Aklan's 1st congressional district

Aklan's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Aklan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2019.^[3] The district consists of the provincial capital municipality of Kalibo and adjacent municipalities of Altavas, Balete, Banga, Batan, Libacao, Madalag, and New Washington. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Carlito S. Marquez of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), who has represented the district since its creation.^[4]

Aklan's 1st congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Map Boundary of Aklan's 1st congressional district in Aklan
Location of Aklan within the Philippines
Province	Aklan
Region	Western Visayas
Population	313,775 (2020)[1]
Electorate	209,315 (2022)[2]
Major settlements	8 LGUs Municipalities Altavas Balete Banga Batan Kalibo Libacao Madalag New Washington
Current constituency
Created	2018
Representative	Carlito Marquez
Political party	NPC
Congressional bloc	Majority

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
District created August 28, 2018.[5]
1			Carlito S. Marquez	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th	NPC	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 2019.	2019–present: Altavas, Balete, Banga, Batan, Kalibo, Libacao, Madalag, New Washington
						19th		Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Carlito S. Marquez	89,731	55.65%
	NUP	Rodell Ramos	59,110	33.66%
	Aksyon	Harry Sucgang	9,710	6.02%
	Independent	Rodson Mayor	2,863	1.78
Total votes			161,234	100.00%
	NPC hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Carlito S. Marquez	92,292	65.82%
	Independent	Antonio Maming	43,433	30.97%
	Independent	Axel Gonzalez	4,484	3.19%
Total votes			140,209	100.00%
	NPC win (new seat)

See also

• Legislative districts of Aklan

References

1. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
2. "Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections". Commission on Elections. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
4. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
5. Republic Act No. 11077 (September 24, 2018), An Act Reapportioning the Province of Aklan into Two (2) Legislative Districts (PDF), Congress of the Philippines