Marinduque's at-large congressional district

Marinduque's at-large congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Marinduque within the Philippines
ProvinceMarinduque
RegionMimaropa
Population239,207 (2020)[1]
Electorate161,538 (2022)[2]
Area952.58 km2 (367.79 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1922 (single-member district)
RepresentativeLord Allan Jay Velasco
Political party  NPC
Congressional blocMajority

Marinduque's at-large congressional district, also known as Marinduque's lone district, is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Marinduque. Marinduque has been represented in the country's various national legislatures since 1898.[3] The first congressional delegation consisted of two members in the First Philippine Republic legislature known as the Malolos Congress. Since 1922 when it was re-established as a regular province separate from Tayabas, Marinduque has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, elected provincewide at-large, except for a brief period between 1943 and 1944 when it was again eliminated and included as part of Tayabas's at-large representation for the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.[4]

The district is currently represented by Lord Allan Jay Velasco of the Nationalist People's Coalition.[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 March 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "The Malolos Congress: A Centennial publication on the inauguration of the Philippine Republic (January 23, 1899 - January 3, 1999)". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. 1999. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved 6 May 2020.