Leyte's 4th congressional district

Leyte's 4th congressional district is one of the five congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Leyte. 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 city of Ormoc and adjacent municipalities of Albuera, Isabel, Kananga, Matag-ob, Merida and Palompon since 1987. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Richard Gomez of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP).^[4][5]

Leyte's 4th congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Boundary of Leyte's 4th congressional district in Leyte
Location of Leyte within the Philippines
Province	Leyte
Region	Eastern Visayas
Population	492,035 (2020)[1]
Electorate	325,491 (2022)[2]
Major settlements	7 LGUs Cities Ormoc Municipalities Albuera Isabel Kananga Matag-ob Merida Palompon
Area	1,450.84 km2 (560.17 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	Richard Gomez
Political party	PFP
Congressional bloc	Majority

Until 1931, the district consisted of the northeastern municipalities of Alangalang, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, and Tolosa. Following the creation of the fifth district where Alangalang was added, the municipalities of Abuyog and Santa Fe were reapportioned into this district.^[6] MacArthur, Mahaplag, and Mayorga were later established after the district's re-creation in 1945. Following the creation of Southern Leyte in 1959, these areas under this district were reapportioned to the first district, and the district was redefined to consist of the city of Ormoc and the western municipalities of Albuera, Bato, Baybay, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Kananga, and Matalom, all previously from the second district, from 1961 until its second dissolution in 1972.^[7]

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Leyte's 4th district for the Philippine Assembly
District created January 9, 1907.[8][9]
1			Jaime C. de Veyra	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1912	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1907.	1907–1909 Alangalang, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
						2nd		Re-elected in 1909.	1909–1916 Alangalang, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
2			Francisco Enage	October 16, 1912	February 5, 1915	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1912. Resigned on appointment as Iloilo provincial prosecutor.
3			Ruperto Kapunan	September 18, 1915	October 16, 1916		Progresista	Elected in 1915 to finish Enage's term.
Leyte's 4th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
(3)			Ruperto Kapunan	October 16, 1916	June 6, 1922	4th	Progresista	Re-elected in 1916.	1916–1931 Alangalang, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
						5th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1919.
4			Filomeno Montejo	June 6, 1922	June 5, 1928	6th	Nacionalista Colectivista	Elected in 1922.
						7th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Re-elected in 1925.
5			Cirilo Bayaya	June 5, 1928	June 5, 1934	8th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1928.
						9th		Re-elected in 1931.	1931–1935 Abuyog, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
6			Fortunato M. Sevilla	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
Leyte's 4th district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
(2)			Francisco Enage	September 16, 1935	September 1, 1936	1st	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1935. Resigned on appointment as presidential technical adviser.	1935–1941 Abuyog, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
7			Norberto Romualdez	September 1, 1936	November 4, 1941		Nacionalista	Elected in 1936 to finish Enage's term.
						2nd		Re-elected in 1938. Died.
District dissolved into the two-seat Leyte'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
Leyte's 4th district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
(4)			Filomeno Montejo	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Abuyog, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Leyte's 4th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
8			Juan R. Pérez	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st	Liberal	Elected in 1946.	1946–1949 Abuyog, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
9			Daniel Z. Romuáldez	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1961	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1949.	1949–1957 Abuyog, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
						3rd		Re-elected in 1953.
						4th		Re-elected in 1957. Redistricted to the 1st district.	1957–1961 Abuyog, Babatngon, Dulag, MacArthur, Mahaplag, Mayorga, Palo, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
10			Dominador M. Tan	December 30, 1961	December 30, 1969	5th	Nacionalista	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1961.	1961–1972 Albuera, Bato, Baybay, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Kananga, Matalom, Ormoc
						6th	Liberal	Re-elected in 1965.
11			Rodolfo M. Rivilla	December 30, 1969	September 23, 1972	7th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the ten-seat Region VIII's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the five-seat Leyte's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.[10][11]
12			Carmelo J. Locsin	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	PDP–Laban	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Albuera, Isabel, Kananga, Matag-ob, Merida, Ormoc, Palompon
						9th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1992.
						10th		Re-elected in 1995.
13			Ma. Victoria L. Locsin	June 30, 1998	December 10, 2002	11th	NPC	Elected in 1998.
						12th		Re-elected in 2001. Election annulled by House electoral tribunal after an electoral protest.
14			Eufrocino M. Codilla Sr.	December 11, 2002	June 30, 2010		Lakas	Declared winner of 2001 elections.
						13th		Re-elected in 2004.
						14th		Re-elected in 2007.
15			Lucy Torres-Gomez	June 30, 2010	March 19, 2013	15th	Liberal	Elected in 2010. Election annulled by the Supreme Court due to being an invalid substitute of disqualified candidate Richard Gomez.
				June 30, 2013	June 30, 2022	16th		Re-elected in 2013.
						17th	PDP–Laban	Re-elected in 2016.
						18th		Re-elected in 2019.
16			Richard Gomez	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	PDP–Laban	Elected in 2022.
						20th	PFP	Re-elected in 2025.

Election results

2025

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Richard Gomez (incumbent)	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	172,483	56.94
	Ching Veloso	National Unity Party	130,415	43.06
Total			302,898	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			353,329	–
	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas hold
Source: Commission on Elections

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Richard Gomez	148,941
	Independent	Goyo Larrazabal	117,912
Total votes				100.00%
	PDP–Laban hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Lucy Torres-Gomez (incumbent)	178,919
	Lakas	Winnie Codilla	51,155
Total votes				100.00%
	PDP–Laban hold

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lucy Torres-Gomez (incumbent)	137,601	62.50%
	Aksyon	Violy Codilla	82,557	37.50%
Valid ballots			220,158	89.86%
Margin of victory			55,044	25.00%
Invalid or blank votes			24,846	10.14%
Total votes			245,004	100.00%
	Liberal hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lucy Torres-Gomez (incumbent)	106,291	53.29
	Lakas	Eric Codilla	78,662	39.44
Margin of victory			27,629	13.85%
Invalid or blank votes			14,510	7.27
Total votes			199,463	100.00
	Liberal hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lucy Torres-Gomez	101,250	56.79
	Lakas–Kampi	Eufrocino Codilla, Jr.	76,549	42.93
	Independent	Silverio Tagolino	493	0.28
Valid ballots			178,292	94.01
Invalid or blank votes			11,352	5.99
Total votes			189,644	100.00
	Liberal gain from Lakas–Kampi

1936 special

1936 Leyte's 4th National Assembly district special election

Candidate	Votes	%
Norberto Romualdez	7,033	76.32
Antonio Marcos	2,182	23.68
Total	9,215	100.00
Majority	4,851	52.64

See also

• Legislative districts of Leyte