Antipolo's at-large congressional district was the lone

congressional district of the Philippines Congressional districts of the Philippines ( fil, distritong pangkapulungan) refers to the electoral districts or constituencies in which the country is divided for the purpose of electing 253 of the 316 members of the House of Representatives (w ...

in the city of

Antipolo Antipolo, officially known as the City of Antipolo ( fil, Lungsod ng Antipolo), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 887,399 people. It is the mo ...

for the

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between 1998 and 2004. It was created after the passage of Republic Act No. 8508 in 1998 which converted Antipolo into a component city of

Rizal Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal ( fil, Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Antipolo. It is about east of Manila. The p ...

following the 1995 census. The district was represented by

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for the entirety of its existence. He was redistricted into

Antipolo's 2nd congressional district Antipolo's 2nd congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the city of Antipolo and one of four in the province of Rizal. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 20 ...

after the passage of Republic Act No. 9232 which abolished the district and reapportioned Antipolo into two congressional districts following the 2000 census.

Representation history

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Representation history

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