Batangas's 3rd congressional district

Batangas's 3rd congressional district
Batangas's 3rd congressional district
Constituency; for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
	Boundary of Batangas's 3rd congressional district
	Location of Batangas within the Philippines
Province	Batangas
Region	Calabarzon
Population	768,561 (2020)
Electorate	478,027 (2022)
Major settlements	12 LGUs Cities ; Santo Tomas ; Tanauan ; Municipalities ; Agoncillo ; Alitagtag ; Balete ; Cuenca ; Laurel ; Malvar ; Mataasnakahoy ; San Nicolas ; Santa Teresita ; Talisay ;
Area	545.73 km2 (210.71 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	King Collantes
Political party	NPC
Congressional bloc	Majority

Batangas's 3rd congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Batangas. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.^[3] The district consists of the northern Batangas cities of Santo Tomas and Tanauan, as well as adjacent municipalities surrounding the Taal Lake: Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita and Talisay, a configuration that has been in place since 1987.^[4]^[5] It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by King Collantes of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).^[6]

Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, the third district encompassed the city of Lipa and the eastern Batangas municipalities of Balete, Laurel, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, and Tanauan. The southeastern municipalities of Lobo and San Juan were also part of the district from its creation until 1928 when a minor reorganization, enacted into law a year earlier, transferred them to the second district. Simultaneously, Tanauan became part of this district.^[7]^[8]

List of members representing the district

Philippine Assembly (1907–1916)

Portrait	Member (Lifespan)	Term of office		Legislature	Electoral history	Constituencies
District created January 9, 1907.^[7]^[9]
	Gregorio Catigbac (1864–1941)	October 16, 1907 – October 16, 1909	Nacionalista	1st Legislature	Elected in 1907.	1907–1916 Lipa, Lobo, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan de Bocboc, Santo Tomas
	Teodoro Kalaw (1884–1940)	October 16, 1909 – October 16, 1912	Nacionalista	2nd Legislature	Elected in 1909.
	Fidel A. Reyes (1878–1967)	October 16, 1912 – October 16, 1916	Nacionalista	3rd Legislature	Elected in 1912.

House of Representatives (1916–1935)

Member (Lifespan)	Term of office		Legislature	Electoral history	Constituencies
Benito Reyes Katigbak (1871–1925)	October 16, 1916 – June 3, 1919	Nacionalista	4th Legislature	Elected in 1916.	1916–1919 Bolbok, Lipa, Lobo, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas
Claro M. Recto (1890–1960)	June 3, 1919 – June 5, 1928	Democrata	5th Legislature	Elected in 1919.	1919–1922 Bolbok, Lipa, Lobo, Malvar, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Taysan
			6th Legislature	Re-elected in 1922.	1922–1928 Lipa, Lobo, Malvar, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, Santo Tomas, Taysan
			7th Legislature	Re-elected in 1925.
Jose Dimayuga (1892–1977)	June 5, 1928 – June 5, 1934	Nacionalista Consolidado	8th Legislature	Elected in 1928.	1928–1934 Lipa, Malvar, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
Jose Dimayuga (1892–1977)	June 5, 1928 – June 5, 1934	Nacionalista Consolidado	9th Legislature	Re-elected in 1931.
Emilio Mayo (1901–1952)	June 5, 1934 – November 15, 1935	Nacionalista Democratico	10th Legislature	Elected in 1934.	1934–1935 Lipa, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan

1934 Constitutional Convention (1934–1935)

Seat A							Seat B							Legislature	Constituencies
Portrait	Member (Lifespan)	Term of office	Party		Electoral history		Portrait	Member (Lifespan)	Term of office	Party		Electoral history		Legislature	Constituencies
	Jose P. Laurel (1891–1959)	July 30, 1934 – February 19, 1935		Nonpartisan	Elected in 1934.			Claro M. Recto (1890–1960)	July 30, 1934 – February 19, 1935		Nonpartisan	Elected in 1934.		1934 Constitutional Convention	1934–1935 Lipa, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan

National Assembly (1935–1945)

Commonwealth

Portrait	Member (Lifespan)	Term of office		Legislature	Electoral history	Constituencies
	Maximo Kalaw (1891–1954)	November 15, 1935 – December 30, 1941	Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia	1st National Assembly	Elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Lipa, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
	Maximo Kalaw (1891–1954)	November 15, 1935 – December 30, 1941	Nacionalista	2nd National Assembly	Re-elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Batangas's at-large district for the Second Republic National Assembly.

