Cavite's 1st congressional district

Cavite's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries
Location of Cavite within the Philippines
ProvinceCavite
RegionCalabarzon
Population368,468 (2020)[1]
Electorate260,439 (2022)[2]
Major settlements
Area88.34 km2 (34.11 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1987
RepresentativeJolo Revilla
Political party  Lakas-CMD
Congressional blocMajority

Cavite's 1st congressional district is one of the eight congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Cavite. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1987.[3] The district consists of the city of Cavite and its adjacent municipalities of Kawit, Noveleta, and Rosario. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Jolo Revilla of Lakas–CMD.[4]

The district previously included the city of Bacoor until 2010.[5]

  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 October 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  4. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Republic Act No. 9727 (July 27, 2009), An Act Reapportioning the Province of Cavite into Seven (7) Legislative Districts (PDF), Senate of the Philippines, retrieved May 3, 2020