Albay's 2nd congressional district

{{Short description|House of Representatives of the Philippines legislative district}}

{{Use Philippine English|date=May 2023}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox constituency

|name = Albay's 2nd congressional district

|parl_name = House of Representatives of the Philippines

|image = File: Second District in Albay.svg

|caption = Map of Albay showing the location of its 2nd district

|image2 = Ph locator albay.svg

|caption2 = Location of Albay within the Philippines

|district_label = Province

|district = Albay

|region_label = Region

|region = Bicol Region

|population = 477,781 (2020){{PH census|2020}}

|electorate = 265,019 (2022){{cite web|url=https://comelec.gov.ph/?r=2022NLE/Statistics/2022RVVAVmcocfinal|title=Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections|website=Commission on Elections|accessdate=September 24, 2023}}

|area = {{cvt|665.94|km2}}

|towns = {{Collapsible list

| titlestyle = font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;

| title = 5 LGUs

| Cities

| Legazpi

| Municipalities

| Camalig

| Daraga

| Manito

| Rapu-Rapu

}}

|year = 1907

|members_label = Representative

|members = Joey Salceda

|blank1_name = Political party

|blank1_info = {{Color box|{{party color|Lakas–CMD}}|border=darkgray}} Lakas–CMD

|blank2_name = Congressional bloc

|blank2_info = Majority

}}

Albay's 2nd congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Albay. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.{{cite web |url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province |title=Roster of Philippine legislators |publisher=House of Representatives of the Philippines |accessdate=April 11, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province |url-status=dead }} The district consists of Albay's capital city of Legazpi and adjacent municipalities of Camalig, Daraga, Manito and Rapu-Rapu. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Joey Salceda of the Lakas–CMD.{{cite web|url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/ |title=House Members |publisher=House of Representatives of the Philippines |accessdate=April 11, 2020}}

Representation history

{| class=wikitable

|-

! rowspan="2" | #

! rowspan="2" colspan=2 | Image

! rowspan="2" | Member

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! rowspan="2" | Legislature

! rowspan="2" | Party

! rowspan="2" | Electoral history

! rowspan="2" | Constituent
LGUs

|-

!Start!!End

|-

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" |

=Albay's 2nd district for the [[Philippine Assembly]]=

|-

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District created January 9, 1907.{{cite web|url=http://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l5054 |title=Act No. 1582, (1907-01-09) |publisher=Lawyerly |accessdate=February 20, 2021}}{{cite book|last=Division of Insular Affairs |others=Elihu Root, Secretary of War|title=Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q3tQAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=April 11, 2020 |series=Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands|volume=253|year=1908|publisher=United States War Department|location=Washington, D.C.|page=49}}

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Progresista Party}};" |

|

| Carlos A. Imperial

| October 16, 1907

| October 16, 1909

| style="text-align:center;" | 1st

| Progresista

| Elected in 1907.

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1907–1912
Albay, Bato, Calolbon, Manito, Pandan, Rapu-Rapu, Viga, Virac

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Progresista Party}};" |

|

| Silvino Brimbuela

| October 16, 1909

| October 16, 1912

| style="text-align:center;" | 2nd

| Progresista

| Elected in 1909.

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 3

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Progresista Party}};" |

| 100px

| Mariano A. Locsin

| October 16, 1912

| October 16, 1916

| style="text-align:center;" | 3rd

| Progresista

| Elected in 1912.

| style="text-align:center;" | 1912–1916
Albay, Baras, Bato, Calolbon, Manito, Pandan, Rapu-Rapu, Viga, Virac

|-

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" |

=Albay's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands=

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 4

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |

| 100px

| José O. Vera

| October 16, 1916

| June 3, 1919

| style="text-align:center;" | 4th

| Nacionalista

| Elected in 1916.

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1916–1922
Albay, Baras, Bato, Calolbon, Manito, Pandan, Rapu-Rapu, Viga, Virac

|-

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 5

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" | Pedro Martínez Jimeno

| rowspan="2" | June 3, 1919

| rowspan="2" | June 2, 1925

| style="text-align:center;" | 5th

| Nacionalista

| Elected in 1919.

|-

| style="background-color:#B22222|

| style="text-align:center;" | 6th

| Nacionalista
Unipersonalista

| Re-elected in 1922.

| style="text-align:center;" | 1922–1925
Albay, Baras, Bato, Calolbon, Daraga, Manito, Pandan, Panganiban, Rapu-Rapu, Viga, Virac

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 6

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |

|

| Francisco A. Perfecto

| June 2, 1925

| June 5, 1928

| style="text-align:center;" | 7th

| Nacionalista
Consolidado

| Elected in 1925.

