Agusan del Norte's 1st congressional district explained

Agusan del Norte's 1st congressional district
Parl Name:	House of Representatives of the Philippines
District Label:	Province
District:	Agusan del Norte
Region Label:	Region
Region:	Caraga
Population:	403,150 (2020)^[1]
Electorate:	246,909 (2022)^[2]
Area:	1399.31sqkm
Year:	1987
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Jose Aquino II
Blank1 Name:	Political party
Blank1 Info:	Lakas–CMD
Blank2 Name:	Congressional bloc
Blank2 Info:	Majority

Agusan del Norte's 1st congressional district is a congressional district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines in the province of Agusan del Norte. It is one of only two districts in the province in existence since 1987.^[3] The district covers the independent city of Butuan and its neighbor, the municipality of Las Nieves.^[4] It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Lawrence Fortun of the Nacionalista Party (NP).^[5]

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
	Member	Start	End	Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
Agusan del Norte's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created February 2, 1987. Redistricted from Agusan del Norte's at-large district.
1		Charito B. Plaza	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	LDP	Elected in 1987.	1987–2025 Butuan, Las Nieves
					9th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1992.
					10th	Liberal	Re-elected in 1995.
2		Leovigildo Banaag	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2007	11th	LAMMP	Elected in 1998.
					12th	LDP	Elected in 2001.
					13th	Lakas	Re-elected in 2004.
3		Jose Aquino II	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2013	14th	Lakas	Elected in 2007.
3		Jose Aquino II	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2013	15th	Lakas	Re-elected in 2010.
4		Lawrence Fortun	June 30, 2013	June 30, 2022	16th	Liberal	Elected in 2013.
					17th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 2016.
					18th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 2019.
(3)		Jose Aquino II	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	Lakas	Elected in 2022.

Web site: TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020 . . June 17, 2022.
Web site: January 24, 2020 . Number of Registered Voters, Voters who Actually Voted and Voters' Turnout . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201216033437/https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2019NLE/Statistics/2019_RVVAV_mcoc_final.pdf . December 16, 2020 . February 25, 2021. Commission on Elections (Philippines).
Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . February 25, 2021 . March 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province . dead .
Web site: The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines . Chan Robles Virtual Law Library . February 25, 2021.
Web site: House Members . . February 25, 2021.