Southern Leyte's 2nd congressional district

Southern Leyte's 2nd legislative district will be the representation of the province of Southern Leyte in the Congress of the Philippines. Created in 2019 during the 17th Congress, the district will be represented in the lower house of the Congress through its second congressional district after the 2022 elections.[1] The Second district is composed of municipalities of Sogod, Libagon, Liloan, San Francisco, Pintuyan, San Ricardo, Saint Bernard, Anahawan, San Juan, Hinunangan, Hinundayan and Silago.[2]

Southern Leyte's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Southern Leyte within the Philippines
ProvinceSouthern Leyte
RegionEastern Visayas
Population228,152 (2020)
Major settlements
12 LGUs
Current constituency
Created2019
RepresentativeChristopherson Yap
Political party  Lakas-CMD
Congressional blocMajority

Representation history
# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history Constituent

LGUs

Start End
District created February 1, 2019, redistricted from Southern Leyte's at-large congressional district.[3]
1 Christopherson Yap June 30, 2022 Incumbent 19th Lakas Elected in 2022. 2022–present:
Anahawan, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Libagon, Liloan, Pintuyan, Saint Bernard, San Francisco, San Juan, San Ricardo, Silago, Sogod

Election results

2022
2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas Christopherson Yap 63,979 56.74
Abag-Promdi Florentino "Junbie" Fernandez 39,246 34.8
PFP Alexander "Alex" Cuaton 4,340 3.85
Independent Vick Barcelon 3,739 3.32
Independent Ray "Loloy" Maupoy 914 0.81
Independent Miguelito "Mig" Cataran 546 0.48
Total votes 112,764 100.00
Lakas win (new seat)

See also

References
  1. "LIST: New congressional districts in the 2022 elections". Rappler. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  2. ABS-CBN News (6 February 2019). "Southern Leyte Split". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  3. "Republic Act No. 11198 : An Act for the reapportionment of the Province of Southern Leyte into two (2) legislative Districts" (PDF). Official Gazette. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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