Las Piñas's at-large congressional district explained

Las Piñas's at-large congressional district
Parl Name:	House of Representatives of the Philippines
District Label:	City
District:	Las Piñas
Region Label:	Region
Region:	Metro Manila
Population:	606,293 (2020)^[1]
Electorate:	291,074 (2022)^[2]
Area:	32.69sqkm
Year:	1997
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Camille Villar
Blank1 Name:	Political party
Blank1 Info:	Nacionalista
Blank2 Name:	Congressional bloc
Blank2 Info:	Majority

Las Piñas's at-large congressional district is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the city of Las Piñas. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1998.^[3] Las Piñas first elected a single representative city-wide at-large for the 11th Congress following its conversion into a highly urbanized city through Republic Act No. 8251 on February 12, 1997.^[4] Before 1997, its territory was represented as part of Las Piñas–Muntinlupa, Las Piñas–Parañaque and Rizal's 1st and at-large district, and Manila's at-large district. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Camille Villar of the Nacionalista Party (NP).^[5]

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history
		Start	End
Las Piñas's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created February 12, 1997.
1		Manuel Villar Jr.	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2001	11th	LAMMP	Redistricted from Las Piñas–Muntinlupa district and re-elected in 1998.
						Independent
2		Cynthia Villar	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010	12th	Independent	Elected in 2001.
					13th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 2004.
					14th		Re-elected in 2007.
3		Mark Villar	June 30, 2010	August 1, 2016	15th	Nacionalista	Elected in 2010.
					16th		Re-elected in 2013.
					17th		Re-elected in 2016. Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Public Works and Highways.
—		vacant	August 1, 2016	June 30, 2019		–	No special election held to fill vacancy.
4		Camille Villar	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th	Nacionalista	Elected in 2019.
					19th		Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

2010

See also

• Legislative districts of Las Piñas

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. February 1, 2023.
3. Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . February 9, 2021.
4. Web site: Republic Act No. 8251 . Lawyerly . February 9, 2021.
5. Web site: House Members . . February 1, 2023.