House of Representatives (1945–1972)

Portrait	Member (Lifespan)	Term of office		Legislature	Electoral history	Constituencies
District re-created May 24, 1945.
	Jose Laurel Jr. (1912–1998)	June 9, 1945 – December 30, 1957	Nacionalista	1st Commonwealth Congress	Elected in 1941.	1945–1949 Lipa, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
				2nd Commonwealth Congress	Re-elected in 1946.
				1st Congress	Re-elected in 1946.
				2nd Congress	Re-elected in 1949.	1949–1969 Lipa, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
				3rd Congress	Re-elected in 1953.
	Jose Macario Laurel IV (1932–2025)	December 30, 1957 – December 30, 1961	Nacionalista	4th Congress	Elected in 1957.
	Jose Laurel Jr. (1912–1998)	December 30, 1961 – September 23, 1972	Nacionalista	5th Congress	Elected in 1961.
				6th Congress	Re-elected in 1965.
				7th Congress	Re-elected in 1969. Term cut short upon the imposition of martial law.	1969–1972 Balete, Laurel, Lipa, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
District dissolved into the twenty-seat Region IV-A's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the four-seat Batangas's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.

1971 Constitutional Convention (1971–1972)

Seat A							Seat B							Seat C							Legislature	Constituencies
Portrait	Member (Lifespan)	Term of office	Party		Electoral history		Portrait	Member (Lifespan)	Term of office	Party		Electoral history		Portrait	Member (Lifespan)	Term of office	Party		Electoral history		Legislature	Constituencies
	Sotero Laurel (1918–2009)	June 1, 1971 – November 29, 1972		Nonpartisan	Elected in 1970.			Artemio Lobrin	June 1, 1971 – November 29, 1972		Nonpartisan	Elected in 1970.			Oscar Leviste	June 1, 1971 – November 29, 1972		Nonpartisan	Elected in 1970.		1971 Constitutional Convention	1971–1972 Balete, Laurel, Lipa, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan

House of Representatives (1987–present)

Portrait	Member (Lifespan)	Term of office		Legislature	Electoral history	Constituencies
District re-created February 2, 1987.
	Milagros Laurel-Trinidad (born 1941)	June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1998	Nacionalista (until 1995)	8th Congress	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan
			Nacionalista (until 1995)	9th Congress	Re-elected in 1992.
			NPC (from 1995)	9th Congress	Re-elected in 1992.
			NPC (from 1995)	10th Congress	Re-elected in 1995.
	Jose Macario Laurel IV (1932–2025)	June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2001	Nacionalista	11th Congress	Elected in 1998.
	Victoria Hernandez-Reyes (1954–2016)	June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2010	Lakas	12th Congress	Elected in 2001.
				13th Congress	Re-elected in 2004.
				14th Congress	Re-elected in 2007.
	Sonny Collantes	June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016	PMP (until 2011)	15th Congress	Elected in 2010.
			Liberal (from 2011)	15th Congress	Elected in 2010.
			Liberal (from 2011)	16th Congress	Re-elected in 2013.
	Maria Theresa Collantes (born 1954)	June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2025	Liberal	17th Congress	Elected in 2016.
			PDP–Laban	18th Congress	Re-elected in 2019.
			NPC	19th Congress	Re-elected in 2022.
	King Collantes (born 1980)	June 30, 2025 – June 30, present	NPC	20th Congress	Elected in 2025.

Election results

2007

2007 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Victoria Hernandez-Reyes (incumbent)	107,869	56.24
	PMP	Sonny Collantes	83,917	43.76
Total votes			191,786	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Sonny Collantes	67,238	27.19
	Liberal	Cristeta Reyes	60,375	24.42
	NPC	Ma. Chona Dimayuga	52,387	21.19
	Nacionalista	Luis Carlos Laurel	36,023	14.57
	Lakas–Kampi	Rodrigo Reyes	22,457	9.08
	LM	Nicomedes Hernandez	8,790	3.55
Valid ballots			247,270	92.76
Invalid or blank votes			19,288	7.24
Total votes			266,558	100.00
	PMP gain from Lakas–Kampi

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sonny Collantes (incumbent)	104,276	48.47
	Lakas	Sonia Aquino	80,459	37.40
	Nacionalista	Victoria Hernandez-Reyes	23,473	10.91
	UNA	Nicomedes Hernandez	6,912	3.21
Valid ballots			215,120	92.87
Invalid or blank votes			16,516	7.13
Total votes			231,636	100.00
	Liberal hold

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Maria Theresa Collantes	186,440	100.00
Valid ballots			186,440	58.04
Invalid or blank votes			134768	41.96
Total votes			321,208	100.00
	Liberal hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Maria Theresa Collantes (incumbent)	200,450	70.70
	Independent	Ma. Chona Dimayuga	63,430	22.37
	Independent	Jose Gabriel Reyes	11,541	4.07
	LM	Nestor Burgos	8,095	2.86
Total votes			283,516	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Maria Theresa Collantes (incumbent)	224,371	60.94
	PDDS	Mary Angeline Halili	106,785	29.00
	Independent	Gerry Natanauan	31,074	8.44
	Independent	Nestor Burgos	5,968	1.62
Total votes			368,198	100.00
	NPC hold

2025

2025 Philippine House of Representatives election in Batangas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	King Collantes	244,340	61.39
	Independent	Mark Leviste	143,751	36.12
	Independent	Nestor Burgos	9,932	2.50
Total votes			398,023	100.00
	NPC hold

References

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