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1925–1931
Baras, Bato, Calolbon, Daraga, Legazpi, Manito, Pandan, Panganiban, Rapu-Rapu, Viga, Virac

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 7

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |

|

| Pedro Vera

| June 5, 1928

| June 2, 1931

| style="text-align:center;" | 8th

| Nacionalista
Consolidado

| Elected in 1928.
Redistricted to the 4th district.

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 8

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |

|

| José S. Valenciano

| June 2, 1931

| June 5, 1934

| style="text-align:center;" | 9th

| Nacionalista
Consolidado

| Elected in 1931.

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1931–1935
Camalig, Daraga, Legazpi, Manito, Rapu-Rapu

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 9

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Democratico}};" |

|

| Justino N. Nuyda

| June 5, 1934

| September 16, 1935

| style="text-align:center;" | 10th

| Nacionalista
Democrático

| Elected in 1934.

|-

! rowspan="2" | #

! rowspan="2" colspan=2 | Image

! rowspan="2" | Member

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! rowspan="2" | National
Assembly

! rowspan="2" | Party

! rowspan="2" | Electoral history

! rowspan="2" | Constituent
LGUs

|-

!Start!!End

|-

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" |

=Albay's 2nd district for the [[National Assembly of the Philippines|National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)]]=

|-

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | (9)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Democratico}};" |

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" | Justino N. Nuyda

| rowspan="2" | September 16, 1935

| rowspan="2" | December 30, 1941

| style="text-align:center;" | 1st

| Nacionalista
Democrático

| Re-elected in 1935.

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1935–1941
Camalig, Daraga, Legazpi, Manito, Rapu-Rapu

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |

| style="text-align:center;" | 2nd

| Nacionalista

| Re-elected in 1938.

|-

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into the two-seat Albay's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).

|-

! rowspan="2" | #

! rowspan="2" colspan=2 | Image

! rowspan="2" | Member

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! rowspan="2" | Common
wealth
Congress

! rowspan="2" | Party

! rowspan="2" | Electoral history

! rowspan="2" | Constituent
LGUs

|-

!Start!!End

|-

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" |

=Albay's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines=

|-

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created May 24, 1945.

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | (8)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |

|

| José S. Valenciano

| June 11, 1945

| May 25, 1946

| style="text-align:center;" | 1st

| Nacionalista

| Elected in 1941.

| style="text-align:center;" | 1945–1946
Camalig, Daraga, Legazpi, Manito, Rapu-Rapu

|-

! rowspan="2" | #

! rowspan="2" colspan=2 | Image

! rowspan="2" | Member

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! rowspan="2" | Congress

! rowspan="2" | Party

! rowspan="2" | Electoral history

! rowspan="2" | Constituent
LGUs

|-

!Start!!End

|-

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" |

=Albay's 2nd district for the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines]]=

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 10

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}};" |

|

| Toribio P. Pérez

| May 25, 1946

| December 30, 1949

| style="text-align:center;" | 1st

| Liberal

| Elected in 1946.

| style="text-align:center;" | 1946–1949
Camalig, Daraga, Legazpi, Manito, Rapu-Rapu

|-

| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | (9)

| rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |

| rowspan="4" |

| rowspan="4" | Justino N. Nuyda

| rowspan="4" | December 30, 1949

| rowspan="4" | December 30, 1965

| style="text-align:center;" | 2nd

| rowspan="4" | Nacionalista

| Elected in 1949.

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1949–1957
Camalig, Legazpi, Manito, Rapu-Rapu

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 3rd

| Re-elected in 1953.

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 4th

| Re-elected in 1957.

| style="text-align:center;" | 1957–1961
Camalig, Daraga, Legazpi, Manito, Rapu-Rapu

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 5th

| Re-elected in 1961.

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1961–1969
Camalig, Legazpi, Locsin, Manito, Rapu-Rapu

|-

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 11

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |

| rowspan="2" | 100px

| rowspan="2" | Carlos R. Imperial

| rowspan="2" | December 30, 1965

| rowspan="2" | September 23, 1972

| style="text-align:center;" | 6th

| rowspan="2" | Nacionalista

| Elected in 1965.

