Albay's 1st congressional district is one of the three

congressional districts of the Philippines Congressional districts of the Philippines () 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 of the Philippines, House of Rep ...

in the province of

Albay Albay (IPA: ), officially the Province of Albay (; ; Baybayin, ᜎᜎᜏᜒᜄᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, mostly on the southeastern part of the isla ...

. It has been represented in the

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since 1916 and earlier in the

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from 1907 to 1916. The district consists of the northern Albay city of

Tabaco Tabaco, officially the City of Tabaco (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 140,961 p ...

and adjacent municipalities of

Bacacay Bacacay, officially the Municipality of Bacacay (; ), is a municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 72,485 people. Bacacay is primarily an agricultural town and abundant in seafoo ...

, Malilipot, Malinao,

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and Tiwi. It is currently vacant for the 19th Congress since the death of recent representative

Edcel Lagman Edcel Castelar Lagman Sr. (, May 1, 1942 – January 30, 2025) was a Filipino human rights lawyer and politician from the province of Albay. He was elected as a member of the House from 1987 to 1998 and 2004 to 2013 and from 2016 up until h ...

on January 30, 2025.

Representation history

Election results

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2022

2019

2016

2013

2010

References

{{Philippine congressional districts in Region V Congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Albay 1907 establishments in the Philippines Congressional districts of the Bicol Region Constituencies established in 1907