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Palawan's 2nd congressional district

Palawan's 2nd congressional district
Constituencyfor the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Palawan within the Philippines
Palawan
Mimaropa
438,769 (2020)
275,287 (2025)
7 LGUs
Municipalities
Balabac
Bataraza
Brooke's Point
Narra
Quezon
Rizal
Sofronio Española
6,116.50 km2 (2,361.59 sq mi)
1987
Jose Chavez Alvarez
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Palawan's 2nd congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Palawan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987. The district encompasses the southern portion of Palawan Island including the Balabac Island group. It consists of the municipalities of Balabac, Bataraza, Brooke's Point, Narra, Quezon, Rizal and Sofronio Española. Prior to redistricting in 2012, the district also included the capital city Puerto Princesa and the municipality of Aborlan. The district is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Jose C. Alvarez of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) and Partidong Pagbabago ng Palawan (PPPL).

#	Image	Member	Term of office	Congress	Party	Electoral history	ConstituentLGUs
Palawan's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created February 2, 1987 from Palawan's at-large district.
1			Ramon Mitra Jr.	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1992	8th	Lakas ng Bansa	Elected in 1987.	1987–1992Aborlan, Balabac, Bataraza, Brooke's Point, Marcos, Narra, Puerto Princesa, Quezon
	LDP
2			Alfredo Amor E. Abueg Jr.	June 30, 1992	June 30, 2001	9th	Lakas	Elected in 1992.	1992–1995Aborlan, Balabac, Bataraza, Brooke's Point, Narra, Puerto Princesa, Quezon, Rizal
10th	Re-elected in 1995.	1995–2013Aborlan, Balabac, Bataraza, Brooke's Point, Narra, Puerto Princesa, Quezon, Rizal, Sofronio Española
	11th	LAMMP	Re-elected in 1998.
3			Abraham Mitra	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010	12th	Liberal	Elected in 2001.
13th	Re-elected in 2004.
14th	Re-elected in 2007.
4			Victorino Dennis Socrates	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2013	15th	NPC	Elected in 2010.
	NUP
5			Frederick F. Abueg	June 30, 2013	June 30, 2019	16th	NUP	Elected in 2013.	2013–presentBalabac, Bataraza, Brooke's Point, Narra, Quezon, Rizal, Sofronio Española
	17th	PDP–Laban	Re-elected in 2016.
6			Beng Abueg-Zaldivar	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022	18th	PPPL	Elected in 2019.
	Liberal
7			Jose C. Alvarez	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	PDP(PPPL)	Elected in 2022.
	20th	NPC(PPPL)	Re-elected in 2025.

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
	Jose Alvarez (incumbent)	Nationalist People's Coalition	139,469	67.29
	Beng Abueg	Liberal Party	67,801	32.71
Total	207,270	100.00

207,270	91.38
19,563	8.62
226,833	100.00
275,287	82.40
	Nationalist People's Coalition hold
Source: Commission on Elections

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
	Jose Alvarez	PDP–Laban	99,081	51.77
	Beng Abueg (incumbent)	Liberal Party	62,210	32.50
	Pen Cascolan	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	14,792	7.73
	Edwin Gastanes	Independent	13,063	6.83
	Rico Mejorada	Independent	1,153	0.60
	Magnolia May de Leon	Independent	1,093	0.57
Total	191,392	100.00

215,762	–
260,323	82.88
	PDP–Laban gain from Liberal Party
Source: Commission on Elections

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