Eastern Samar's at-large congressional district is the sole

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 province of Eastern Samar. Also known as Eastern Samar's lone district, it has been represented in the

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since 1965. It first elected a representative provincewide

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for the 6th Congress of the

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following its creation and that of

Northern Samar Northern Samar ( war, Amihanan Samar/Norte san Samar; tl, Hilagang Samar), officially the Province of Northern Samar, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas Regions of the Philippines, regio ...

as regular provinces separate from

Samar Samar ( ) is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 1,909,537 as of the 2020 census. It is located in the eastern Visayas, which are in the central Philippines. The island is divided in ...

under Republic Act No. 4221 on June 19, 1965. It has remained a

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for the House of Representatives as well as the

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parliament known as the

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from 1984 to 1986. The district is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Maria Fe R. Abunda of the

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Representation history

Election results

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References

{{coord missing, Philippines Congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Eastern Samar 1965 establishments in the Philippines At-large congressional districts of the Philippines Congressional districts of Eastern Visayas Constituencies established in 1965