDF), retrieved April 11, 2021