Quezon City's 5th congressional district is one of the six
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
Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino language, Filipino as Kyusi), is the richest and List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 c ...
. It has been represented in the
House of Representatives of the Philippines
The House of Representatives (; '','' thus commonly referred to as ''Kamara'') is the lower house of Congress of the Philippines, Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house. The ...
since 2013.
Previously included in the 2nd district, it includes the
barangay
The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...
s bordering the northern enclave of Caloocan more popularly known as
Novaliches
Novaliches is a place that forms the northern areas of Quezon City, and encompasses the whole area of Caloocan, North Caloocan.
Etymology
The name Novaliches came from the name of the small village of Novaliches in the town of Jérica in Spai ...
.
Primarily a residential area, it is currently represented in the
19th Congress by Patrick Michael Vargas of the
Lakas–CMD
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats, abbreviated as Lakas–CMD and also known simply as Lakas, (and known as Lakas–Kampi until 2011) is a political party in the Philippines. Lakas–CMD is considered to be on the Centre-right politics, centre ...
(Lakas).
Representation history
Election results
2013
2016
2019
2022
See also
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Legislative districts of Quezon City
The legislative districts of Quezon City are the representations of the highly urbanized city of Quezon City, Quezon in the List of legislatures of the Philippines, various national and local legislatures of the Philippines. At present, the provin ...
References
{{Philippine congressional districts in the NCR
Congressional districts of the Philippines
Politics of Quezon City
2012 establishments in the Philippines
Congressional districts of Metro Manila
Constituencies established in 2012