Capiz's 1st congressional district

Capiz's 1st congressional district
Capiz's 1st congressional district
Constituency; for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
	Location of Capiz within the Philippines
Province	Capiz
Region	Western Visayas
Population	413,213 (2015)
Electorate	239,712 (2016)
Major settlements	7 LGUs Cities ; Roxas ; Municipalities ; Panay ; Panitan ; Pontevedra ; President Roxas ; Maayon ; Pilar ;
Area	730.41 km2
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	Howard Guintu
Political party	Independent
Congressional bloc	Majority

Capiz's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Capiz. 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 Capiz's capital city of Roxas and adjacent municipalities of Maayon, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra and President Roxas. It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by Howard Guintu, an independent.^[4]

The district served as an electoral district in the 1934 Constitutional Convention and in the 1971 Constitutional Convention, electing two delegates in each.^[5]^[6]

The district had been a safe seat for the Liberal Party. Whenever the district is contested in an election, it has been held by the party since its foundation in 1946, except from 1953 to 1957, until 2025. In the 2025 elections, none of the contesting candidates were from the Liberal Party.

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]^[8]
	Eugenio Picazo (1873–1931)	October 16, 1907 – October 16, 1909	Independent	1st Legislature	Elected in 1907.	1907–1909 Capiz, Dao, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra
	Rafael Acuña (1874–1945)	October 16, 1909 – October 16, 1916	Nacionalista	2nd Legislature	Elected in 1909.	1909–1916 Capiz, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, Sigma
	Rafael Acuña (1874–1945)	October 16, 1909 – October 16, 1916	Nacionalista	3rd Legislature	Re-elected in 1912.

House of Representatives (1916–1935)

Member (Lifespan)	Term of office		Legislature	Electoral history	Constituencies
Antonio Belo (1877–1944)	October 16, 1916 – June 3, 1919	Nacionalista	4th Legislature	Elected in 1916.	1916–1919 Capiz, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, Sigma
Antonio Habana	June 3, 1919 – June 6, 1922	Nacionalista	5th Legislature	Elected in 1919.	1919–1935 Capiz, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra
Manuel Roxas (1872–1948)	June 6, 1922 – November 15, 1935	Nacionalista Colectivista	6th Legislature	Elected in 1922.
		Nacionalista Consolidado	7th Legislature	Re-elected in 1925.
			8th Legislature	Re-elected in 1928.
			9th Legislature	Re-elected in 1931.
		Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia	10th Legislature	Re-elected in 1934.

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 Altavas (1877–1952)	July 30, 1934 – February 19, 1935		Nonpartisan	Elected in 1934.			Manuel Roxas (1872–1948)	July 30, 1934 – February 19, 1935		Nonpartisan	Elected in 1934.		1934 Constitutional Convention	1934–1935 Capiz, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra

National Assembly (1935–1945)

Commonwealth

Portrait	Member (Lifespan)	Term of office		Legislature	Electoral history	Constituencies
	Manuel Roxas (1872–1948)	November 15, 1935 – December 30, 1938	Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia	1st National Assembly	Re-elected in 1935.	1935–1938 Capiz, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra
	Ramon Arnaldo	December 30, 1938 – December 30, 1941	Nacionalista	2nd National Assembly	Elected in 1938.	1938–1941 Capiz, Cuartero, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra
District dissolved into the two-seat Cebu'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.
	Ramon Arnaldo	June 9, 1945 – December 30, 1953	Nacionalista	1st Commonwealth Congress	Re-elected in 1941.	1945–1949 Capiz, Cuartero, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra
			Liberal	2nd Commonwealth Congress	Re-elected in 1946.
				1st Congress	Re-elected in 1946.
				2nd Congress	Re-elected in 1949.	1949–1953 Capiz, Cuartero, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas
	Carmen Consing	December 30, 1953 – December 30, 1957	Nacionalista	3rd Congress	Elected in 1953.	1953–1957 Cuartero, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas, Roxas
	Gerardo Roxas (1924–1982)	December 30, 1957 – November 12, 1963	Liberal	4th Congress	Elected in 1957.	1957–1972 Cuartero, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Maayon, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas, Roxas
	Gerardo Roxas (1924–1982)	December 30, 1957 – November 12, 1963	Liberal	5th Congress	Re-elected in 1961. Resigned on election as senator.
Vacant (November 12, 1963 – December 30, 1965)				5th Congress	No special election held to fill vacancy.
	Mariano Acuña (1911–1992)	December 30, 1965 – December 30, 1969	Liberal	6th Congress	Elected in 1965.
	Juliano Alba	December 30, 1969 – September 23, 1972	Liberal	7th Congress	Elected in 1969. Term cut short upon the imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the sixteen-seat Region VI's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the two-seat Capiz's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.

