Cebu's 7th Congressional District
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Cebu's 7th congressional district is one of the seven
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
Cebu Cebu ( ; ), officially the Province of Cebu (; ), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets. The coastal zone of Cebu is identified as a ...
. It was represented in the
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from 1916 to 1972, and again since
2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
. It was also earlier represented in the
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from 1907 to 1916. The district consists of the southwestern municipalities of Alcantara, Alegria, Badian,
Dumanjug Dumanjug, officially the Municipality of Dumanjug (; ), is a municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 57,823 people. Dumanjug is also known as "The Land of Golden Friendship". Geo ...
, Ginatilan, Malabuyoc,
Moalboal Moalboal (), officially the Municipality of Moalboal (; ), is a municipality in the Philippine province of Cebu. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 36,930 people. Pescador Island, a popular tourist attraction, is part of th ...
and
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. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Peter John Calderon of the
Nationalist People's Coalition The Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) is a conservatism, conservative political party in the Philippines which was founded in 1992 by presidential candidate Danding Cojuangco. History Formation In 1990, amid political and economic unce ...
(NPC). Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, the district encompassed the northwestern Cebu municipalities of
Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...
, Balamban, Bantayan, Daanbantayan, Madridejos, Medellin, San Remigio, Santa Fe, Tabuelan, and Tuburan.


Representation history


Election results


2019


2016


See also

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Legislative districts of Cebu The legislative districts of Cebu are the representations of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Cebu in the List of legislatures of the Philippines, various national legislatures of the Philippines. At present, the province is repres ...


References

{{Philippine congressional districts in Region VII Congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Cebu 1907 establishments in the Philippines Congressional districts of Central Visayas Constituencies established in 1907