Leyte's 1st congressional district is one of the five congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of

Leyte Leyte ( ) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census. Since the accessibility of land has been ...

. It has been represented in the

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since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916. The district consists of the provincial capital,

Tacloban Tacloban ( ; ), officially the City of Tacloban (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city on Leyte island in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, Tacloban has a popu ...

, and adjacent municipalities of Alangalang, Babatngon, Palo, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Tanauan and Tolosa since 1987. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by

Martin Romualdez Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez (, born November 14, 1963) is a Filipino businessman, lawyer, and politician who has served as the 24th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, speaker of the House of Representatives since 2 ...

of the Lakas–CMD (Lakas), who has served as the House Speaker since July 2022. Until 1931, it consisted of the sub-province of

Biliran Biliran, officially the Province of Biliran (Waray language, Waray-Waray: ''Probinsya han Biliran''; ; ), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region (Region VIII). Biliran is one of ...

and the northwestern municipalities of Albuera, Baybay, Calubian,

, Merida, Ormoc, Palompon, San Isidro, and Villaba. Following the creation of the fifth district, Albuera, Baybay, and Ormoc were redistricted to the second district, while other municipalities were retained; Isabel, Matag-ob, and Tabango were later established as new municipalities after the district was re-created in 1945. Following the creation of

Southern Leyte Southern Leyte (; Kabalian: ''Habagatan nga Leyte''; ; ), officially the Province of Southern Leyte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital and largest city is Maasin. Southern Leyte comprised the ...

in 1959, these areas under this district were reapportioned to the third district, and the district was redefined to consist of the city of Tacloban and the eastern municipalities of

Abuyog Abuyog (IPA: �ɐ'bujog, officially the Municipality of Abuyog, (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,216 people. Facing Leyte Gulf out into the Philippine S ...

, Babatngon, Dulag, Javier, MacArthur, Mahaplag, Mayorga, Palo, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Tanauan, and Tolosa, all previously from the fourth district, from 1961 until its second dissolution in 1972. Together with Negros Occidental's 3rd district, Leyte's 1st district has seen two House Speakers, tied for the most by any district: Daniel Z. Romualdez and his nephew, Martin Romualdez.

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{{Philippine congressional districts in Region VIII Congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Leyte (province) 1907 establishments in the Philippines Congressional districts of Eastern Visayas Constituencies established in 1907