Batanes's at-large congressional district

Batanes's at-large congressional district
Batanes's at-large congressional district
Constituency; for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
	Location of Batanes within the Philippines
Province	Batanes
Region	Cagayan Valley
Population	18,831 (2020)
Electorate	13,665 (2025)
Area	219.01 km2 (84.56 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1909 (single-member district)
Representative	Ciriaco B. Gato Jr.
Political party	NPC
Congressional bloc	TBD

Batanes's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Batanes. Batanes has been represented in the country's various national legislatures since 1898.^[3] The first congressional delegation consisted of two members in the legislature of the First Philippine Republic, also known as the Malolos Congress.

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Since 1909, when it was re-established as a province separate from Cagayan, Batanes has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, elected provincewide at-large, except for a brief period between 1943 and 1944 when it was absorbed by Cagayan's at-large representation for the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.^[4]

From 1978 to 1984, all provinces were converted into multi-seat regional at-large districts for the Interim Batasang Pambansa of the Fourth Philippine Republic, with Batanes forming part of the seven-seat Region II's at-large district. It was restored as a single-member district in 1984.^[4]

The district is currently represented in the 20th Congress by Ciriaco B. Gato Jr. of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).^[5]

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#	Start	End	National Assembly	Image	Member	Party	Electoral history		Image	Member	Party	Electoral history
#	Term of office		National Assembly	Seat A					Seat B
Batanes's at-large district for the Malolos Congress
District created June 18, 1898.^[6]
–	September 15, 1898	March 23, 1901	1st		Daniel Tirona	Independent	Elected in 1898.			Vito Belarmino	Independent	Appointed.
#	Term of office		Legislature	Single seat				Seats eliminated
#	Start	End	Legislature	Image	Member	Party	Electoral history
Batanes's at-large district for the Philippine Assembly
District re-created May 20, 1909 from Cagayan's 1st district.^[7]
1	October 16, 1909	July 22, 1910	2nd		Teófilo Castillejos	Nacionalista	Elected in 1909. Died.
2	September 5, 1911	October 16, 1916	2nd		Vicente Barsana	Progresista	Elected in 1911 to finish Castillejos's term.
2	September 5, 1911	October 16, 1916	3rd		Vicente Barsana	Progresista	Re-elected in 1912.
Batanes's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
3	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th		Juan C. Castillejos	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.
4	June 3, 1919	June 2, 1925	5th		Claudio Castillejos	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.
4	June 3, 1919	June 2, 1925	6th		Claudio Castillejos	Nacionalista Unipersonalista	Re-elected in 1922.
5	June 2, 1925	June 5, 1928	7th		Vicente Agan	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925.
6	June 5, 1928	June 5, 1934	8th		Mariano Lizardo	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1928.
6	June 5, 1928	June 5, 1934	9th		Mariano Lizardo	Nacionalista Consolidado	Re-elected in 1931.
(5)	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th		Vicente Agan	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1934.
#	Term of office		National Assembly	Single seat
#	Start	End	National Assembly	Image	Member	Party	Electoral history
Batanes's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
(5)	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st		Vicente Agan	Nacionalista Democrático	Re-elected in 1935.
(5)	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	2nd		Vicente Agan	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Cagayan's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).
#	Term of office		Common wealth Congress	Single seat
#	Start	End	Common wealth Congress	Image	Member	Party	Electoral history
Batanes's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
(5)	–	–	1st		Vicente Agan	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1941. Died before start of term.
—	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	vacant		–	No special election held to fill vacancy.
#	Term of office		Congress	Single seat
#	Start	End	Congress	Image	Member	Party	Electoral history
Batanes's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
7	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st		Anastacio Agan	Nacionalista	Elected in 1946.
8	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1957	2nd		Jorge A. Abad	Independent	Elected in 1949.
8	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1957	3rd		Jorge A. Abad	Liberal	Re-elected in 1953.
9	December 30, 1957	December 30, 1961	4th		Manuel Agudo	Nacionalista	Elected in 1957.
(8)	December 30, 1961	June 22, 1964	5th		Jorge A. Abad	Liberal	Elected in 1961. Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications.
–	June 22, 1964	December 30, 1965	5th	vacant		–	No special election held to fill vacancy.
10	December 30, 1965	December 30, 1969	6th		Aurora B. Abad	Liberal	Elected in 1965.
11	December 30, 1969	April 17, 1970	7th		Rufino S. Antonio Jr.	Independent	Elected in 1969. Election annulled by the Supreme Court after an electoral protest.^[8]
(8)	April 17, 1970	September 23, 1972	7th		Jorge A. Abad	Liberal	Declared winner of the 1969 elections. 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.
#	Term of office		Batasang Pambansa	Single seat
#	Start	End	Batasang Pambansa	Image	Member	Party	Electoral history
Batanes's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa
District re-created February 1, 1984.^[9]

