Antique's_at-large_congressional_district

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
Province	Antique
Region	Western Visayas
Population	612,974 (2020)
Electorate	387,998 (2022)
Area	2,729.17 km2 (1,053.74 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1907 (single-member district)
Representative	Antonio Legarda Jr.
Political party	NPC
Congressional bloc	Majority

Antique's at-large congressional district

Congressional district in the Philippines

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]

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

Election results

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#	Start	End	National Assembly	Member		Party	Electoral history		Member		Party	Electoral history	Member		Party	Electoral history
#	Term of office		National Assembly	Seat A					Seat B				Seat C
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	Legislature	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.
2	October 16, 1909	October 16, 1916	3rd		Ángel Salazar	Progresista	Re-elected in 1912.
#	Term of office		Legislature	Single seat
#	Start	End	Legislature	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.
3	October 16, 1916	June 6, 1922	5th		Ramón Maza	Nacionalista	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	National Assembly	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.
(5)	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	2nd		Calixto Zaldívar	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
#	Term of office		National Assembly	Seat A													Seat B	Seats restored
#	Start	End	National Assembly	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	Common wealth Congress	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	Congress	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	Batasang Pambansa	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.
–	–	–	2nd		Evelio Javier	UNIDO	Posthumously declared winner of 1984 elections September 22, 1986.^[11]
#	Term of office		Congress	Single seat
#	Start	End	Congress	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			Lakas	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			Liberal	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 B. Legarda, Jr.	NPC	Elected in 2022.

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

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

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

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

Antique's_at-large_congressional_district

Antique's at-large congressional district

Representation history

Antique's at-large district for the Malolos Congress

Antique's at-large district for the Philippine Assembly

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Election results

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2019

2016

2013

2010

References

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Antique's at-large congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Antique within the Philippines
Province	Antique
Region	Western Visayas
Population	612,974 (2020)^[1]
Electorate	387,998 (2022)^[2]
Area	2,729.17 km² (1,053.74 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1907 (single-member district)
Representative	Antonio Legarda Jr.
Political party	NPC
Congressional bloc	Majority

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