Bataan's 1st congressional district explained

Bataan's 1st congressional district
Parl Name:	House of Representatives of the Philippines
District Label:	Province
District:	Bataan
Region Label:	Region
Region:	Central Luzon
Population:	229,071 (2020)^[1]
Electorate:	156,757 (2022) ^[2]
Area:	357.92sqkm
Year:	1987
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Geraldine Roman
Blank1 Name:	Political party
Blank1 Info:	Lakas–CMD
Blank2 Name:	Congressional bloc
Blank2 Info:	Majority

Bataan's 1st congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Bataan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987.^[3] The district consists of municipalities in northeastern Bataan, namely Abucay, Hermosa, Orani and Samal.^[4] The northern municipalities of Dinalupihan and Morong were once part of the district until these were reassigned to the third district effective 2022.^[5] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Geraldine Roman of the Lakas–CMD.^[6]

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Bataan's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created February 2, 1987 from Bataan's at-large district.
1		Felicito Payumo	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	Liberal	Elected in 1987.	1987–2022 Abucay, Dinalupihan, Hermosa, Morong, Orani, Samal
					9th		Re-elected in 1992.
					10th		Re-elected in 1995.
2		Antonino Roman	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2007	11th	LAMMP	Elected in 1998.
					12th	Independent	Re-elected in 2001.
					13th	Liberal	Re-elected in 2004.
3		Herminia Roman	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2016	14th	Lakas	Elected in 2007.
					15th	Liberal	Re-elected in 2010.
					16th		Re-elected in 2013.
4		Geraldine Roman	June 30, 2016	Incumbent	17th	Liberal	Elected in 2016.
					18th	PDP–Laban	Re-elected in 2019.
					19th	Lakas	Re-elected in 2022.	2022–present Abucay, Hermosa, Orani, Samal

Election results

2010

See also

• Legislative districts of Bataan

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. March 31, 2023.
3. Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . February 10, 2021 . March 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province . dead .
4. Web site: The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines . Chan Robles Virtual Law Library . February 10, 2021.
5. RA. 11153. An Act Providing for the Reapportionment of the Province of Bataan into Three (3) Legislative Districts . June 24, 2021 . July 11, 2022 . en-US.
6. Web site: House Members . . February 10, 2021.