South Cotabato's 1st congressional district

South Cotabato's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
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Location of South Cotabato within the Philippines
ProvinceSouth Cotabato
RegionSoccsksargen
Population287,082 (2020)[1]
Electorate193,558 (2022)[2]
Major settlements
Area957.97 km2 (369.87 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1987
RepresentativeIsidro Lumayag
Political party  PFP
Congressional blocMajority

South Cotabato's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of South Cotabato. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987.[3] The district covers its southern municipalities of Polomolok, Tampakan and Tupi, and, until 2022, the independent city of General Santos.[4][5][6] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Isidro Lumayag of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas.[7]

  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 September 18, 2023.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  5. ^ Republic Act No. 11243 (March 11, 2019), An Act Reapportioning the First Legislative District of the Province of South Cotabato Therby Creating the Lone Legislative District of General Santos City (PDF), retrieved March 2, 2021
  6. ^ Commission on Elections (Philippines) (July 25, 2019). "COMELEC Resolution No. 10552" (PDF). Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  7. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved September 18, 2023.