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's 5th district from 2016 until 2022. She is the daughter of former congressman of the same district

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Congressional career

Bagatsing succeeded her father

in his congressional seat at

's 5th district in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, in a six-way race (with one of them is former congressman

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). Her candidacy was motivated by a signature campaign from constituents advocating for a successor to continue her father's initiatives, as she had assisted her father with youth-oriented programs and projects. She was also a member of the House Committee for Women and Gender Equality and is a co-author of the SOGIE Equality Bill. She ran for 2nd term in

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under KABAKA and

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and won, defeated former mayoral candidate Ali Atienza. She ran for 3rd term in

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under KABAKA and

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, but lost to councilor Irwin Tieng of

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by an estimate of 3,000 votes.

Electoral performance

2022

2019

2016

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bagatsing, Cristal 1983 births Living people Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Manila Politicians from Manila National Unity Party (Philippines) politicians 21st-century Filipino women politicians Cristal Bagatsing Women members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines