Nueva Ecija's 2nd congressional district
{{short description|Legislative district of the Philippines}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = Nueva Ecija's 2nd congressional district
|parl_name = House of Representatives of the Philippines
|image = Second District in Nueva Ecija.svg
|caption = Boundary of the 2nd congressional district in Nueva Ecija
|image2 = Nueva Ecija in Philippines.svg
|caption2 = Location of Nueva Ecija within the Philippines
|district_label = Province
|district = Nueva Ecija
|region_label = Region
|region = Central Luzon
|population = 463,670 (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 |title=TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015 |publisher=Philippine Statistics Authority |accessdate=April 28, 2020}}
|electorate = 277,920 (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 28, 2020}}
|area = {{convert|1897.18|sqkm|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|towns = {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;
| title = 8 LGUs
| Cities
| Muñoz
| San Jose
| Municipalities
| Llanera
| Lupao
| Rizal
| Talugtug
}}
|year = 1926
|members_label = Representative
|members = Joseph Gilbert F. Violago
|blank1_name = Political party
|blank1_info = {{Color box|{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}|border=darkgray}} NUP
|blank2_name = Congressional bloc
|blank2_info = Majority
}}
Nueva Ecija's 2nd congressional district is one of the four congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Nueva Ecija. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1928.{{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 28, 2020}} The district consists of the northern cities of Muñoz and San Jose, as well as the municipalities of Carranglan, Llanera, Lupao, Pantabangan, Rizal, and Talugtug, which border Nueva Vizcaya and Pangasinan. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Joseph Gilbert F. Violago 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 28, 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;" |
=Nueva Ecija's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands=
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District created December 7, 1926 from Nueva Ecija's at-large district.{{cite web|url=http://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l40b0 |title=Act No. 3336, (1926-12-07) |publisher=Lawyerly |accessdate=April 28, 2020}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democrata Party}};" |
|
| Aurelio Cecilio
| June 5, 1928
| June 2, 1931
| style="text-align:center;" | 8th
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1928–1935
Bongabon, Cabanatuan, Cabiao, Carranglan, Gapan, Laur, Pantabangan, Peñaranda, Rizal, San Isidro, San Jose, San Leonardo, Santa Rosa
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| 100px
| Felipe Buencamino Jr.
| June 2, 1931
| June 5, 1934
| style="text-align:center;" | 9th
| | Nacionalista
Consolidado
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Democratico}};" |
| 100px
| June 5, 1934
| September 16, 1935
| style="text-align:center;" | 10th
| Nacionalista
Democrático
|-
! 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;" |
=Nueva Ecija's 2nd district for the [[National Assembly of the Philippines|National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)]]=
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | (2)
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Democratico}};" |
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Felipe Buencamino Jr.
| rowspan="2" | September 16, 1935
| rowspan="2" | March 27, 1940
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
| Nacionalista
Democrático
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1935–1941
Bongabon, Cabanatuan, Cabiao, Carranglan, Gapan, Laur, Pantabangan, Peñaranda, Rizal, San Isidro, San Jose, San Leonardo, Santa Rosa
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
| Re-elected in 1938.
Resigned.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| 100px
| Gabriel Belmonte
| December 10, 1940
| December 30, 1941
| Elected in 1940 to finish Buencamino's term.
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into the two-seat Nueva Ecija'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;" |
=Nueva Ecija'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;" | (4)
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| 100px
| Gabriel Belmonte
| June 11, 1945
| May 25, 1946
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
| style="text-align:center;" | 1945–1946
Bongabon, Cabanatuan, Cabiao, Carranglan, Gapan, Laur, Pantabangan, Peñaranda, Rizal, San Isidro, San Jose, San Leonardo, Santa Rosa
|-
! 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;" |
=Nueva Ecija's 2nd district for the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines]]=
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (Philippines)}};" |
|
| Constancio P. Padilla
| May 3, 1948
| December 30, 1949
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
| Elected in 1946.
Oath of office deferred due to electoral protests against Democratic Alliance candidates.
