Antipolo's 2nd congressional district explained

Antipolo's 2nd congressional district
Parl Name:	House of Representatives of the Philippines
District Label:	City
District:	Antipolo
Region Label:	Province
Region:	Rizal, Calabarzon
Population:	507,831 (2020)^[1]
Electorate:	256,180 (2022)^[2]
Area:	258.57sqkm
Year:	2003
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Romeo Acop
Blank1 Name:	Political party
Blank1 Info:	NUP
Blank2 Name:	Congressional bloc
Blank2 Info:	Majority

Antipolo's 2nd congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the city of Antipolo and one of four in the province of Rizal. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2004.^[3] The district consists of the eastern Antipolo barangays of Calawis, Cupang, Dalig, Inarawan, San Jose, San Juan, San Luis and San Roque.^[4] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Romeo Acop of the National Unity Party (NUP).^[5]

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Antipolo's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created December 22, 2003.
1		Victor Sumulong	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2007	13th	KAMPI	Redistricted from Antipolo's at-large district and re-elected in 2004.	2004–present Calawis, Cupang, Dalig, Inarawan, San Jose, San Juan, San Luis, San Roque
2		Angelito Gatlabayan	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2010	14th	Lakas	Elected in 2007.
3		Romeo Acop	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2019	15th	Independent	Elected in 2010.
					16th	Liberal	Re-elected in 2013.
					17th	PDP–Laban	Re-elected in 2016.
4		Resurreccion Acop	June 30, 2019	May 28, 2021	18th	NUP	Elected in 2019. Died.^[6]
—		Vacant	May 28, 2021	June 30, 2022		No special election was held to fill vacancy.
(3)		Romeo Acop	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	NUP	Elected in 2022.

Election results

2010

See also

• Legislative districts of Antipolo

Notes and References

1. Web site: TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020 . . June 17, 2022.
2. Web site: 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. December 11, 2023.
3. Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . February 8, 2021 . March 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province . dead .
4. Web site: Republic Act No. 9232 . 22 December 2003 . . February 8, 2021.
5. Web site: House Members . . February 8, 2021.
6. News: Cruz . RG . Antipolo City lawmaker Acop dies of COVID-19 . 16 July 2021 . . 28 May 2021.