Davao Oriental is one of the five provinces in the Davao Region of the Philippines. The others are Davao de Oro, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao Occidental.
Mati is the only component city of Davao Oriental, which has a total of 183 barangays. The province has 10 municipalities namely Baganga, Banaybanay, Boston, Caraga, Cateel, Governor Generoso, Lupon, Manay, San Isidro and Tarragona.
Born in Manay, Nelson “Boy” Lechoncito Dayanghirang served as the congressman of the first district of Davao Oriental from June 30, 2007 to June 30, 2016. He has been the governor of the province since June 30, 2016.
Dayanghirang joined the Nacionalista Party in 2007, the Liberal Party of the Philippines in 2015 and the Hugpong ng Pagbabago in 2018. He turned 53 on January 24, 2019.
2019 Davao Oriental election results
On May 13, 2019, voters in Davao Oriental elected their new congressmen, governors, vice governors and board members as part of the 2019 Philippine national general election. Here are the official results from the Commission on Election (COMELEC):
1st Legislative District Congressman
- Cora Malanyaon: 71,612
2nd Legislative District Congressman
- Joel Mayo Almario: 121,748
Governor
- Nelson Dayanghirang: 188,884
Vice Governor
- Nino Sotero Uy Jr: 166,467
1st Provincial District Board Member
- Nelson Dayanghirang Jr: 72,811
- Dante Caubang: 40,931
- Nennette Palmera: 40,929
- Nonoy Villademosa: 39,587
- Lary Taya: 35,555
- Nonoy Masumpad: 18,861
2nd Provincial District Board Member
- Louie Rabat: 87,808
- Lito Macatabog: 80,407
- Lemuel Ian Larcia: 74,398
- Enrico Antopuesto: 71,990
- Capistrano Roflo Jr: 68,873
- Ruben Linsag: 63,491
- Noli Balugo: 34,480
- Manny Lamodoc: 15,648
- Boy Macarona: 10,714
On July 7, 2004, Jessle Cristilyn Morales represented Davao Oriental at Mutya ng Pilipinas 2024 and competed against 37 other candidates at the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Theater of Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. She finished in the Top 15.
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