Siquijor's at-large congressional district

Siquijor's at-large congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Siquijor within the Philippines
ProvinceSiquijor
RegionCentral Visayas
Population103,395 (2020)[1]
Electorate78,458 (2022)[2]
Area337.49 km2 (130.31 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1984
RepresentativeZaldy Villa
Political party  Lakas–CMD
Congressional blocMajority

Siquijor's at-large congressional district is the provincewide electoral district in Siquijor, Philippines. The province has been represented in the country's national legislatures since 1984.[3] It first elected a representative at-large during the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election following the restoration of provincial and city district representation in the Batasang Pambansa where Siquijor had previously been included in the regionwide representation of Central Visayas (Region VII) for the interim parliament.[4] The province, created by the 1971 separation of Siquijor Island from Negros Oriental, was formerly represented as part of that province's 2nd district in earlier legislatures.[5] Since the 1987 restoration of Congress following the ratification of a new constitution, Siquijor has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives.[6] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Zaldy Villa of the Lakas–CMD.[7][8]

  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 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "Batas Pambansa Blg. 660, (1984-03-07)". Lawyerly. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "Republic Act No. 6398, (1971-09-17)". Lawyerly. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  6. ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  7. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  8. ^ Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (November 8, 2023). "Senior Deputy Speaker Gonzales, 3 other lawmakers join Lakas-CMD party". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved November 9, 2023.