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1946–1953
Bongabon, Cabanatuan, Cabiao, Carranglan, Gapan, Laur, Pantabangan, Peñaranda, Rizal, San Isidro, San Jose, San Leonardo, Santa Rosa
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}};" |
|
| Jesús Ilagan
| December 30, 1949
| December 30, 1953
| style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
| Liberal
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
|
| Celestino C. Juan
| December 30, 1953
| December 30, 1957
| style="text-align:center;" | 3rd
| style="text-align:center;" | 1953–1957
Bongabon, Cabanatuan, Cabiao, Carranglan, Gapan, Laur, Pantabangan, Peñaranda, Rizal, Sabani, San Isidro, San Jose, San Leonardo, Santa Rosa
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}};" |
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Felicísimo Ocampo
| rowspan="2" | December 30, 1957
| rowspan="2" | December 30, 1965
| style="text-align:center;" | 4th
| rowspan="2" | Liberal
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1957–1965
Bongabon, Cabanatuan, Cabiao, Carranglan, Gabaldon, Gapan, General Mamerto Natividad, Laur, Llanera, Pantabangan, Peñaranda, Rizal, San Isidro, San Jose, San Leonardo, Santa Rosa
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5th
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Ángel D. Concepción
| rowspan="2" | December 30, 1965
| rowspan="2" | September 23, 1972
| style="text-align:center;" | 6th
| rowspan="2" | Nacionalista
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1965–1972
Bongabon, Cabanatuan, Cabiao, Carranglan, Gabaldon, Gapan, General Mamerto Natividad, Laur, Llanera, Palayan, Pantabangan, Peñaranda, Rizal, San Isidro, San Jose, San Leonardo, Santa Rosa
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7th
| Re-elected in 1969.
Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into the sixteen-seat Region III's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the four-seat Nueva Ecija's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created February 2, 1987.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan}};" |
|
| Simeon E. Garcia Jr.
| June 30, 1987
| June 30, 1992
| style="text-align:center;" | 8th
| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;" | 1987–present
Carranglan, Llanera, Lupao, Muñoz, Pantabangan, Rizal, San Jose, Talugtug
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}};" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | Eleuterio R. Violago
| rowspan="2" | June 30, 1992
| rowspan="2" | June 30, 1998
| style="text-align:center;" | 9th
| NPC
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Lakas-NUCD-UMDP}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10th
| Lakas
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | (10)
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino}};" |
|
| Simeon E. Garcia Jr.
| June 30, 1998
| June 30, 2001
| style="text-align:center;" | 11th
| LAMMP
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | (11)
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Lakas-NUCD-UMDP}};" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | Eleuterio R. Violago
| rowspan="2" | June 30, 2001
| rowspan="2" | June 30, 2007
| style="text-align:center;" | 12th
| rowspan="2" | Lakas
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13th
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Lakas-NUCD-UMDP}};" |
| rowspan="3" | 100px
| rowspan="3" | Joseph Gilbert F. Violago
| rowspan="3" | June 30, 2007
| rowspan="3" | June 30, 2016
| style="text-align:center;" | 14th
| Lakas
|-
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 15th
| rowspan="2" | Liberal
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 16th
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 13
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}};" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | Micaela S. Violago
| rowspan="2" | June 30, 2016
| rowspan="2" | June 30, 2022
| style="text-align:center;" | 17th
| rowspan="2" | NUP
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 18th
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | (12)
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}};" |
| 100px
| Joseph Gilbert F. Violago
| June 30, 2022
| Incumbent
| style="text-align:center;" | 19th
| NUP
|}
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 = National Unity Party (Philippines)
|candidate = Joseph Gilbert Violago
|votes = 116,099
|percentage = 47.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Joselito "Lito" Violago
|votes = 65,797
|percentage = 27.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Aksyon Demokratiko
|candidate = Simeon Garcia Jr.
|votes = 59,607
|percentage = 24.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Danilo Malanda
|votes = 1,436
|percentage = 0.59
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 242,939
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = National Unity 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 = National Unity Party (Philippines)
|candidate = Mikki Violago (incumbent)
|votes = 140,915
|percentage = 73.88
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Joselito "Lito" Violago
|votes = 49,795
|percentage = 26.11
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 190,720
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = National Unity Party (Philippines)
|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 = Mikki Violago
|votes = 122,470
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Nacionalista Party
|candidate = Lito Violago
|votes = 86,674
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box invalid no change
|votes = 14,394
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 223,538
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = Liberal Party (Philippines)
|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 = Liberal Party (Philippines)
|candidate = Joseph Gilbert Viologo
|votes = 133,155
|percentage = 77.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box invalid no change
|votes = 38,175
|percentage = 22.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 171,330
|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 = Lakas-Kampi-CMD
|candidate = Joseph Violago
|votes = 144,507
|percentage = 77.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nationalist People's Coalition
|candidate = Leopoldo Tomas
|votes = 39,238
|percentage = 21.16
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
|party = PGRP
|candidate = Clarita Mariano
|votes = 1,655
|percentage = 0.89
}}
{{Election box valid no change
|votes = 185,400
|percentage = 91.47
}}
{{Election box invalid no change
|votes = 17,293
|percentage = 8.53
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 202,693
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = Lakas-Kampi-CMD
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Philippine congressional districts in Region III}}
Category:Congressional districts of the Philippines
Category:Politics of Nueva Ecija
Category:1926 establishments in the Philippines
Category:Congressional districts of Central Luzon
Category:Constituencies established in 1926