Bohol's 1st congressional district

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

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

{{Infobox constituency

|name = Bohol's 1st congressional district

|parl_name = House of Representatives of the Philippines

|image = Map of BhlFirstDistPresent.png

|caption = Boundary of Bohol's 1st congressional district in Bohol

|image2 = Ph locator bohol.svg

|caption2 = Location of Bohol within the Philippines

|district_label = Province

|district = Bohol

|region_label = Region

|region = Central Visayas

|population = 443,038 (2015){{cite web |url=http://rsso03.psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/Philippines%2520-%2520Population%2520of%2520Legislative%2520Districts%2520by%2520Region_Province_and%2520Selected%2520Highly%2520Urbanized%2520or%2520Component%2520City.xlsx |archive-url=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 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 5, 2022 |title=TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015 |publisher=Philippine Statistics Authority |accessdate=April 14, 2020 }}

|electorate = 268,381 (2016){{cite web|url=https://www.comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2016NLE/Statistics/Philippine2016VotersProfile/Philippine_2016_Voter_Profile_by_Provinces_and_Cities_or_Municipalities_including_Districts.xlsx |title=Philippines 2016 Voters Profile |publisher=Commission on Elections (Philippines) |accessdate=April 14, 2020}}

|area = 1,002.68 km2

|towns = {{Collapsible list

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

| title = 15 LGUs

| Cities

| Tagbilaran

| Municipalities

| Alburquerque

| Antequera

| Baclayon

| Balilihan

| Calape

| Catigbian

| Corella

| Cortes

| Dauis

| Loon

| Maribojoc

| Panglao

| Sikatuna

| Tubigon

}}

|year = 1907

|members_label = Representative

|members = Edgar Chatto

|blank1_name = Political party

|blank1_info = {{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}|border=darkgray}} NUP

|blank2_name = Congressional bloc

|blank2_info = Majority

}}

Bohol's 1st congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Bohol. 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 14, 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 the provincial capital city of Tagbilaran and adjacent municipalities of Alburquerque, Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Catigbian, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Sikatuna and Tubigon. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Edgar Chatto of the National Unity Party (NUP).{{cite web|url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/ |title=House Members |publisher=House of Representatives of the Philippines |accessdate=April 14, 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;" |

=Bohol's 1st 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 12, 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}}

|-

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1

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

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" | Candelario Borja

| rowspan="3" | October 16, 1907

| rowspan="3" | October 16, 1916

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

| rowspan="3" | Nacionalista

| Elected in 1907.

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1907–1916
Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Tagbilaran

|-

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

| Re-elected in 1909.

|-

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

| Re-elected in 1912.

|-

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

=Bohol's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands=

|-

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

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

| rowspan="2" | 100px

| rowspan="2" | Celestino Gallares

| rowspan="2" | October 16, 1916

| rowspan="2" | June 6, 1922

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

| rowspan="2" | Nacionalista

| Elected in 1916.

| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 1916–1935
Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Tagbilaran

|-

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

| Re-elected in 1919.

|-

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 3

| style="background-color:#191970|

| rowspan="2" | 100px

| rowspan="2" | Fermín Torralba

| rowspan="2" | June 6, 1922

| rowspan="2" | June 5, 1928

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

| Nacionalista
Colectivista

| Elected in 1922.

|-

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

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

| Nacionalista
Consolidado

| Re-elected in 1925.

|-

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 4

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" |

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" | José Concón

| rowspan="2" | June 5, 1928

| rowspan="2" | June 5, 1934

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

| rowspan="2" | Independent

| Elected in 1928.

|-

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

| Re-elected in 1931.

|-

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

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

|

| Bernardo Josol

| 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;" |

=Bohol's 1st district for the [[National Assembly of the Philippines|National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)]]=

|-

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

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

| 100px

| Juan Torralba

| September 16, 1935

| December 30, 1938

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

| Nacionalista
Democrático

| Elected in 1935.

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1935–1941
Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Tagbilaran

|-

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

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

|

| Genaro Visarra

| December 30, 1938

| December 30, 1941

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

| Nacionalista

| Elected in 1938.

|-

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into the two-seat Bohol'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;" |

=Bohol's 1st 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;" | (7)

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

|

| Genaro Visarra

| June 11, 1945

| May 25, 1946

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

| Nacionalista

| Re-elected in 1941.

| style="text-align:center;" | 1945–1946
Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Tagbilaran

|-

! 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;" |

=Bohol's 1st district for the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines]]=

|-

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

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

| 100px

| Luís T. Clarín

| May 25, 1946

| February 25, 1949

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1st

| Liberal

| Elected in 1946.
Election annulled by House tribunal after an electoral protest.

| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;" | 1946–1969
Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Tagbilaran

|-

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

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

|

| Genaro Visarra

| March 4, 1949

| December 30, 1949

| Nacionalista

| Declared winner of 1946 elections.

|-

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

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

| 100px

| Luís T. Clarín

| December 30, 1949

| December 30, 1953

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

| Liberal

| Elected in 1949.

