Cavite Provincial Board

The Cavite Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Cavite.

Cavite Provincial Board Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Cavite
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer	Athena Tolentino, National Unity Party
Structure
Seats	19 board members 1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups	NUP (12)   Lakas–CMD (3)   PDP–Laban (1)   UNA (1)   NPC (1)   Non-partisan (2)
Length of term	3 years
Authority	Local Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Voting system	Multiple non-transferable vote (regular members) Indirect election (ex officio members)
Last election	May 9, 2022
Next election	May 12, 2025
Meeting place
Legislative Building, Provincial Capitol Compound, Trece Martires, Cavite, Philippines
Website
Cavite Provincial Board Official Website

The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into eight districts, two representatives in each district. The candidates with the highest number of votes in each district, depending on the number of members the district sends, are elected.^[1] The vice governor is the ex officio presiding officer, and only votes to break ties. The vice governor is elected via the plurality voting system province-wide.

The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Cavite.

Aside from the regular members, the board also includes the provincial federation presidents of the Liga ng mga Barangay (ABC, from its old name "Association of Barangay Captains"), the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK, youth councils) and the Philippine Councilors League (PCL).

District apportionment

Elections	No. of seats per district								Ex officio seats	Total seats
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
1987–2010	2	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	3	9
2010–2019	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	–	3	17
2019–present	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	19

List of members

An additional three ex officio members are the presidents of the provincial chapters of the Association of Barangay Captains, the Councilors' League, the Sangguniang Kabataan provincial president; the municipal and city (if applicable) presidents of the Association of Barangay Captains, Councilor's League and Sangguniang Kabataan, shall elect amongst themselves their provincial presidents which shall be their representatives at the board.

Vice Governor

Election year	Name	Party		Ref.
1995	Bong Revilla		Lakas
1998	Juanito Victor Remulla		Lakas
2001			LDP
2004			LDP
2007	Dencito Campaña		Liberal
2010	Recto Cantimbuhan		Liberal
2013	Jolo Revilla		Lakas	^[2]
2016			Lakas	^[3]
2019			NPC	^[4]
2022	Athena Bryana Tolentino		NUP	^[5]

1st District

• City: Cavite City
• Municipalities: Kawit, Noveleta, Rosario
• Population (2020): 368,468

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Ref.
2013		Dino Carlo R. Chua (Lakas–CMD)		Ryan R. Enriquez (Lakas–CMD)	^[2]
2016		Ryan R. Enriquez (UNA)		Gilbert V. Gandia (UNA)	^[3]
2019		Davey Christian R. Chua (Nacionalista)		Romel R. Enriquez (Nacionalista)	^[4]
2022		Davey Christian R. Chua (Lakas–CMD)		Romel R. Enriquez (NUP)	^[5]

2nd District

• City: Bacoor
• Population (2020): 664,625

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Ref.
2010		Rolando S. Remulla (Lakas–CMD)		Edwin E. Malvar (Liberal)
2013		Edralin G. Gawaran (Lakas–CMD)		Rolando S. Remulla (Lakas–CMD)	^[2]
2016		Edralin G. Gawaran (Lakas–CMD)		Reynaldo M. Fabian (Lakas–CMD)	^[3]
2019		Edralin G. Gawaran (NPC)		Edwin E. Malvar (Liberal)	^[4]
2022		Ramon Vicente Revilla (Lakas–CMD)		Edwin E Malvar (Lakas–CMD)	^[5]

3rd District

• City: Imus
• Population (2020): 496,794

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Ref.
2013		Larry Boy S. Nato (Liberal)		Arnel M. Catimbuhan (Liberal)	^[2]
2016		Larry Boy S. Nato (Liberal)		Homer T. Saquilayan (Nacionalista)	^[3]
2019		Jeffrey V. Asistio (PDP–Laban)		Dennis T. Lacson (PDP–Laban)	^[4]
2022		Shernan Jaro (NUP)		Ony Catimbuhan (NUP)	^[5]

4th District

• City: Dasmariñas
• Population (2020): 703,141

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Ref.
2013		Teofilo B. Lara (NUP)		Raul Rex D. Mangubat (NUP)	^[2]
2016		Teofilo B. Lara (NUP)		Valeriano S. Encabo (NUP)	^[3]
2019		Fulgencio C. dela Cuesta Jr. (NUP)		Valeriano S. Encabo (NUP)	^[4]
2022		Nickol Austria (NUP)		Fulgencio dela Cuesta Jr. (NUP)	^[5]

5th District

• City: Carmona
• Municipalities General Mariano Alvarez, Silang
• Population (2020): 574,333