–	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986	2nd		Fernando C. Faberes	KBL	Elected in 1984.
#	Term of office		Congress	Single seat
#	Start	End	Congress	Image	Member	Party	Electoral history
Batanes's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District re-created February 2, 1987.
12	June 30, 1987	December 31, 1989	8th		Florencio Abad	Liberal	Elected in 1987. Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Agrarian Reform.
–	December 31, 1989	June 30, 1992	8th	vacant		–	No special election held to fill vacancy.
13	June 30, 1992	June 30, 1995	9th		Enrique C. Lizardo	Lakas	Elected in 1992.
(12)	June 30, 1995	June 30, 2004	10th		Florencio Abad	Liberal	Elected in 1995.
			11th				Re-elected in 1998.
			12th				Re-elected in 2001.
14	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2007	13th		Henedina Abad	Liberal	Elected in 2004.
15	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2010	14th		Carlo Oliver Diasnes	KAMPI	Elected in 2007.
15	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2010	14th		Carlo Oliver Diasnes	Lakas	Elected in 2007.
(14)	June 30, 2010	October 8, 2017	15th		Henedina Abad	Liberal	Elected in 2010.
			16th				Re-elected in 2013.
			17th				Re-elected in 2016. Died in office.
–	October 8, 2017	June 30, 2019	17th	vacant		–	No special election held to fill vacancy.
16	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th		Ciriaco B. Gato Jr.	NPC	Elected in 2019.
			19th				Re-elected in 2022.
			20th				Re-elected in 2025.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jun Gato	Nationalist People's Coalition	7,380	66.10
	Marilou Cayco	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	3,785	33.90
Total			11,165	100.00

Valid votes			11,165	97.19
Invalid/blank votes			323	2.81
Total votes			11,488	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			13,655	84.13
	Nationalist People's Coalition hold
Source: Commission on Elections^[2]^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Ciriaco Gato Jr.	3,872	33.92
	Liberal	Luis Andres Abad	3,037	26.61
	PDR	Roland Aguto Jr.	2,484	21.76
	Lakas	Carlo Oliver Diasnes	2,022	17.71
Valid ballots			11,415	82.60
Invalid or blank votes			2,405	17.40
Total votes			13,820	100.00
	NPC hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Ciriaco Gato Jr.	3,367	35.34
	Liberal	Florencio Abad	3,129	32.84
	NUP	Carlo Oliver Diasnes	3,032	31.82
Valid ballots			9,528	78.07
Invalid or blank votes			2,676	21.93
Total votes			12,204	100.00
	NPC gain from Liberal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henedina Abad	4,236	46.93
	NPC	Efren Lizardo	1,795	19.88
	Independent	Alexius Narag	1,517	16.81
	UNA	Nicanor Abad	1,479	16.38
Valid ballots			9,027	82.02
Invalid or blank votes			1,979	17.98
Total votes			11,006	100.00
	Liberal hold

Batanes's at-large congressional district

Representation history

Batanes's at-large district for the Malolos Congress

Batanes's at-large district for the Philippine Assembly

Batanes's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands

Batanes's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)

Batanes's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

Batanes's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Batanes's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa

Batanes's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Election results

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See also

References

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1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections for Batanes' lone district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Florencio Abad	2,854	49.00
	Nacionalista	Fernando Faberes	1,984	34.06
	PDP–Laban	Constantino Agayan	987	16.94
Total votes			5,825	100.00
	Liberal win (new seat)

1984 Philippine parliamentary elections for Batanes' lone district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KBL	Fernando Faberes	2,589	46.94
	UNIDO	Priscilla Yadan	1,004	18.20
	Nacionalista	Silvino Agudo	942	17.08
	UNIDO	Cesar Hidalgo	786	14.25
	Independent	Constantino Agayan	152	2.76
	Independent	Marcial Armando	43	0.78
Total votes			5,516	100.00
	KBL win (new seat)

1957 Philippine House of Representatives elections for Batanes' lone district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Manuel Agudo	1,183	33.72
	Liberal	Jorge Abad	975	27.79
	Nacionalista	Custodio Villava	960	27.37
	Nacionalista	Salvador Reyes	390	11.12
Total votes			3,508	100.00
	Nacionalista gain from Liberal