# Abra's at-large congressional district

Abra's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Abra. Abra has been represented in the country's various national legislatures since 1898. The first congressional delegation consisted of two members in the First Philippine Republic legislature known as the Malolos Congress. Since 1917 when it was re-established as a regular province separate from Ilocos Sur, Abra has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, elected provincewide at-large, except for a brief period between 1943 and 1944 when it was again represented by two members in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic. From 1978 to 1984, all provinces were converted into multi-seat regional at-large districts for the Interim Batasang Pambansa of the Fourth Philippine Republic, with Abra forming part of the twelve-seat Region I's at-large district. It was restored as a single-member district in 1984.
The district is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Menchie Bernos of the Lakas–CMD.

## Representation history

| # | Term of office | Term of office | National Assembly | Seat A | Seat A | Seat A | Seat A | Seat A | | Seat B | Seat B | Seat B | Seat B | Seat B |
| # | Start | End | National Assembly | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history |
| Abra's at-large district for the Malolos Congress ||||||||||||||||
| District created June 18, 1898. ||||||||||||||||
| – | September 15, 1898 | March 23, 1901 | 1st | | | Isidro Paredes | Independent | Elected in 1898. | | | | Juan Villamor | Independent | Elected in 1898. |
| # | Term of office | Term of office | Legislature | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Start | End | Legislature | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| Seats eliminated ||||||||||
| Seats eliminated ||||||||||
| 1 | March 9, 1917 | June 6, 1922 | 4th | | | Eustaquio Purugganan | Nacionalista | Redistricted from Ilocos Sur's 3rd district. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 1 | March 9, 1917 | June 6, 1922 | 5th | | | Eustaquio Purugganan | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1919. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 2 | June 6, 1922 | June 2, 1925 | 6th | | | Adolfo Brillantes | Nacionalista Colectivista | Elected in 1922. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 3 | June 2, 1925 | September 16, 1935 | 7th | | | Quintín Paredes | Nacionalista Consolidado | Elected in 1925. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 3 | June 2, 1925 | September 16, 1935 | 8th | | | Quintín Paredes | Nacionalista Consolidado | Re-elected in 1928. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 3 | June 2, 1925 | September 16, 1935 | 9th | | | Quintín Paredes | Nacionalista Consolidado | Re-elected in 1931. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 3 | June 2, 1925 | September 16, 1935 | 10th | | | Quintín Paredes | Nacionalista Democrático | Re-elected in 1934. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Term of office | Term of office | National Assembly | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | | | | | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Start | End | National Assembly | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| Seats eliminated ||||||||||
| (3) | November 15, 1935 | January 9, 1936 | 1st | | | Quintín Paredes | Nacionalista Democrático | Re-elected in 1935. Resigned on appointment as Resident Commissioner. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 4 | September 1, 1936 | December 30, 1938 | 1st | | | Agapito Garduque | Nacionalista | Elected in 1936 to finish Paredes's term. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| (3) | December 30, 1938 | December 30, 1941 | 2nd | | | Quintín Paredes | Nacionalista | Elected in 1938. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Term of office | Term of office | National Assembly | Seat A | Seat A | Seat A | Seat A | Seat A | | Seat B | Seat B | Seat B | Seat B | Seat B |
| # | Start | End | National Assembly | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history |
| Abra's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic) ||||||||||||||||
| District re-created September 7, 1943. ||||||||||||||||
| – | September 25, 1943 | February 2, 1944 | 3rd | | | Quintín P. Paredes Jr. | KALIBAPI | Elected in 1943. | | | | Juan C. Brillantes | KALIBAPI | Appointed as an ex officio member. |
| # | Term of office | Term of office | Common wealth Congress | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Start | End | Common wealth Congress | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| Seats eliminated ||||||||||
| Seats eliminated ||||||||||
| 5 | June 9, 1945 | May 25, 1946 | 1st | | | Jesús V. Paredes | Nacionalista | Elected in 1941. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Term of office | Term of office | Congress | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | | | | | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Start | End | Congress | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| Seats eliminated ||||||||||
| (3) | May 25, 1946 | December 30, 1949 | 1st | | | Quintín Paredes | Liberal | Elected in 1946. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 6 | December 30, 1949 | December 30, 1953 | 2nd | | | Virgilio V. Valera | Liberal | Elected in 1949. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 7 | December 30, 1953 | December 30, 1965 | 3rd | | | Lucas P. Paredes | Democratic | Elected in 1953. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 7 | December 30, 1953 | December 30, 1965 | 4th | | | Lucas P. Paredes | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1957. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 7 | December 30, 1953 | December 30, 1965 | 5th | | | Lucas P. Paredes | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1961. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 8 | December 30, 1965 | September 23, 1972 | 6th | | | Carmelo Z. Barbero | Liberal | Elected in 1965. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 8 | December 30, 1965 | September 23, 1972 | 7th | | | Carmelo Z. Barbero | Liberal | Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| Seats eliminated ||||||||||
| # | Term of office | Term of office | Batasang Pambansa | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | | | | | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Start | End | Batasang Pambansa | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
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| – | July 23, 1984 | March 25, 1986 | 2nd | | | Arturo V. Barbero | KBL | Elected in 1984. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Term of office | Term of office | Congress | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | | | | | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Start | End | Congress | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
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| 9 | June 30, 1987 | June 30, 1992 | 8th | | | Rudolfo A. Bernardez | LABAN | Elected in 1987. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 10 | June 30, 1992 | June 30, 1998 | 9th | | | Jeremias Z. Zapata | Lakas | Elected in 1992. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 10 | June 30, 1992 | June 30, 1998 | 10th | | | Jeremias Z. Zapata | Lakas | Re-elected in 1995. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 11 | June 30, 1998 | June 30, 2001 | 11th | | | Vicente Ysidro P. Valera | LDP | Elected in 1998. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 12 | June 30, 2001 | December 16, 2006 | 12th | | | Luis P. Bersamin Jr. | PDSP | Elected in 2001. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 12 | June 30, 2001 | December 16, 2006 | 13th | | | Luis P. Bersamin Jr. | KAMPI | Re-elected in 2004. Died. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 13 | June 30, 2007 | June 30, 2010 | 14th | | | Cecilia Seares-Luna | Lakas | Elected in 2007. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 14 | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2016 | 15th | | | Joy Bernos | PDSP | Elected in 2010. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 14 | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2016 | 16th | | | Joy Bernos | Liberal | Re-elected in 2013. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 15 | June 30, 2016 | June 30, 2022 | 17th | | | Joseph Bernos | PDP–Laban | Elected in 2016. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 15 | June 30, 2016 | June 30, 2022 | 18th | | | Joseph Bernos | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 2019. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 16 | June 30, 2022 | Incumbent | 19th | | | Ching Bernos | Nacionalista (Asenso Abrenio) | Elected in 2022. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 16 | June 30, 2022 | Incumbent | 19th | | | Ching Bernos | Lakas (Asenso Abrenio) | Elected in 2022. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives election in Abra's at-large congressional district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nacionalista | Menchie Bernos | 122,223 | 100.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 122,223 | 100% |
| | Nacionalista hold | Nacionalista hold | Nacionalista hold | Nacionalista hold |

