Cavite's 8th congressional district

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

{{Infobox constituency

|name = Cavite's 8th congressional district

|parl_name = House of Representatives of the Philippines

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|caption = Interactive map of district boundaries

|image2 = Cavite in Philippines.svg

|caption2 = Location of Cavite within the Philippines

|district_label = Province

|district = Cavite

|region_label = Region

|region = Calabarzon

|population = 453,666 (2020){{PH census|2020}}

|electorate = 284,147 (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=February 1, 2023}}

|area = {{cvt|558.10|km2}}

|towns = {{Collapsible list

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

| title = 8 LGUs

| City

| Tagaytay

| Municipalities

| Alfonso

| General Emilio Aguinaldo

| Magallanes

| Maragondon

| Mendez

| Naic

| Ternate

}}

|year = 2018

|members_label = Representative

|members = Aniela Bianca Tolentino

|blank1_name = Political party

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

|blank2_name = Congressional bloc

|blank2_info = Majority

}}

Cavite's 8th congressional district is one of the eight congressional districts of the Philippines in Cavite. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2019.{{cite web|title=Roster of Philippine legislators|url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province|publisher=House of Representatives of the Philippines|accessdate=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province|url-status=dead}} It consists of the southern city of Tagaytay and the municipalities of Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, and Ternate, bordering the provinces of Batangas and Laguna. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Aniela Bianca Tolentino of the National Unity Party (NUP).{{cite web|title=House Members|url=https://www.congress.gov.ph/members/|publisher=House of Representatives of the Philippines|accessdate=February 1, 2023}}

Previously included in Cavite's 7th congressional district, it was created in 2018 when General Trias was granted its own district, being assigned as the new 6th district and having remnants of the old 7th district in the new 8th district.

Representation history

{| class="wikitable"

! 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" width="33%" | Constituent
LGUs

! Start

! End

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

=Cavite's 8th district for the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines]]=

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District created September 17, 2018.{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=11069|title=An Act Amending Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9727, Reapportioning the Province of Cavite Into Eight (8) Legislative Districts|url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2018/09/14/republic-act-no-11069/|author=Congress of the Philippines|date=August 23, 2018|accessdate=May 4, 2020|publisher=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}

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

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

| rowspan=2 | 100px

| rowspan=2 | Abraham Tolentino
{{small|(born 1964)}}

| rowspan=2 | June 30, 2019

| rowspan=2 | June 30, 2022

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2 | 18th

| PDP-Laban

| rowspan=2 | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 2019.

| rowspan="5" align="center" | 2019–present
Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, Tagaytay, Ternate

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

| NUP