Negros Occidental's 6th congressional district explained

Negros Occidental's 6th congressional district
Parl Name:	House of Representatives of the Philippines
District Label:	Province
District:	Negros Occidental
Region Label:	Region
Region:	Western Visayas
Population:	525,597 (2020)^[1]
Electorate:	307,048 (2022)^[2]
Area:	2485.03sqkm
Year:	1987
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Mercedes Alvarez
Blank1 Name:	Political party
Blank1 Info:	NPC
Blank2 Name:	Congressional bloc
Blank2 Info:	Majority

Negros Occidental's 6th congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Negros Occidental. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987.^[3] The district consists of the area in southern Negros Occidental containing the cities of Kabankalan and Sipalay, and the municipalities of Candoni, Cauayan, Hinoba-an and Ilog.^[4] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Mercedes Alvarez of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).^[5]

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
	Member	Start	End	Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
Negros Occidental's 6th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created February 2, 1987. Redistricted from Negros Occidental's at-large district.
1		Hortensia L. Starke	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1995	8th	Lakas ng Bansa	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Candoni, Cauayan, Hinoba-an, Ilog, Kabankalan, Sipalay
1		Hortensia L. Starke	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1995	9th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1992.
2		Genaro M. Alvarez Jr.	June 30, 1995	June 30, 2004	10th	NPC	Elected in 1995.
					11th		Re-elected in 1998.
					12th		Re-elected in 2001.
3		Genaro Rafael K. Alvarez III	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2007	13th	KAMPI	Elected in 2004.
(2)		Genaro M. Alvarez Jr.	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2010	14th	NPC	Elected in 2007.
4		Mercedes K. Alvarez	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2019	15th	NPC	Elected in 2010.
					16th		Re-elected in 2013.
					17th		Re-elected in 2016.
(2)		Genaro M. Alvarez Jr.	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022	18th	NPC	Elected in 2019.
(4)		Mercedes K. Alvarez	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	NPC	Elected in 2022.

Web site: TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015 . . March 13, 2021.
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 . March 13, 2021. Commission on Elections (Philippines).
Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . March 13, 2021.
Web site: The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines . Chan Robles Virtual Law Library . March 13, 2021.
Web site: House Members . . March 13, 2021.