Cavite's 8th congressional district | |
Parl Name: | House of Representatives of the Philippines |
District Label: | Province |
District: | Cavite |
Region Label: | Region |
Region: | Calabarzon |
Population: | 453,666 (2020) |
Electorate: | 284,147 (2022)[1] |
Year: | 2018 |
Members Label: | Representative |
Members: | Aniela Bianca Tolentino |
Blank1 Name: | Political party |
Blank1 Info: | NUP |
Blank2 Name: | Congressional bloc |
Blank2 Info: | Majority |
Cavite's 8th congressional district is one of the eight congressional districts of the Philippines in Cavite. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2019.[2] It consists of the southern city of Tagaytay and the municipalities of Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, and Ternate, bordering the provinces of Batangas and Laguna. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Aniela Bianca Tolentino of the National Unity Party (NUP).[3]
Previously included in Cavite's 7th congressional district, it was created in 2018 when General Trias was granted its own district, being assigned as the new 6th district and having remnants of the old 7th district in the new 8th district.
Image | Member | Term of office | Congress | Party | Electoral history | Constituent LGUs | |||
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Start | End | ||||||||
District created September 17, 2018.[4] | |||||||||
1 | Abraham Tolentino | June 30, 2019 | June 30, 2022 | 18th | PDP-Laban | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 2019. | 2019–present: Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, Tagaytay, Ternate | ||
NUP | |||||||||
2 | Aniela Bianca Tolentino | June 30, 2022 | Incumbent | 19th | NUP | Elected in 2022. |