1971 Constitutional Convention (1971–1972)

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
	Enrique Belo (1922–2004)	June 1, 1971 – November 29, 1972		Nonpartisan	Elected in 1970.			George Viterbo	June 1, 1971 – November 29, 1972		Nonpartisan	Elected in 1970.		1971 Constitutional Convention	1971–1972 Cuartero, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Maayon, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas, Roxas

House of Representatives (1987–present)

Portrait	Member (Lifespan)	Term of office		Legislature	Electoral history	Constituencies
District re-created February 2, 1987.
	Gerardo Roxas Jr. (1960–1993)	June 30, 1987 – April 4, 1993	Liberal	8th Congress	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Maayon, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas, Roxas
	Gerardo Roxas Jr. (1960–1993)	June 30, 1987 – April 4, 1993	Liberal	9th Congress	Re-elected in 1992. Died.
Vacant (April 4 – September 1, 1993)					—
	Mar Roxas (born 1957)	September 1, 1993 – January 2, 2000	Liberal		Elected in 1993 to finish his brother's term.
				10th Congress	Re-elected in 1995.
				11th Congress	Re-elected in 1998. Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Trade and Industry.
Vacant (January 2, 2000 – June 30, 2001)				11th Congress	No special election held to fill vacancy.
	Rodriguez Dadivas	June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2007	Liberal	12th Congress	Elected in 2001.
	Rodriguez Dadivas	June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2007	Liberal	13th Congress	Re-elected in 2004.
	Antonio del Rosario (born 1946)	June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2016	Liberal	14th Congress	Elected in 2007.
				15th Congress	Re-elected in 2010.
				16th Congress	Re-elected in 2013.
	Tawi Billones (born 1946)	June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2025	Liberal	17th Congress	Elected in 2016.
				18th Congress	Re-elected in 2019.
				19th Congress	Re-elected in 2022.
	Howard Guintu (born 1988)	June 30, 2025 – present	Independent	20th Congress	Elected in 2025.

Election results

1993 special

1993 House of Representatives special election in Capiz's 1st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mar Roxas	67,688	100.00
Total votes			67,688	100.00
	Liberal hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Capiz
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Antonio del Rosario (incumbent)	77,584	46.72
	Ugyon Kita Capiz	Felipe Barredo	45,859	27.62
	Independent	Rodriguez Dadivas	41,205	24.82
	Independent	Conrado Tinsay II	1,397	0.84
Valid ballots			166,045	92.87
Invalid or blank votes			12,752	7.13
Total votes			178,797	100.00
	Liberal hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Antonio del Rosario (incumbent)	100,675	78.42
	NUP	Jesus Maria Jose Avelino	22,684	17.67
	Independent	Conrado Tinsay	2,894	2.25
	Independent	Zinon Amoroso	2,131	1.66
Valid ballots			128,384	76.12
Invalid or blank votes			40,271	23.88
Total votes			168,655	100.00
	Liberal hold

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Tawi Billones	103,872	78.39
	UNA	Medardo Pestaño	28,639	21.61
Valid ballots			132,511	66.05
Invalid or blank votes			68,110	33.95
Total votes			200,621	100.00
	Liberal hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Tawi Billones (incumbent)	87,905	54.58
	UNA	Gingging Perez Almalbis	62,374	38.72
	PFP	Ruth Dinglasan	6,929	4.30
	PDDS	Marcelo Barruela Jr.	3,862	2.40
Total votes			161,070	100.00
	Liberal hold

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Tawi Billones (incumbent)	110,349	53.15
	PDP–Laban	Esteban Evan Contreras	54,558	26.28
	PRP	Engineer Agana	42,726	20.58
Total votes			207,633	100.00
	Liberal hold

2025

2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Capiz
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Howard Guintu	131,545	54.63
	1-Capiz	Paolo Roxas	109,249	45.37
Total votes			240,794	100.00
	Independent gain from Liberal

References

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↑ Act No. 4125 (May 26, 1934), An Act to Provide for the Election and Holding of the Constitutional Convention Authorized by the Act of the Congress of the United States of March Twenty-Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Four, Appropriate Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
↑ Republic Act No. 6132 (August 24, 1970), An Act Implementing Resolution of Both Houses Numbered Two as Amended by Resolution of Both Houses Numbered Four of the Congress of the Philippines Calling for a Constitutional Convention, Providing for Proportional Representation Therein and Other Details Relating to the Election of Delegates to and the Holding of the Constitutional Convention, Repealing for the Purpose Republic Act Four Thousand Nine Hundred Fourteen, and for Other Purposes
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↑ Division of Insular Affairs (1908). Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War. Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. Vol. 253. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Washington, D.C.: United States War Department. p. 49. Retrieved April 11, 2020.

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[5] Act No. 4125 (May 26, 1934), An Act to Provide for the Election and Holding of the Constitutional Convention Authorized by the Act of the Congress of the United States of March Twenty-Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Four, Appropriate Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes

[6] Republic Act No. 6132 (August 24, 1970), An Act Implementing Resolution of Both Houses Numbered Two as Amended by Resolution of Both Houses Numbered Four of the Congress of the Philippines Calling for a Constitutional Convention, Providing for Proportional Representation Therein and Other Details Relating to the Election of Delegates to and the Holding of the Constitutional Convention, Repealing for the Purpose Republic Act Four Thousand Nine Hundred Fourteen, and for Other Purposes

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