Cebu's 4th congressional district

Cebu's 4th congressional district is one of the seven congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Cebu. 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 city of Bogo and adjacent municipalities of Bantayan, Daanbantayan, Madridejos, Medellin, San Remigio, Santa Fe, Tabogon and Tabuelan. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Janice Z. Salimbangon of the National Unity Party (NUP) and One Cebu (1-Cebu).^[4]

Cebu's 4th congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Boundary of Cebu's 4th congressional district in Cebu
Location of Cebu within the Philippines
Province	Cebu
Region	Central Visayas
Population	540,814 (2020)[1]
Electorate	345,099 (2022)[2]
Major settlements	9 LGUs Cities Bogo Municipalities Bantayan Daanbantayan Madridejos Medellin San Remigio Santa Fe Tabogon Tabuelan
Area	740.41 km2 (285.87 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	Sun J. Shimura
Political party	PMP
Congressional bloc	TBA

Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, it consisted of the southeastern municipalities of Alcoy, Argao, Dalaguete, and Sibonga.

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Cebu's 4th district for the Philippine Assembly
District created January 9, 1907.[5][6]
1			Alejandro Ruiz	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1916	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1907.	1907–1916 Argao, Dalaguete, Sibonga
						2nd		Re-elected in 1909.
						3rd		Re-elected in 1912.
Cebu's 4th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
(1)			Alejandro Ruiz	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1916.	1916–1935 Alcoy, Argao, Dalaguete, Sibonga
2			Isidoro Aldanese	June 3, 1919	June 2, 1925	5th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.
						6th	Nacionalista Unipersonalista	Re-elected in 1922.
3			Juan Alcazaren	June 2, 1925	June 5, 1934	7th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925.
						8th		Re-elected in 1928.
						9th		Re-elected in 1931.
4			Agustín Kintanar	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1934.
#	Image		Member	Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Cebu's 4th district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
5			Vicente Rama	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1938	1st	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Alcoy, Argao, Dalaguete, Sibonga
(4)			Agustín Kintanar	December 30, 1938	December 30, 1941	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Cebu'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
Cebu's 4th district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
(4)			Agustín Kintanar	June 9, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Alcoy, Argao, Dalaguete, Sibonga
#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Cebu's 4th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
(4)			Agustín Kintanar	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1946.	1946–1972 Alcoy, Argao, Dalaguete, Sibonga
6			Filomeno C. Kintanar	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1953	2nd	Liberal	Elected in 1949.
7			Isidro Kintanar	December 30, 1953	April 8, 1968	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1953.
						4th		Re-elected in 1957.
						5th		Re-elected in 1961.
						6th		Re-elected in 1965. Died.
8			Gaudencio Beduya	December 30, 1969	September 23, 1972	7th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the thirteen-seat Region VII's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the six-seat Cebu's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
9			Celestino E. Martinez Jr.	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	LABAN	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Bantayan, Bogo, Daanbantayan, Madridejos, Medellin, San Remigio, Santa Fe, Tabogon, Tabuelan
						9th	NPC	Re-elected in 1992.
						10th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1995.
10			Clavel A. Martinez	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2007	11th	Lakas	Elected in 1998.
						12th		Re-elected in 2001.
						13th		Re-elected in 2004.
11			Benhur Salimbangon	June 30, 2007	May 24, 2010	14th	Lakas	Elected in 2007. Election annulled after an electoral protest.
12			Celestino A. Martinez III	May 24, 2010	June 30, 2010		Liberal	Declared winner of 2007 elections.
(11)			Benhur Salimbangon	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2019	15th	Lakas (One Cebu)	Re-elected in 2010.
						16th	NUP (One Cebu)	Re-elected in 2013.
						17th		Re-elected in 2016.
13			Janice Z. Salimbangon	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2025	18th	PDP–Laban (One Cebu)	Elected in 2019.
						19th	NUP (One Cebu)	Re-elected in 2022.
14			Sun J. Shimura	June 30, 2025	Incumbent	20th	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	Elected in 2025.

Election results

2025

2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Sun Shimura	149,336	61.13
	NUP	Janice Salimbangon	132,302	46.56
	Independent	Sal Arapal Cariaga	2,509	0.88
Total votes			284,147	100.00
	PMP gain from NUP

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Janice Salimbangon	163,913	61.13
	PPP	Celestino Martinez Jr.	102,020	38.05
	Independent	Sal Arapal Cariaga	2,223	0.83
Total votes			268,156	100.00
	NUP hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Janice Salimbangon	136,582	56.89
	NPC	Celestino Martinez Jr.	103,493	43.10
Total votes			240,075	100.00
	PDP–Laban gain from NUP

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Benhur Salimbangon	132,548	61.00
	Liberal	Celestino Martinez Jr.	85,107	39.00
Total votes			217,655	100.00

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Benhur Salimbangon	117,844	55.73
	Liberal	Celestino Martinez III	71,438	33.79
Valid ballots			189,282	89.52
Invalid or blank votes			22,157	10.48
Total votes			211,439	100.00
	NUP hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Benhur Salimbangon	137,324	67.48
	Liberal	Celestino Martinez III	66,165	32.52
Valid ballots			203,334	93.76
Invalid or blank votes			13,549	6.24
Total votes			217,038	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

2007

2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Benhur Salimbangon	67,227	50.02
	Liberal	Celestino Martinez III	67,173	49.98
Total votes			134,400	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

See also

• Legislative districts of Cebu