Batangas's 6th congressional district

Batangas's 6th congressional district
Batangas's 6th congressional district
Constituency; for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
	Boundary of Batangas's 6th congressional district in Batangas
	Location of Batangas within the Philippines
Province	Batangas
Region	Calabarzon
Population	372,931 (2020)
Electorate	257,401 (2025)
Major settlements	Lipa
Area	209.40 km2 (80.85 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	2015
Representative	Ryan Christian Recto
Political party	Nacionalista

Batangas's 6th 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 2016.^[3] The district consists of Lipa. It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by Ryan Christian Recto of the Nacionalista Party (NP).^[4]^[5]

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#	Image		Member	Tenure		Congress	Party	Electoral History	Constituent LGUs
#	Image		Member	Start	End	Congress	Party	Electoral History	Constituent LGUs
District created August 19, 2015 from Batangas's 4th district.^[6]
1			Vilma Santos-Recto (born 1953)	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2022	17th	Liberal	Elected in 2016.	2016–present Lipa
1			Vilma Santos-Recto (born 1953)	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2022	18th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 2019.
2			Ralph Recto (born 1964)	June 30, 2022	January 12, 2024	19th	Nacionalista	Elected in 2022. Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Finance.
—		Vacant		January 12, 2024	June 30, 2025	19th	Martin Romualdez (Leyte–1st) was designated as the caretaker of the district.^[7]
3			Ryan Recto (born 1996)	June 30, 2025	Incumbent	20th	Nacionalista	Elected in 2025.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Ryan Recto	92,823	45.94%
	Partido ng Masang Lipeño	Bernadette Sabili	72,976	36.11%
	Independent	Mario Panganiban	20,872	10.33%
	Independent	Rodel Lacorte	15,398	7.62%
Total votes			202,069	100.00%
	Nacionalista hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Ralph Recto	161,540	82.96%
Invalid or blank votes			33,172	17.04
Total votes			194,712	100.00%
	Nacionalista hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Vilma Santos-Recto (incumbent)	96,743	61.01
	NPC	Meynardo Sabili	61,821	38.99
Total votes			158,564	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Vilma Santos-Recto	83,492	56.13%
	NUP	Bernadette Sabili	60,472	40.65%
Margin of victory			23,020	15.48%
Valid ballots			143,964	96.78%
Invalid or blank votes			4,796	3.22%
Total votes			148,760	100%
	Liberal win (new seat)

Representation history