Cavite's 8th congressional district is one of the eight
congressional districts of the Philippines in
Cavite. It has been represented in the
House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2019.
It consists of the southern city of
Tagaytay and the municipalities of
Alfonso,
General Emilio Aguinaldo,
Magallanes
Magallanes may refer to:
* Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521), Portuguese explorer who led part of the first expedition around the world
* Strait of Magellan, the strait between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, located in Chile
Places
* Magallane ...
,
Maragondon,
Mendez
Méndez is a common Spanish language, Spanish surname, originally a patronymic, meaning ''Son of Mendo'', ''Menendo'', or ''Mem''. A longer form sharing the same root is Menendez (disambiguation), Menéndez, while the Portuguese language, Portugues ...
,
Naic
Naic, officially the Municipality of Naic ( tgl, Bayan ng Naic), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 160,987 people. Naic has a land area of 76.24 square kilo ...
, and
Ternate, bordering the provinces of
Batangas and
Laguna
Laguna (Italian and Spanish for lagoon) may refer to:
People
* Abe Laguna (born 1992), American DJ known as Ookay
* Andrés Laguna (1499–1559), Spanish physician, pharmacologist, and botanist
* Ana Laguna (born 1955), Spanish-Swedish ballet d ...
. It is currently represented in the
19th Congress by Aniela Bianca Tolentino of the
National Unity Party The National Unity Party, National United Party, Party of National Unity or National Unity Front may refer to:
* National United Party of Afghanistan (founded 2003)
* National Unity Party (Albania)
* National United Party (Armenia), defunct
* Natio ...
(NUP).
Previously included in
Cavite's 7th congressional district
Cavite's 7th congressional district is one of the eight congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Cavite. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2010. The district consists of Cavite's ...
, it was created in 2018 when
General Trias was granted
its own district, being assigned as the new 6th district and having remnants of the old 7th district in the new 8th district.
Representation history
Election results
2022
2019
See also
*
Legislative districts of Cavite
References
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Congressional districts of the Philippines
Politics of Cavite
2018 establishments in the Philippines
Congressional districts of Calabarzon
Constituencies established in 2018