Davao de Oro's 1st congressional district explained

Davao de Oro's 1st congressional district
Parl Name:	House of Representatives of the Philippines
District Label:	Province
District:	Davao de Oro
Region Label:	Region
Region:	Davao Region
Population:	334,656 (2015)^[1]
Electorate:	210,940 (2019)^[2]
Area:	2069.03sqkm
Year:	1998
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Maricar Zamora
Blank1 Name:	Political party
Blank1 Info:	Lakas–CMD
Blank2 Name:	Congressional bloc
Blank2 Info:	Majority

Davao de Oro's 1st congressional district is a congressional district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines in the province of Davao de Oro.^[3] It was created ahead of the 1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections by the same republic act of July 19, 1997 that established the province initially named Compostela Valley.^[4] The district encompasses most of the area of its namesake valley in the Mindanao Pacific Cordillera which were formerly within Davao del Norte's 1st district. It currently comprises the municipalities of Compostela, Maragusan, Monkayo, Montevista and New Bataan. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Maricar Zamora of the Lakas–CMD.^{[5] [6]}

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Compostela Valley's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created January 30, 1998. Redistricted from Davao del Norte's 1st district.
1		Rogelio M. Sarmiento	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2001	11th	LAMMP	Re-elected in 1998.	1998–2019 Compostela, Maragusan, Monkayo, Montevista, New Bataan
2		Manuel E. Zamora	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010	12th	Lakas	Elected in 2001.
					13th		Re-elected in 2004.
					14th		Re-elected in 2007.
3		Maria Carmen Zamora-Apsay	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2019	15th	Liberal	Elected in 2010.
					16th		Re-elected in 2013.
					17th	HNP	Re-elected in 2016.
Davao de Oro's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
(2)		Manuel E. Zamora	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022	18th	HNP	Elected in 2019.	2019–present Compostela, Maragusan, Monkayo, Montevista, New Bataan
(3)		Ma. Carmen Zamora-Apsay	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	Lakas (HNP)	Elected in 2022.

Election results

2016

See also

• Legislative districts of Davao de Oro

Notes and References

1. Web site: TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015 . . February 24, 2021 . April 5, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220405172113/http://rsso03.psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/Philippines%20-%20Population%20of%20Legislative%20Districts%20by%20Region_Province_and%20Selected%20Highly%20Urbanized%20or%20Component%20City.xlsx . dead .
2. Web site: January 24, 2020 . Number of Registered Voters, Voters who Actually Voted and Voters' Turnout . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201216033437/https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2019NLE/Statistics/2019_RVVAV_mcoc_final.pdf . December 16, 2020 . February 24, 2021. Commission on Elections (Philippines).
3. Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . February 24, 2021 . March 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province . dead .
4. Web site: Republic Act No. 8740 . 30 January 1998 . . February 24, 2021 . 1 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041924/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1998/01/30/republic-act-no-8470/ . dead .
5. Web site: Republic Act No. 11297 . 17 April 2019 . . February 24, 2021.
6. Web site: House Members . . February 24, 2021.