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. The province first elected its representative provincewide

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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. Since 1916 when it was re-established as a specially organized province separate from its former Comandancia de Quiañgan which became the

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sub-province under Jones Law, Nueva Vizcaya has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives. It remains as a

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, except for a brief period between 1943 and 1944 when a second seat was allocated in the

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of the Second Philippine Republic. The district is currently represented by

Luisa Lloren Cuaresma Luisa "Banti" Lloren Cuaresma (born January 18, 1955) is a Filipina politician who currently serves as the representative of the lone district of Nueva Vizcaya since 2016. Previously, she served as governor of Nueva Vizcaya Nueva Vizcaya, ...

of the

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Representation history

Election results

2016

2013

2010

References

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