Nueva Vizcaya's at-large congressional district

Nueva Vizcaya's at-large congressional district, also known as Nueva Vizcaya's lone district, is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Nueva Vizcaya for various national legislatures since 1898.^[3] The province first elected its representative provincewide at-large for the Malolos Congress of the First Philippine Republic. In 1907, when the Philippine Assembly was established, the province had no representation as it was then classified as a special province under the supervision of the Department of the Interior Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes.^[4] Since 1916 when it was re-established as a specially organized province separate from its former Comandancia de Quiañgan which became the Ifugao sub-province under Jones Law, Nueva Vizcaya has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives.^[5] It remains as a single-member district, except for a brief period between 1943 and 1944 when a second seat was allocated in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.^[6]

Nueva Vizcaya's at-large congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Nueva Vizcaya within the Philippines
Province	Nueva Vizcaya
Region	Cagayan Valley
Population	497,432 (2020)[1]
Electorate	303,090 (2025)[2]
Area	4,221.45 km2 (1,629.91 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1916 (single-member district)
Representative	Tim Cayton
Political party	Aksyon
Congressional bloc	Majority

The district is currently represented by Tim Cayton of the Aksyon Demokratiko.^[7]

Representation history

#	Term of office		National Assembly		Seat A						Seat B
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history		Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the Malolos Congress
District created June 18, 1898.[8]
–	September 15, 1898	March 23, 1901	1st				Evaristo Pañganiban	Independent	Elected in 1898.				Hipólito Magsalin	Independent	Appointed.
#	Term of office		Legislature		Single seat					Seats eliminated
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
District re-created August 29, 1916.[5]
1	March 19, 1917	June 3, 1919	4th				Wenceslao Valera	Nacionalista	Appointed.
2	June 3, 1919	June 12, 1924	5th				Evaristo Pañganiban	Independent	Appointed. Resigned.
			6th					Nacionalista Unipersonalista
3	June 12, 1924	May 1925					Eulogio Rodríguez	Demócrata	Appointed. Resigned on election as Rizal's 2nd district representative.
4	January 1, 1926	June 5, 1928	7th				Antonio G. Escamilla	Independent	Appointed.
5	June 5, 1928	June 2, 1931	8th				Manuel Nieto	Nacionalista Consolidado	Appointed.
6	June 2, 1931	June 5, 1934	9th				Domingo Maddela	Nacionalista Consolidado	Appointed.
7	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th				Severino Purugganan	Nacionalista Democrático	Appointed.
#	Term of office		National Assembly		Single seat
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
8	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1938	1st				Bernardo L. Buenafe	Nacionalista Democrático	Appointed.
9	December 30, 1938	December 30, 1941	2nd				Guillermo E. Bongolan	Nacionalista	Appointed.
#	Term of office		National Assembly		Seat A						Seat B
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history		Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)
District re-created September 7, 1943.[9]
–	September 25, 1943	February 2, 1944	1st				Guillermo E. Bongolan	KALIBAPI	Elected in 1943.				Demetrio Quirino	KALIBAPI	Appointed as an ex officio member.
#	Term of office		Common- wealth Congress		Single seat					Seats eliminated
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
10	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st				León Cabarroguis	Nacionalista	Elected in 1941.
#	Term of office		Congress		Single seat
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
(10)	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1953	1st				León Cabarroguis	Liberal	Re-elected in 1946.
			2nd						Re-elected in 1949.
11	December 30, 1953	December 30, 1967	3rd				Leonardo B. Perez	Nacionalista	Elected in 1953.
			4th						Re-elected in 1957.
			5th						Re-elected in 1961.
			6th						Re-elected in 1965. Resigned on election as senator.
12	December 30, 1969	September 23, 1972	7th				Benjamín B. Perez	Nacionalista	Elected in 1969. 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			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa
District re-created February 1, 1984.[10]
–	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986	2nd				Leonardo B. Perez	KBL	Elected in 1984.
#	Term of office		Congress		Single seat
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District re-created February 2, 1987.
13	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1992	8th				Carlos Padilla	PDP–Laban	Elected in 1987.
(11)	June 30, 1992	June 30, 1995	9th				Leonardo B. Perez	NPC	Elected in 1992.
(13)	June 30, 1995	June 30, 2004	10th				Carlos Padilla	LDP	Elected in 1995.
			11th						Re-elected in 1998.
			12th						Re-elected in 2001.
14	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2007	13th				Rodolfo Q. Agbayani	LDP	Elected in 2004.
(13)	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2016	14th				Carlos Padilla	Nacionalista	Elected in 2007.
			15th						Re-elected in 2010.
			16th						Re-elected in 2013.
15	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2025	17th				Luisa Lloren Cuaresma	UNA	Elected in 2016.
			18th					NUP	Re-elected in 2019.
			19th					Lakas	Re-elected in 2022.
								UNA
16	June 30, 2025	Incumbent	20th				Tim Cayton	Aksyon	Elected in 2025.

Election results

2025

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Tim Cayton	Aksyon Demokratiko	100,291	40.52
	Tam-an Tomas	Lakas–CMD	76,698	30.99
	Ruth Padilla	Nacionalista Party	57,482	23.22
	Val de Leon	Independent	8,597	3.47
	Jun Manghi	Independent	2,625	1.06
	Jay Padilla	Independent	1,670	0.67
	Lawrence Santa Ana	Independent	165	0.07
Total			247,528	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			303,090	–
	Aksyon Demokratiko gain from United Nationalist Alliance
Source: Commission on Elections

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Luisa Cuaresma	84,616
	Nacionalista	Ruth Padilla	84,217
	Liberal	Donna Lyn Gerdan	20,449
	Independent	Lawrence Sta. Ana	631
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes			11,992
Total votes			201,905
	UNA gain from Nacionalista

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Carlos M. Padilla	77,738	57.04
	UNA	Luisa Cuaresma	51,313	37.65
	Independent	Lawrence Sta. Ana	1,426	1.05
Margin of victory			26,425	19.39%
Invalid or blank votes			5,803	4.26
Total votes			136,280	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Carlos M. Padilla	108,316	63.75
	Liberal	Ralph Lantion	59,473	35.00
	Independent	Carlito Labitoria	1,761	1.04
	Independent	Lawrence Sta. Ana	367	0.22
Valid ballots			169,917	97.03
Invalid or blank votes			5,201	2.97
Total votes			175,118	100.00
	Nacionalista hold