Bataan's 1st congressional district

Bataan's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
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Location of Bataan within the Philippines
ProvinceBataan
RegionCentral Luzon
Population229,071 (2020)[1]
Electorate156,757 (2022) [2]
Major settlements
Area357.92 km2 (138.19 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1987
RepresentativeGeraldine Roman
Political party  Lakas–CMD
Congressional blocMajority

Bataan's 1st congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Bataan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987.[3] The district consists of municipalities in northeastern Bataan, namely Abucay, Hermosa, Orani and Samal.[4] The northern municipalities of Dinalupihan and Morong were once part of the district until these were reassigned to the third district effective 2022.[5] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Geraldine Roman of the Lakas–CMD.[6]

  1. ^ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "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 March 31, 2023.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  5. ^ Republic Act No. 11153 (June 24, 2021), An Act Providing for the Reapportionment of the Province of Bataan into Three (3) Legislative Districts, retrieved July 11, 2022
  6. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved February 10, 2021.