Iloilo's 5th congressional district explained

Iloilo's 5th congressional district
Parl Name:	House of Representatives of the Philippines
District Label:	Province
District:	Iloilo
Region Label:	Region
Region:	Western Visayas
Population:	451,116 (2015)^[1]
Electorate:	254,499 (2016)^[2]
Area:	1171.3sqkm
Year:	1907
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Raul C. Tupas
Blank1 Name:	Political party
Blank1 Info:	Nacionalista
Blank2 Name:	Congressional bloc
Blank2 Info:	Majority

Iloilo's 5th congressional district is one of the five congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Iloilo. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.^[3] The district consists of the northern municipalities of Ajuy, Balasan, Barotac Viejo, Batad, Carles, Concepcion, Estancia, Lemery, San Dionisio, San Rafael and Sara. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Raul C. Tupas of the Nacionalista Party (NP).^[4]

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Iloilo's 5th district for the Philippine Assembly
District created January 9, 1907.^[5] ^[6]
1		Regino Dorillo	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1909	1st	Independent	Elected in 1907.	1907–1916 Balasan, Banate, Passi, Sara
2		Ramón López	October 16, 1909	October 16, 1912	2nd	Progresista	Elected in 1909.
3		Cirilo Mapa Jr.	October 16, 1912	October 16, 1916	3rd	Progresista	Elected in 1912.
Iloilo's 5th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
4		Juan de León y Benedicto	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th	Progresista	Elected in 1916.	1916–1919 Ajuy, Balasan, Banate, Passi, Sara
5		Victorino M. Salcedo	June 3, 1919	June 6, 1922	5th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.	1919–1922 Ajuy, Balasan, Banate, Barotac Viejo, Carles, Estancia, Passi, Sara
6		Tomás Vargas	June 6, 1922	June 2, 1925	6th	Demócrata	Elected in 1922.	1922–1935 Ajuy, Balasan, Banate, Barotac Viejo, Calinog, Carles, Concepcion, Dueñas, Estancia, Passi, San Dionisio, Sara
7		Venancio Cudilla	June 2, 1925	September 16, 1935	7th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925.
					8th		Re-elected in 1928.
					9th		Re-elected in 1931.
					10th	Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia	Re-elected in 1934.
	Member	Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Iloilo's 5th district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
(5)		Victorino M. Salcedo	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Ajuy, Balasan, Banate, Barotac Viejo, Calinog, Carles, Concepcion, Dueñas, Estancia, Passi, San Dionisio, Sara
					2nd	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Iloilo's at-large district and the two-seat Iloilo City's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).
	Member	Term of office		Common wealth Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Iloilo's 5th district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
8		Juan V. Borra	June 9, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Ajuy, Anilao, Balasan, Banate, Barotac Viejo, Calinog, Carles, Concepcion, Dueñas, Estancia, Passi, San Dionisio, Sara
	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Iloilo's 5th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
(8)		Juan V. Borra	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st	Liberal	Re-elected in 1946.	1946–1949 Ajuy, Anilao, Balasan, Banate, Barotac Viejo, Calinog, Carles, Concepcion, Dueñas, Estancia, Passi, San Dionisio, Sara
9		José M. Aldeguer	December 30, 1949	September 23, 1972	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1949.	1949–1957 Ajuy, Anilao, Balasan, Banate, Barotac Viejo, Batad, Calinog, Carles, Concepcion, Dueñas, Estancia, Lemery, Passi, San Dionisio, Sara
					3rd	Democratic	Re-elected in 1953.
					4th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1957.	1957–1969 Ajuy, Anilao, Balasan, Banate, Barotac Viejo, Batad, Calinog, Carles, Concepcion, Dueñas, Estancia, Lemery, Passi, San Dionisio, San Enrique, Sara
					5th		Re-elected in 1961.
					6th		Re-elected in 1965.
					7th		Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.	1969–1972 Ajuy, Anilao, Balasan, Banate, Barotac Viejo, Batad, Calinog, Carles, Concepcion, Dueñas, Estancia, Lemery, Passi, San Dionisio, San Enrique, San Rafael, Sara
District dissolved into the sixteen-seat Region VI's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the five-seat Iloilo's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
10		Niel D. Tupas Sr.	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	PDP–Laban	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Ajuy, Balasan, Barotac Viejo, Batad, Carles, Concepcion, Estancia, Lemery, San Dionisio, San Rafael, Sara
					9th	Liberal	Re-elected in 1992.
					10th		Re-elected in 1995.
11		Rolex T. Suplico	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2007	11th	LDP	Elected in 1998.
					12th		Re-elected in 2001.
					13th		Re-elected in 2004.
12		Niel Tupas Jr.	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2016	14th	Liberal	Elected in 2007.
					15th		Re-elected in 2010.
					16th		Re-elected in 2013.
13		Raul C. Tupas	June 30, 2016	Incumbent	17th	Nacionalista	Elected in 2016.
					18th		Re-elected in 2019.
					19th		Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

2016

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2010

See also

• Legislative districts of Iloilo

Notes and References

1. Web site: TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015 . . April 29, 2020 . 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: Philippines 2016 Voters Profile . . April 29, 2020.
3. Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . April 29, 2020 . March 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province . dead .
4. Web site: House Members . . April 29, 2020.
5. Web site: Act No. 1582, (1907-01-09) . Lawyerly . February 20, 2021.
6. Book: Division of Insular Affairs . Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War . April 29, 2020 . Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. 253. 1908. United States War Department. Washington, D.C.. 49.