Cotabato's 1st congressional district

Cotabato's 1st congressional district
Cotabato's 1st congressional district
Constituency; for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
	Location of Cotabato within the Philippines
Province	Cotabato
Region	Soccsksargen
Population	403,870 (2024)
Electorate	246,037 (2025)
Major settlements	6 LGUs Municipalities ; Alamada ; Aleosan ; Libungan ; Midsayap ; Pigcawayan ; Pikit ;
Area	2,420.58 km2 (934.59 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1987
Representative	Edwin Cruzado
Political party	Lakas–CMD
Congressional bloc	Majority

Population403,870 (2024)^[1]

Electorate246,037 (2025)^[2]

Cotabato's 1st 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 1987.^[3] The district covers western Cotabato, bordered on three sides by the province of Maguindanao and which, since 2019, contains several exclaves of the Bangsamoro autonomous region. It consists of the municipalities of Alamada, Aleosan, Libungan, Midsayap, Pigcawayan and Pikit.^[4] Prior to redistricting in 2012, the district also included the municipalities of Banisilan, Carmen and Kabacan.^[5] It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by Edwin Cruzado of the Lakas–CMD.^[6]

#	Image	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
#	Image	Member	Start	End	Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
Cotabato's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created February 2, 1987 from Cotabato's at-large district.^[5]
1		Rodrigo B. Gutang	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1992	8th	PDP–Laban	Elected in 1987.	1987–2013 Alamada, Aleosan, Banisilan, Carmen, Kabacan, Libungan, Midsayap, Pigcawayan, Pikit
2		Anthony P. Dequiña	June 30, 1992	June 30, 2001	9th	NPC	Elected in 1992.
					10th	NPC	Re-elected in 1995.
					11th	LAMMP	Re-elected in 1998.
3		Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010	12th	Independent	Elected in 2001.
					13th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 2004.
					14th	Lakas	Re-elected in 2007.
4		Jesus N. Sacdalan	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2019	15th	Liberal	Elected in 2010.
					16th	Liberal	Re-elected in 2013.	2013–present Alamada, Aleosan, Libungan, Midsayap, Pigcawayan, Pikit
					17th	PDP–Laban	Re-elected in 2016.
5		Joselito S. Sacdalan	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2025	18th	PDP–Laban	Elected in 2019.
5		Joselito S. Sacdalan	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2025	19th	NPC	Re-elected in 2022.
6		Edwin L. Cruzado	June 30, 2025	Incumbent	20th	Lakas	Elected in 2025.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Edwin Cruzado	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	98,210	50.92
	Joel Sacdalan (incumbent)	Nationalist People's Coalition	94,679	49.08
Total			192,889	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			246,037	–
	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino gain from Nationalist People's Coalition
Source: Commission on Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Jesus Sacdalan	88,683	40.26
	NPC	Anthony Dequiña	51,097	23.20
	GAD	Luzminda Tan	47,677	21.64
	Liberal	Ronaldo Pader	18,502	8.40
	Independent	Dan Ebo	1,467	0.66
Valid ballots			207,426	94.16
Invalid or blank votes			12,854	5.84
Total votes			220,280	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

v t e Congressional districts for the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Soccsksargen
Cotabato	At-large* 1st 2nd 3rd
General Santos	At-large
Mindanao and Sulu	At-large*
Region XI	At-large*
Region XII	At-large*
Sarangani	At-large
South Cotabato	At-large* 1st 2nd 3rd
Sultan Kudarat	At-large* 1st 2nd
Districts marked with asterisks (*) are defunct. Districts per region I II III IV-A V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII BARMM CAR Mimaropa NCR NIR

Election results

Cotabato's 1st congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Cotabato within the Philippines
Province	Cotabato
Region	Soccsksargen
Population	403,870 (2024)^[1]
Electorate	246,037 (2025)^[2]
Major settlements	6 LGUs Municipalities Alamada Aleosan Libungan Midsayap Pigcawayan Pikit
Area	2,420.58 km² (934.59 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1987
Representative	Edwin Cruzado
Political party	Lakas–CMD
Congressional bloc	Majority