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 9

| rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |

| rowspan="6" | 100px

| rowspan="6" | Natalio P. Castillo

| rowspan="2" | December 30, 1953

| rowspan="2" | January 25, 1960

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

| rowspan="6" | Nacionalista

| Elected in 1953.

|-

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 4th

| Re-elected in 1957.
Resigned on appointment as Executive Secretary.

|-

| rowspan="4" | September 5, 1961

| rowspan="4" | September 23, 1972

| Returned to finish term.

|-

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

| Re-elected in 1961.

|-

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

| Re-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
Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, San Isidro, Tagbilaran

|-

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into the thirteen-seat Region VII's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the three-seat Bohol'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;" | 10

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Lakas ng Bayan}};" |

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" | Venice Borja-Agana

| rowspan="3" | June 30, 1987

| rowspan="3" | June 30, 1998

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

| LABAN

| Elected in 1987.

| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;" | 1987–present
Alburquerque, Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Catigbian, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Sikatuna, Tagbilaran, Tubigon

|-

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Lakas-NUCD-UMDP}};" |

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

| rowspan="2" | Lakas

| Re-elected in 1992.

|-

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

| Re-elected in 1995.

|-

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

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

| 100px

| Ernesto Herrera

| June 30, 1998

| June 30, 2001

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

| LAMMP

| Elected in 1998.

|-

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 12

| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Lakas-NUCD-UMDP}};" |

| rowspan="3" | 100px

| rowspan="3" | Edgar Chatto

| rowspan="3" | June 30, 2001

| rowspan="3" | June 30, 2010

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

| rowspan="3" | Lakas

| Elected in 2001.

|-

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

| Re-elected in 2004.

|-

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

| Re-elected in 2007.

|-

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

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}};" |

| rowspan="3" | 100px

| rowspan="3" | Rene Relampagos

| rowspan="3" | June 30, 2010

| rowspan="3" | June 30, 2019

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

| rowspan="2" | Liberal

| Elected in 2010.

|-

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

| Re-elected in 2013.

|-

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

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

| NUP

| Re-elected in 2016.

|-

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | (12)

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

| rowspan="2" | 100px

| rowspan="2" | Edgar Chatto

| rowspan="2" | June 30, 2019

| rowspan="2" | Incumbent

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

| Liberal

| Elected in 2019.

|-

| style=background:{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}};" |

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

| NUP

| Re-elected in 2022.

|}

Election results

=2022=

{{Election box begin no change

| title=2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

}}

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

|party = National Unity Party (Philippines)

|candidate = Edgar Chatto

|votes = 160647

|percentage = 70.95%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = Fabio Ontong Jr.

|votes = 36638

|percentage = 16.18%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent

|candidate = Marybelle De La Serna

|votes = 29153

|percentage = 12.87%

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 226438

|percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing

|winner = National Unity Party (Philippines)

|loser = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|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 = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|candidate = Edgar Chatto

|votes = 143,039

|percentage = 69.01%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = Dan Neri Lim{{ref|nlim|1}}

|votes = 64,242

|percentage = 30.99%

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 207,281

|percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing

|winner = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|loser = Nationalist People's Coalition

|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 = Rene Relampagos

|votes = 147,405

|percentage = 79.47%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = United Nationalist Alliance

|candidate = Joahna Cabalit-Initay

|votes = 28,516

|percentage = 15.37%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan

|candidate = Cresencio Alturas

|votes = 9,547

|percentage = 5.14%

}}

{{Election box invalid no change

|votes = 49,307

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 234,775

|percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{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 = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|candidate = Rene Relampagos

|votes = 125,442

|percentage = 65.20

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = Dan Neri Lim

|votes = 46,014

|percentage = 23.91

|change =

}}

{{Election box margin of victory no change

|votes = 79,428

|percentage = 41.28%

|change =

}}

{{Election box invalid no change

|votes = 20,954

|percentage = 10.89

|change =

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 192,410

|percentage = 100.00

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|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 = Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino

|candidate = Rene Relampagos

|votes = 92,220

|percentage = 50.52}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Liberal Party (Philippines)

|candidate = Edgar Kapirig

|votes = 45,561

|percentage = 24.96}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nationalist People's Coalition

|candidate = Oscar Glovasa

|votes = 43,674

|percentage = 23.92}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Mario Magat, Jr.

|votes = 1,096

|percentage = 0.60}}

{{Election box valid no change

|votes = 182,551

|percentage = 90.42

}}

{{Election box invalid no change

|votes = 19,333

|percentage = 9.58

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 201,884

|percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing

|winner = Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino

|loser = Lakas-Kampi-CMD

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

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