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 7th

| Re-elected in 1969.
Removed from office after imposition of martial law.

| style="text-align:center;" | 1969–1972
Camalig, Daraga, Legazpi, Manito, Rapu-Rapu

|-

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into the twelve-seat Region V's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the three-seat Albay's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.

|-

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created February 2, 1987.

|-

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | (11)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" |

| rowspan="3" | 100px

| rowspan="3" | Carlos R. Imperial

| rowspan="3" | June 30, 1987

| rowspan="3" | June 30, 1998

| style="text-align:center;" | 8th

| Independent

| Elected in 1987.

| rowspan="13" style="text-align:center;" | 1987–present
Camalig, Daraga, Legazpi, Manito, Rapu-Rapu

|-

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}};" |

| style="text-align:center;" | 9th

| rowspan="2" | NPC

| Re-elected in 1992.

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 10th

| Re-elected in 1995.

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 12

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino}};" |

|

| Norma B. Imperial

| June 30, 1998

| September 29, 2000

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 11th

| LAMMP

| Elected in 1998.
Died in office.

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | —

| colspan="3" | vacant

| September 29, 2000

| June 30, 2001

| –

| No special election held to fill vacancy.

|-

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | (11)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}};" |

| rowspan="2" | 100px

| rowspan="2" | Carlos R. Imperial

| rowspan="2" | June 30, 2001

| rowspan="2" | June 30, 2007

| style="text-align:center;" | 12th

| NPC

| Elected in 2001.

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Lakas-NUCD-UMDP}};" |

| style="text-align:center;" | 13th

| Lakas

| Re-elected in 2004.

|-

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 13

| rowspan=3" style="background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |

| rowspan="3" | 100px

| rowspan="3" | Al Francis Bichara

| rowspan="3" | June 30, 2007

| rowspan="3" | June 30, 2016

| style="text-align:center;" | 14th

| rowspan="3" | Nacionalista

| Elected in 2007.

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 15th

| Re-elected in 2010.

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 16th

| Re-elected in 2013.

|-

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 14

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| rowspan="3" | 100px

| rowspan="3" | Joey Salceda

| rowspan="3" | June 30, 2016

| rowspan="3" | Incumbent

| style="text-align:center;" | 17th

| Independent

| Elected in 2016.

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan}};" |

| style="text-align:center;" | 18th

| PDP-Laban

| Re-elected in 2019.

|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Lakas–CMD}};" |

| style="text-align:center;" | 19th

| Lakas

| Re-elected in 2022.

|}

Election results

=2022=

{{Election box begin no change

| title=2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan

|candidate = Joey Salceda

|votes = 225,851

|percentage = 94.16

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Virgilio Goyena

|votes = 5,677

|percentage = 2.37

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Partido Lakas ng Masa

|candidate = Opinyon de Leoz

|votes = 4,427

|percentage = 1.85

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi

|candidate = Danilo Maravillas

|votes = 2,295

|percentage = 0.96

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Domingo Arao

|votes = 1,614

|percentage = 0.67

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 239864

|percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner = Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2019=

{{Election box begin no change

| title=2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan

|candidate = Joey Salceda

|votes = 187,252

|percentage = 94.64

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Virgilio Goyena

|votes = 10,603

|percentage = 5.35

}}

{{Election box invalid no change

|votes = 29,560

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 227,884

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box margin of victory no change|

|votes = 176,649

|percentage = 89.28

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner = Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2016=

{{Election box begin no change| title=2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|candidate = Joey Salceda

|votes = 171,339

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Jose Maria Los Baños

|votes = 5,518

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Danilo Maravillas

|votes = 3,869

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Josue Joshua Martinez Jr.

|votes = 3,546

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Virgilio Goyena

|votes = 2,051

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box invalid no change

|votes = 32,611

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes =218,934

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing

|winner = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|loser = Nacionalista Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2013=

{{Election box begin no change | title=2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nacionalista Party

|candidate = Al Francis Bichara

|votes = 133,333

|percentage = 69.75

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Walter Magdato

|votes = 13,133

|percentage = 6.87

|change =

}}

{{Election box margin of victory no change

|votes = 120,200

|percentage = 62.88%

|change =

}}

{{Election box invalid no change

|votes = 44,681

|percentage = 23.38

|change =

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 191,147

|percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner = Nacionalista Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2010=

{{Election box begin no change | title=2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Nacionalista Party

|candidate = Al Francis Bichara

|votes = 117,611

|percentage = 58.01

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|candidate = Amelia Bonita Apin

|votes = 58,600

|percentage = 28.90

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Ricardo Ayala

|votes = 13,214

|percentage = 6.52

}}

{{Election box valid no change

|votes = 189,425

|percentage = 93.43

}}

{{Election box invalid no change

|votes = 13,326

|percentage = 6.57

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 202,751

|percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner = Nacionalista Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

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