Cebu City's 1st congressional district is one of the two

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 city of Cebu. It has been represented in the

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since 1987. The district consists of forty six barangays of the city locally referred to as the "North District". It was represented in the 19th Congress by

Rachel del Mar Rachel Marguerite "Cutie" Borromeo del Mar (born November 3, 1966) is a Filipino people, Filipina politician. She currently serves as the House of Representatives (Philippines), representative for the Cebu City's 1st congressional district, 1st ...

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).

Representation history

Election results

2025

Incumbent

(

) ran for a second term. She was previously elected in 2022 with 45.99% of the vote and a 50,350 vote (20.65%) margin over her closest opponent. Del Mar ran against three other candidates, including Cebu City councilor Mary Ann de los Santos (

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- BOPK) and Cebu City

Liga ng mga Barangay The Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas (League of Barangays in the Philippines) and the Asosasyon ng mga Kapitan ng Barangay (Association of Barangay Captains, ABC) are formal organizations of all the barangays in the Philippines. Presently, alm ...

president Franklyn Ong (

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). Both Del Mar and Ong ran under BOPK in the previous election, with Del Mar defecting from her late father Raul's longtime party in favor of incumbent mayor Raymond Garcia's

Kugi Uswag Sugbo Kugi Uswag Sugbo (), commonly known as KUSUG, is a local political party based in Cebu City, Philippines and was founded by former Mayor Alvin Garcia. It was formerly allied with the Partido Barug of former mayor Michael Rama from 2013 to 202 ...

. Del Mar won re-election, albeit with a decreased margin of 23,876 votes (9.56%), over second-placer Ong.

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References

{{Cebu City Congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Cebu City 1987 establishments in the Philippines Congressional districts of Central Visayas Constituencies established in 1987