La Union's 1st congressional district

La Union's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Boundary of La Union's 1st congressional district in La Union
Location of La Union within the Philippines
ProvinceLa Union
RegionIlocos Region
Population359,719 (2015)[1]
Electorate208,713 (2016)[2]
Major settlements
Area706.56 km2
Current constituency
Created1907
RepresentativeFrancisco Paolo Ortega
Political party  NPC
Congressional blocMajority

La Union's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of La Union. 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 provincial capital city of San Fernando and adjacent municipalities of Bacnotan, Balaoan, Bangar, Luna, San Gabriel, San Juan, Santol and Sudipen. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Francisco Paolo Ortega of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).[4]

  1. ^ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 17, 2020.