Cagayan's 1st congressional district

Cagayan's 1st congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Cagayan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.^[3] The district consists of Cagayan's former capital, Lal-lo, and adjacent municipalities of Alcala, Aparri, Baggao, Buguey, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Gonzaga, Santa Ana and Santa Teresita. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Ramon C. Nolasco Jr. of the Lakas–CMD.^[4][5]

Cagayan's 1st congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Cagayan within the Philippines
Province	Cagayan
Region	Cagayan Valley
Population	459,819 (2020)[1]
Electorate	271,961 (2022)[2]
Major settlements	10 LGUs Municipalities Alcala Aparri Baggao Buguey Camalaniugan Gattaran Gonzaga Lal-lo Santa Ana Santa Teresita
Area	4,221.45 km2 (1,629.91 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	Ramon C. Nolasco Jr.
Political party	Lakas–CMD
Congressional bloc	Majority

Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, the first district consisted of eastern and northern Cagayan municipalities of Alcala, Amulung, Aparri, Baggao, Ballesteros, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Gonzaga, Iguig, Lal-lo, Peñablanca, Santa Ana, Santa Teresita, and Tuguegarao, the provincial capital. The province of Batanes was also part of the district from 1907 to 1909. Following the restoration of the Congress in 1987, the district was reapportioned to its current composition.^[6][7]

Representation history

#	Member		Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Cagayan's 1st district for the Philippine Assembly
District created January 9, 1907.[8][9]
1		Pablo Guzmán	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1909	1st	Progresista	Elected in 1907.	1907–1909 Alcala, Amulung, Aparri, Baggao, Basco, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Iguig, Lal-lo, Peñablanca, Tuguegarao
2		Venancio Concepción	October 16, 1909	October 16, 1912	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1909.	1909–1912 Alcala, Amulung, Aparri, Baggao, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Iguig, Lal-lo, Peñablanca, Tuguegarao
3		Crescencio V. Masigan	October 16, 1912	February 14, 1914	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1912. Election annulled by House committee due to Spanish citizenship and failure to submit certificate of candidacy.	1912–1916 Alcala, Amulung, Aparri, Baggao, Ballesteros, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Iguig, Lal-lo, Peñablanca, Tuguegarao
(2)		Venancio Concepción	May 16, 1914	October 16, 1916		Nacionalista	Elected in 1914 to finish Masigan's term.
Cagayan's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
4		Vicente T. Fernández	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.	1916–1919 Alcala, Amulung, Aparri, Baggao, Ballesteros, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Iguig, Lal-lo, Peñablanca, Tuguegarao
5		Miguel Concepción Nava	June 3, 1919	June 6, 1922	5th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.	1919–1922 Alcala, Amulung, Aparri, Baggao, Ballesteros, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Gonzaga, Iguig, Lal-lo, Peñablanca, Tuguegarao
6		Alfonso Ponce Enrile	June 6, 1922	June 2, 1925	6th	Demócrata	Elected in 1922.	1922–1935 Alcala, Amulung, Aparri, Baggao, Ballesteros, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Gonzaga, Iguig, Lal-lo, Peñablanca, Tuguegarao
7		Vicente Formoso	June 2, 1925	June 2, 1931	7th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925.
					8th		Re-elected in 1928.
8		Marcelo Adduru	June 2, 1931	June 5, 1934	9th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1931.
9		Nicanor Carag	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1934.
#	Member		Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Cagayan's 1st district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
(8)		Marcelo Adduru	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1938	1st	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Alcala, Amulung, Aparri, Baggao, Ballesteros, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Gonzaga, Iguig, Lal-lo, Peñablanca, Tuguegarao
10		Conrado V. Singson	December 30, 1938	December 30, 1941	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Cagayan's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).
#	Member		Term of office		Common wealth Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Cagayan's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
(9)		Nicanor Carag	December 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1941. Oath taking deferred.	1945–1946 Alcala, Amulung, Aparri, Baggao, Ballesteros, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Gonzaga, Iguig, Lal-lo, Peñablanca, Tuguegarao
#	Member		Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Cagayan's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
(10)		Conrado V. Singson	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1946.	1946–1949 Alcala, Amulung, Aparri, Baggao, Ballesteros, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Gonzaga, Iguig, Lal-lo, Peñablanca, Tuguegarao
11		Domingo S. Siázon	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1953	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1949.	1949–1965 Alcala, Amulung, Aparri, Baggao, Ballesteros, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Gonzaga, Iguig, Lal-lo, Peñablanca, Santa Ana, Tuguegarao
12		Felipe R. Garduque	December 30, 1953	December 30, 1959	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1953.
					4th		Re-elected in 1957. Resigned on election as Cagayan governor.
13		Tito M. Dupaya	December 30, 1961	September 23, 1972	5th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1961.
					6th	Liberal	Re-elected in 1965.	1965–1972 Alcala, Amulung, Aparri, Baggao, Ballesteros, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Gonzaga, Iguig, Lal-lo, Peñablanca, Santa Ana, Santa Teresita, Tuguegarao
					7th		Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the seven-seat Region II's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the three-seat Cagayan's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
14		Domingo A. Tuzon	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1992	8th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Alcala, Aparri, Baggao, Buguey, Camalaniugan, Gattaran, Gonzaga, Lal-lo, Santa Ana, Santa Teresita
15		Juan Ponce Enrile	June 30, 1992	June 30, 1995	9th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1992.
						Independent
16		Patricio T. Antonio	June 30, 1995	June 30, 1998	10th	Lakas	Elected in 1995.
17		Jack Enrile	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2007	11th	Independent	Elected in 1998.
					12th		Re-elected in 2001.
					13th	NPC	Re-elected in 2004.
18		Sally Ponce Enrile	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2010	14th	NPC	Elected in 2007.
(17)		Jack Enrile	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2013	15th	NPC	Elected in 2010.
(18)		Sally Ponce Enrile	June 30, 2013	June 30, 2016	16th	NPC	Elected in 2013.
19		Ramon Nolasco	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2019	17th	Liberal	Elected in 2016.
						PDP–Laban
20		Ramon Nolasco Jr.	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th	NUP	Elected in 2019.
					19th	NPC	Re-elected in 2022.
						Lakas

Election results

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ramon Nolasco	89,123
	NPC	Jack Enrile	75,926
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes			25,725
Total votes			190,774
	Liberal gain from NPC

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Salvacion Ponce Enrile	84,869	57.31
	Liberal	Ignacio Taruc III	34,324	23.18
Margin of victory			50,545	34.13%
Invalid or blank votes			28,884	19.51
Total votes			148,077	100.00
	NPC hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Juan Ponce Enrile, Jr.	79,000	6.23
	Liberal	Ignacio Taruc	61,247	40.42
	Independent	Joaquin Agatep, Jr.	5,084	3.36
Valid ballots			151,528	90.44
Invalid or blank votes			16,017	9.56
Total votes			167,545	100.00
	NPC hold

See also

• Legislative districts of Cagayan

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