Southern Leyte's 2nd congressional district

Southern Leyte's 2nd legislative district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Southern Leyte. The district has been represented in the lower house of the Congress since 2022.^[2] It is composed of municipalities of Sogod, Libagon, Liloan, San Francisco, Pintuyan, San Ricardo, Saint Bernard, Anahawan, San Juan, Hinunangan, Hinundayan and Silago.^[3] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Christopherson Yap of the Lakas-CMD, who is the first representative of district since its creation.^[4]

Southern Leyte's 1st congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Southern Leyte within the Philippines
Province	Southern Leyte
Region	Eastern Visayas
Population	228,152 (2020)
Electorate	159,882 (2022)[1]
Major settlements	12 LGUs Municipalities Anahawan Hinunangan Hinundayan Libagon Liloan Pintuyan Saint Bernard San Francisco San Juan San Ricardo Silago Sogod
Area	1,194.7 km2 (461.3 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	2019
Representative	Christopherson Yap
Political party	Lakas-CMD
Congressional bloc	Majority

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
District created February 1, 2019 from Southern Leyte's at-large district.[5]
1			Christopherson Yap	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	Lakas	Elected in 2022.	2022–present: Anahawan, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Libagon, Liloan, Pintuyan, Saint Bernard, San Francisco, San Juan, San Ricardo, Silago, Sogod

Election results

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Christopherson Yap	63,979	56.74
	PROMDI	Florentino "Junbie" Fernandez	39,246	34.8
	PFP	Alexander "Alex" Cuaton	4,340	3.85
	Independent	Vick Barcelon	3,739	3.32
	Independent	Ray "Loloy" Maupoy	914	0.81
	Independent	Miguelito "Mig" Cataran	546	0.48
Total votes			112,764	100.00
	Lakas win (new seat)

See also

• Legislative districts of Southern Leyte