Cebu's 5th congressional district is one of the seven
congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of
Cebu
Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 ...
. It has been represented in the
House of Representatives of the Philippines
The House of Representatives of the Philippines ( fil, Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas, italic=unset, ''Kamara'' or ''Kamara de Representantes'' from the Spanish language, Spanish word ''cámara'', meaning "chamber") is the lower house ...
since 1916 and earlier in the
Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.
The district consists of the city of
Danao and adjacent municipalities in the northeast and the
Camotes Islands:
Borbon,
Carmen
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,
Catmon,
Compostela,
Liloan,
Pilar,
Poro,
San Francisco
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,
Sogod and
Tudela Tudela may refer to:
*Tudela, Navarre, a town and municipality in northern Spain
** Benjamin of Tudela Medieval Jewish traveller
** William of Tudela, Medieval troubadour who wrote the first part of the ''Song of the Albigensian Crusade''
** Battl ...
. It is currently represented in the
18th Congress by Vincent Franco D. Frasco of the
Lakas–CMD
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats, abbreviated as Lakas–CMD and also known simply as Lakas, is a political party in the Philippines. Lakas–CMD is considered to sit on the centre-right of the political spectrum, and is influenced by Christi ...
(Lakas).
Representation history
Election results
2019
2016
2013
2010
See also
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Legislative districts of Cebu
The legislative districts of Cebu are the representations of the province of Cebu
Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Phil ...
References
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Congressional districts of the Philippines
Politics of Cebu
1907 establishments in the Philippines
Congressional districts of Central Visayas
Constituencies established in 1907