Cotabato's 3rd congressional district

Cotabato's 3rd congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Cotabato. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 2013.[3] The district covers central and southern Cotabato bordering Maguindanao to the west and Lanao del Sur to the north. It consists of the municipalities of Banisilan, Carmen, Kabacan, M'lang, Matalam and Tulunan.[4] The district contains several exclaves of the Bangsamoro autonomous region. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Samantha Santos of the Lakas-CMD.[5]

Cotabato's 3rd congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Cotabato within the Philippines
ProvinceCotabato
RegionSoccsksargen
Population459,703 (2015)[1]
Electorate253,883 (2019)[2]
Major settlements
Area3,266.95 km2 (1,261.38 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created2012
RepresentativeSamantha Santos
Political party  Lakas-CMD
Congressional blocMajority

Representation history
# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history Constituent
LGUs
StartEnd

Cotabato's 3rd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

District created September 14, 2012.[4]
1 Jose I. Tejada June 30, 2013 June 30, 2022 16th Nacionalista Elected in 2013. 2013–present
Banisilan, Carmen, Kabacan, M'lang, Matalam, Tulunan
17th Re-elected in 2016.
18th Re-elected in 2019.
2 Ma. Alana Samantha T. Santos June 30, 2022 Incumbent 19th Lakas–CMD Elected in 2022.

Election results

2022
2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Lakas Samantha Santos 116,869 57.95
PDP–Laban Nelda Tejada 69,654 34.54
Independent Rene Roldan 15,156 7.51
Total votes 201,679 100%
Lakas gain from Nacionalista

See also

References
  1. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  2. "Number of Registered Voters, Voters who Actually Voted and Voters' Turnout" (PDF). Commission on Elections (Philippines). January 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  4. "Republic Act No. 10177". Official Gazette (Philippines). 14 September 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  5. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved February 28, 2021.

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