Pampanga's 1st congressional district

Pampanga's 1st congressional district is one of the four congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Pampanga. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.[3] The district consists of the independent city of Angeles, the adjacent city of Mabalacat, and the municipality of Magalang. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Carmelo B. Lazatin II of the PDP–Laban and Lingap Lugud Capangpañgan.[4]

Pampanga's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Boundary of Pampanga's 1st congressional district in Pampanga
Location of Pampanga within the Philippines
ProvincePampanga
RegionCentral Luzon
Population775,580 (2015)[1]
Electorate325,281 (2016)[2]
Major settlements
Area240.77 km²
Current constituency
Created1907
RepresentativeCarmelo B. Lazatin II
Political party  PDP–Laban
Congressional blocMajority

Representation history
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Pampanga's 1st district for the Philippine Assembly

District created April 1, 1907.[5]
1 Mónico R. Mercado October 16, 1907 October 16, 1912 1st Nacionalista Elected in 1907. 1907–1912
Angeles, Bacolor, Floridablanca, Guagua, Lubao, Macabebe, Masantol, Porac, Santa Rita
2nd Re-elected in 1909.
2 Eduardo Gutiérrez David October 16, 1912 October 16, 1916 3rd Progresista Elected in 1912. 1912–1916
Angeles, Bacolor, Floridablanca, Guagua, Lubao, Macabebe, Masantol, Porac, Santa Rita, Sexmoan

Pampanga's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands

(2) Eduardo Gutiérrez David October 16, 1916 June 3, 1919 4th Progresista Re-elected in 1916. 1916–1935
Angeles, Bacolor, Floridablanca, Guagua, Lubao, Macabebe, Masantol, Porac, Santa Rita, Sexmoan
3 Pablo Ángeles y David June 3, 1919 June 6, 1922 5th Nacionalista Elected in 1919.
4 Pedro Valdez Liongson June 6, 1922 June 5, 1928 6th Nacionalista Elected in 1922.
7th Re-elected in 1925.
5 Fabian de la Paz June 5, 1928 June 5, 1934 8th Nacionalista Elected in 1928.
9th Re-elected in 1931.
6 Eligio G. Lagman June 5, 1934 July 16, 1935 10th Nacionalista
Pro-Independencia		 Elected in 1934.
Election annulled by the House election committee after an electoral protest.
7 Máximo Dimson July 16, 1935 September 16, 1935 Nacionalista
Democratico		 Declared winner of 1934 elections.
# Member Term of office National
Assembly		 Party Electoral history Constituent
LGUs
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Pampanga's 1st district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)

(6) Eligio G. Lagman September 16, 1935 December 30, 1941 1st Nacionalista
Pro-Independencia		 Elected in 1935. 1935–1941
Angeles, Bacolor, Floridablanca, Guagua, Lubao, Macabebe, Masantol, Porac, Santa Rita, Sexmoan
2nd Nacionalista Re-elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Pampanga's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).
# Member Term of office Common
wealth
Congress		 Party Electoral history Constituent
LGUs
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Pampanga's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

District re-created May 24, 1945.
(6) Eligio G. Lagman June 9, 1945 May 25, 1946 1st Nacionalista Elected in 1941. 1945–1946
Angeles, Bacolor, Floridablanca, Guagua, Lubao, Macabebe, Masantol, Porac, Santa Rita, Sexmoan
# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history Constituent
LGUs
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Pampanga's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

8 Amado Yuzon May 25, 1946 December 30, 1949 1st Democratic Alliance Elected in 1946.
Oath-taking deferred to April 30, 1948.		 1946–1972
Angeles, Bacolor, Floridablanca, Guagua, Lubao, Macabebe, Masantol, Porac, Santa Rita, Sexmoan
9 Diosdado Macapagal December 30, 1949 November 12, 1957 2nd Liberal Elected in 1949.
3rd Re-elected in 1953.
Resigned on election as Vice President.
10 Francisco G. Nepomuceno December 30, 1957 November 10, 1959 4th Liberal Elected in 1957.
Resigned on election as Pampanga governor.
11 Juanita L. Nepomuceno December 30, 1961 December 30, 1969 5th Liberal Elected in 1961.
6th Re-elected in 1965.
12 José B. Lingad December 30, 1969 September 23, 1972 7th Liberal Elected in 1969.
Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the sixteen-seat Region III's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the four-seat Pampanga's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
13 Carmelo F. Lazatin June 30, 1987 June 30, 1998 8th PDP–Laban Elected in 1987. 1987–present
Angeles, Mabalacat, Magalang
9th Re-elected in 1992.
10th Lakas–CMD Re-elected in 1995.
14 Francis L. Nepomuceno June 30, 1998 June 30, 2007 11th NPC Elected in 1998.
12th Re-elected in 2001.
13th Re-elected in 2004.
(13) Carmelo F. Lazatin June 30, 2007 June 30, 2013 14th Lakas–CMD Elected in 2007.
15th Re-elected in 2010.
15 Joseller M. Guiao June 30, 2013 June 30, 2016 16th NUP
KAMBILAN		 Elected in 2013.
16 Carmelo B. Lazatin II June 30, 2016 Incumbent 17th PDP–Laban
Lingap Lugud		 Elected in 2016.
18th Re-elected in 2019.

Election results

2016
2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Lingap Lugud Carmelo "Jon-Jon" Lazatin II 127,762
Liberal Yeng Guiao 106,086
Independent Edwin Bacay 1,828
Independent Juan Pagaran 1,203
Invalid or blank votes 31,388
Total votes 268,267
Lingap Lugud gain from KAMBILAN

2013
2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
KAMBILAN Yeng Guiao 96,433 51.82
NPC Francis Nepomuceno 73,100 39.28
Margin of victory 23,333 12.54%
Invalid or blank votes 16,551 8.89
Total votes 186,084 100.00
KAMBILAN gain from Lakas

2010
2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas–Kampi Carmelo Lazatin 156,619 79.34
NPC Ares Yabut 37,121 18.80
Independent Luisito Bacani 3,670 1.86
Valid ballots 197,410 88.79
Invalid or blank votes 24,924 11.21
Total votes 222,334 100.00
Lakas–Kampi 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 March 20, 2020.
  2. "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  4. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  5. Division of Insular Affairs (1908). Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War. Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. 253. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Washington, D.C.: United States War Department. p. 49. Retrieved March 26, 2020.

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