Davao City's 1st congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in

Davao City Davao City, officially the City of Davao, is a City of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Davao Region, Philippines. The city has a total land area of , making it the List of Philippine cities and municipalities ...

. It has been represented in the

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since 1987. The district covers the city's

poblacion ''Poblacion'' (from Spanish '' población'', meaning "population"), sometimes abbreviated as Pob., is a term used in the Philippines to refer to the administrative center, downtown, old town, or commercial area of a city or municipality. It ...

or downtown commercial core composed of 40

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s and Talomo district that borders it to the west which consists of 14 barangays. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by

Paolo Duterte Paolo "Pulong" Zimmerman Duterte (; ; born March 24, 1975) is a Filipino businessman and politician serving as the representative of Davao City's 1st district since 2019, and served as a House Deputy Speaker during the 18th Congress. Prior ...

of the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP), and Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod (HTL).

Representation history

Election results

2022

2019

2016

2013

2010

References

{{Philippine congressional districts in Region XI Congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Davao City 1987 establishments in the Philippines Congressional districts of the Davao Region Constituencies established in 1987