Batangas's 3rd congressional district

Batangas's 3rd congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Batangas. 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 the northern Batangas cities of Santo Tomas and Tanauan, as well as adjacent municipalities surrounding the Taal Lake: Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita and Talisay, a configuration that has been in place since 1987.^[4][5] It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by King Collantes of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).^[6]

Batangas's 3rd congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Map Boundary of Batangas's 3rd congressional district
Location of Batangas within the Philippines
Province	Batangas
Region	Calabarzon
Population	768,561 (2020)[1]
Electorate	478,027 (2022)[2]
Major settlements	12 LGUs Cities Santo Tomas Tanauan Municipalities Agoncillo Alitagtag Balete Cuenca Laurel Malvar Mataasnakahoy San Nicolas Santa Teresita Talisay
Area	545.73 km2 (210.71 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	King Collantes
Political party	NPC
Congressional bloc	Majority

Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, the third district encompassed the city of Lipa and the eastern Batangas municipalities of Balete, Laurel, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, and Tanauan. The southeastern municipalities of Lobo and San Juan were also part of the district from its creation until 1928 when a minor reorganization, enacted into law a year earlier, transferred them to the second district. Simultaneously, Tanauan became part of this district.^[7][8]

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Batangas's 3rd district for the Philippine Assembly
District created January 9, 1907.[7][9]
1			Gregorio Catigbac	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1909	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1907.	1907–1916 Lipa, Lobo, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan de Bocboc, Santo Tomas
2			Teodoro Kalaw	October 16, 1909	October 16, 1912	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1909.
3			Fidel A. Reyes	October 16, 1912	October 16, 1916	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1912.
Batangas's 3rd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
4			Benito Reyes Catigbac	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.	1916–1919 Bolbok, Lipa, Lobo, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas
5			Claro M. Recto	June 3, 1919	June 5, 1928	5th	Demócrata	Elected in 1919.	1919–1922 Bolbok, Lipa, Lobo, Malvar, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Taysan
						6th		Re-elected in 1922.	1922–1928 Lipa, Lobo, Malvar, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, Santo Tomas, Taysan
						7th		Re-elected in 1925.
6			José D. Dimayuga	June 5, 1928	June 5, 1934	8th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1928.	1928–1934 Lipa, Malvar, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
						9th		Re-elected in 1931.
7			Emilio U. Mayo	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1934.	1934–1935 Lipa, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
#	Image		Member	Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Batangas's 3rd district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
8			Máximo M. Kalaw	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st	Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia	Elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Lipa, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
						2nd	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Batangas's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).
#	Image		Member	Term of office		Common wealth Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Batangas's 3rd district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
9			José Laurel Jr.	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Lipa, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Batangas's 3rd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
(9)			José Laurel Jr.	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1957	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1946.	1946–1949 Lipa, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
						2nd		Re-elected in 1949.	1949–1969 Lipa, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
						3rd		Re-elected in 1953.
10			José Macario Laurel IV	December 30, 1957	December 30, 1961	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1957.
(9)			José Laurel Jr.	December 30, 1961	September 23, 1972	5th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1961.
						6th		Re-elected in 1965.
						7th		Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.	1969–1972 Balete, Laurel, Lipa, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
District dissolved into the twenty-seat Region IV-A's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the four-seat Batangas's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
11			Milagros Laurel-Trinidad	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
						9th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1992.
						10th	NPC	Re-elected in 1995.
(10)			José Macario Laurel IV	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2001	11th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1998.
12			Victoria Hernandez-Reyes	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010	12th	Lakas	Elected in 2001.
						13th		Re-elected in 2004.
						14th		Re-elected in 2007.
13			Sonny Collantes	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2016	15th	PMP	Elected in 2010.
							Liberal
						16th		Re-elected in 2013.
14			Maria Theresa Collantes	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2025	17th	Liberal	Elected in 2016.
						18th	PDP-Laban	Re-elected in 2019.
						19th	NPC	Re-elected in 2022.
15			King Collantes	June 30, 2025	Incumbent	20th	NPC	Elected in 2025.

Election results

2025

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	King Collantes	Nationalist People's Coalition	244,340	61.39
	Mark Leviste	Independent	143,751	36.12
	Nestor Burgos	Independent	9,932	2.50
Total			398,023	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			515,378	–
	Nationalist People's Coalition hold
Source: Commission on Elections

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Ma. Theresa Collantes	224,371	60.94
	PDDS	Mary Angeline Halili	106,785	29.00
	Independent	Gerry Natanauan	31,074	8.44
	Independent	Nestor Burgos	5,968	1.62
Total votes			368,198	100.00
	NPC hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Ma. Theresa Collantes	200,450	70.70
	Independent	Ma. Chona Dimayuga	63,430	22.37
	Independent	Jose Gabriel Reyes	11,541	4.07
	LM	Nestor Burgos	8,095	2.85
Total votes			283,516	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

2016

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2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Maria Theresa Collantes	186,440	58.04%
Invalid or blank votes			134,768	41.96%
Total votes			321,208	100%
	Liberal hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Nelson Collantes	104,276	48.47
	Lakas	Sonia Aquino	80,459	37.40
	Nacionalista	Victoria Hernandez-Reyes	23,473	10.91
	UNA	Nicomedes Hernandez	6,912	3.21
Valid ballots			215,120	92.87
Invalid or blank votes			16,516	7.13
Total votes			231,636	100.00
	Liberal hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Nelson Collantes	67,238	27.19
	Liberal	Cristeta Reyes	60,375	24.42
	NPC	Ma. Chona Dimayuga	52,387	21.19
	Nacionalista	Luis Carlos Laurel	36,023	14.57
	Lakas–Kampi	Rodrigo Reyes	22,457	9.08
	LM	Nicomedes Hernandez	8,790	3.55
Valid ballots			247,270	92.76
Invalid or blank votes			19,288	7.24
Total votes			266,558	100.00%
	PMP gain from Lakas–Kampi

2007

2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Victoria Hernandez-Reyes	107,869	56.24%
	PMP	Nelson Collantes	83,917	43.76%
Total votes			191,786	100.00%
	Lakas hold

See also

• Legislative districts of Batangas