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Ref.
2013		Ivee Jayne A. Reyes (Lakas–CMD)		Marcos C. Amutan (Lakas–CMD)	^[2]
2016		Ivee Jayne A. Reyes (UNA)		Marcos C. Amutan (UNA)	^[3]
2019		Ivee Jayne A. Reyes (Nacionalista)		Alston Kevin A. Anarna (Independent)	^[4]
2022		Aidel Paul Belamide (NPC)		Marcos C. Amutan (NUP)	^[5]

6th District

2019–present

• City: General Trias
• Population (2020): 450,583

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Ref.
2019		Felix A. Grepo (NUP)		Kerby J. Salazar (KANP)	^[4]^[6]
2022		Maurito Sison (NUP)		Kerby J. Salazar (NUP)^[a]	^[5]

2013–2019

• City: Trece Martires
• Municipalities: Amadeo, General Trias (became city 2015), Indang, Tanza

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Ref.
2013		Hermogenes C. Arayata III (Liberal)		Felix A. Grepo (Lakas–CMD)	^[2]
2016^[b]		Felix A. Grepo (NUP)		Raymundo A. del Rosario (UNA)	^[3]

Notes

1. Kerby Salazar is concurrently a member of Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino and ran under National Unity Party in 2022.
2. Republic Act No. 11069, approved on September 14, 2018, reapportioning the province of Cavite into eight legislative districts to make General Trias the province's sixth legislative district.^[7]

7th District

2019–present

• City: Trece Martires
• Municipalities: Amadeo, Indang, Tanza
• Population (2020): 633,219

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Ref.
2019		Angelito H. Langit (Nacionalista)		Crispin Diego D. Remulla (Nacionalista)	^[4]
2022		Raymundo del Rosario (NUP)		Crispin Diego D. Remulla (NUP)^[a]	^[5]
				Francisco Gabriel D. Remulla (NUP)^[b]	^[9]

1. Resigned on election as representative of Cavite's 7th district in February 2023.^[8]
2. Designated as board member on March 16, 2023 to finish Crispin Diego Remulla's term.

2013–2019

• City: Tagaytay
• Municipalities: Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Indang, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, Ternate

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Ref.
2013		Irene P. Bencito (Nacionalista)		Eireen R. Beratio-Cocos (Liberal)	^[2]
2016		Reyniel A. Ambion (Liberal)		Reinalyne V. Varias (UNA)	^[3]

8th District

• City: Tagaytay
• Municipalities: Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, Ternate
• Population (2020): 453,666

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Ref.
2019		Reyniel A. Ambion (PDP–Laban)		Virgilio P. Varias (PDP–Laban)	^[4]
2022		Rainier Ambion (NUP)		Irene Bencito (UNA)	^[5]

Philippine Councilor's League President

Election year	Member (party)
2013		Armando V. Bernal (Kawit) (UNA)
2016		Kerby J. Salazar (General Trias) (NUP)
2019		Benzen Raleigh G. Rusit (Cavite City) (Partido Magdalo)
2019		Nickanor N. Austria, Jr. (Dasmariñas) (NUP)
2022		Anne Jomille D. Humarang (Trece Martires) (NUP) (interim)
		Francisco A. Barzaga (Dasmariñas) (NUP)

Liga ng mga Barangay President

Election year	Member (party)
2013		Conrado A. Viado (Amadeo) (Nonpartisan)
2016		Francisco Paolo P. Crisostomo (Silang) (Nonpartisan)
2018		Francisco Paolo P. Crisostomo (Silang) (Nonpartisan)
2022		Francisco Paolo P. Crisostomo (Silang) (Nonpartisan)

SK Provincial Federation President

Election year	Member (party)
2018		Jerome Napoleon T. Gonzales (Dasmariñas) (Nonpartisan)
2022		Frederick Magallanes (Maragondon) (Nonpartisan)
2023		Tom Carlo Ardemer (Carmona) (Nonpartisan)

References

1. "Duterte signs law dividing Cavite into 8 districts dates". Manila Bulletin. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
2. "2013 ELECTION RESULTS: CAVITE". rappler.com. 13 May 2013.
3. "CERTIFIED LIST OF ELECTED PROVINCIAL CANDIDATES WITH VOTES OBTAINED AND DATE OF PROCLAMATION" (PDF). COMELEC. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
4. "2019 ELECTION RESULTS: CAVITE". rappler.com. 13 May 2019.
5. Deña, Carla (10 May 2022). "Remulla, Tolentino proclaimed Cavite governor, vice governor". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
6. Subingsubing, Krixia (2022-01-18). "Youth party endorses Robredo, Pangilinan". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
7. "Republic Act No. 11069". officialgazette.gov.ph. Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
8. Baroña, Franco Jose (February 27, 2023). "Ping Remulla wins Cavite special poll". The Manila Times. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
9. "NUP designated SOJ Remulla's son Abeng as Cavite board member — Gov. Jonvic". GMA Integrated News. March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023.