### 2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Joseph Bernos | 63,919 | |
| | Nacionalista | Marco Bautista | 53,814 | |
| | Independent | Joselito Bringas | 7,460 | |
| | Lakas | Cecilia Luna | 3,424 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 11,307 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 139,924 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### 2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Ma. Jocelyn Valera-Bernos | 55,323 | 64.79% |
| | Nacionalista | Rolando Somera | 19,116 | 22.39% |
| | Independent | Hans Roger Luna | 10,952 | 12.83% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### 2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PDSP | Joy Bernos | 46,536 | 40.85 |
| | Lakas–Kampi | Cecilia Seares-Luna | 45,454 | 39.90 |
| | Nacionalista | Ma. Zita Valera | 11,249 | 9.87 |
| | PMP | Mailed Molina | 10,677 | 9.37 |
| Valid ballots | Valid ballots | Valid ballots | 113,916 | 95.21 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 5,735 | 4.79 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 119,651 | 100.00 |
| | PDSP gain from Lakas–Kampi | PDSP gain from Lakas–Kampi | PDSP gain from Lakas–Kampi | PDSP gain from Lakas–Kampi |

### 1936 special

1936 National Assembly special election in Abra's at-large district :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Agapito Garduque | Agapito Garduque | 3,320 | 47.19 |
| Jesus Paredes | Jesus Paredes | 2,525 | 35.89 |
| Adolfo Brillantes | Adolfo Brillantes | 1,190 | 16.92 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 7,035 | 100.00 |