Legislative districts of Bulacan

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The legislative districts of Bulacan are the representations of the province of Bulacan in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth congressional districts.

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Congressional districts of Bulacan. Bulacan Congressional Districts 2022.svg
Congressional districts of Bulacan.

Valenzuela (formerly Polo), now a highly urbanized city, was last represented as part of the province in 1972.

The component city of San Jose del Monte, while remaining an integral part of the province, was granted separate congressional representation in 2003.

History

Bulacan was initially composed of one representative district, wherein it elected four representatives, at large, to the Malolos Congress in 1898; this lasted until 1899. It was later divided into two representative districts in 1907 for the Philippine Assembly. [1] When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the third senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

In the disruption caused by the Second World War, two delegates represented the province in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through a provincial assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province retained its two pre-war representative districts.

Valenzuela, then a municipality, was separated from Bulacan to form the Metropolitan Manila Area on November 7, 1975, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824. [2] Afterwards, the reduced province of Bulacan was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region III from 1978 to 1984, and returned four representatives, elected at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984.

The province was reapportioned into four congressional districts under the new Constitution [3] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

The passage of Republic Act No. 9230. [4] on December 18, 2003, separated from the fourth district the city of San Jose del Monte, which first elected its separate representative beginning in the 2004 elections. However, for the purposes of electing Sangguniang Panlalawigan members, the city remains part of the province's 4th Sangguniang Panlalawigan District. [5]

Republic Act No. 9591, [6] approved on May 1, 2009, sought to separate the city of Malolos from the first district to form its own congressional district starting in the 2010 elections. Like in the case of San Jose del Monte, the residents of Malolos would have remained as part of the province's 1st Sangguniang Panlalawigan district. However, on January 25, 2010, the Supreme Court declared the creation of the Legislative District of Malolos as unconstitutional, citing that the city's population at the time did not meet the minimum 250,000 count required by the constitution. [7] Malolos today remains part of the first district.

Republic Act No. 11546, [8] approved on May 26, 2021, reapportioned Bulacan into six (6) congressional districts.

Current districts

The province was last redistricted in 2021, wherein the province gained two seats in the house. The province's current congressional delegation composes of three members of the National Unity Party, one member of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, and two members of the Lakas-CMD.

Congressional districts and representatives of Bulacan
DistrictCurrent RepresentativePartyConstituent LGUs Population (2020)AreaMap
1st Rep. Danilo Domingo (19th Congress).jpg Danilo Domingo
(since 2022)		 NUP 758,872 [9] 385.73 km2 Bulacan 1st District.svg
2nd Rep Augustina Dominique Pancho (19th Congress).jpg Tina Pancho
(since 2022)		 NUP 360,101 [9] 147.48 km2 Bulacan 2nd District.svg
3rd Lorna Silverio (18th Congress).jpg Lorna Silverio
(since 2016)		 NUP 419,539 [9] 1,445.50 km2 Bulacan 3rd District.svg
4th Rep. Linabelle Ruth Villarica (19th Congress).jpg Linabelle Villarica
(since 2022)		 PFP 540,104 [9] 117.94 km2 Bulacan 4th District.svg
5th Rep. Ambrosio Cruz (19th Congress).jpg Ambrosio Cruz Jr.
(since 2022)		 Lakas-CMD 486,960 [9] 119.23 km2 Bulacan 5th District.svg
6th Rep. Salvador Pleyto (19th Congress).jpg Salvador "Ador" Pleyto
(since 2022)		 Lakas-CMD 491,501 [9] 453.44 km2 Bulacan 6th District.svg

Historical Districts

1898–1899

PeriodRepresentatives
Malolos Congress
1898–1899		 Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista
Mariano Crisostomo
Pedro Serrano
Trinidad Icasiano

1943–1944

PeriodRepresentatives [10]
National Assembly
1943–1944		Jacinto Molina [11]
Emilio Rustia (ex officio) [11]

1984–1986

PeriodRepresentatives [10]
Regular Batasang Pambansa
1984–1986		Jesus J. Hipolito
Rogaciano M. Mercado
Teodulo C. Natividad
Blas F. Ople

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Act No. 1582 (January 9, 1907), An Act to Provide for the Holding of Elections in the Philippine Islands, for the Organization of the Philippine Assembly, and for Other Purposes , retrieved September 4, 2022
  2. ↑ Presidential Decree No. 824 (November 7, 1975), "Creating the Metropolitan Manila and the Metropolitan Manila Commission and for Other Purposes", The LawPHiL Project, retrieved August 26, 2019
  3. ↑ 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance" . Retrieved August 26, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Republic Act No. 9230 (December 18, 2003), "An Act amending section 10(b) and section 58 of Republic Act No. 8797, otherwise known as "An Act converting the municipality of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan into a component city to be known as the city of San Jose Del Monte" and providing funds therefor" (PDF), Congress of the Philippines , archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011, retrieved August 26, 2019
  5. ↑ Commission on Elections (January 11, 2007). "COMELEC Resolution No. 7801 – Annex B" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 30, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  6. ↑ Republic Act No. 9591 (May 1, 2009), "An Act amending Section 57 of Republic Act No. 8754, otherwise known as the Charter of the City of Malolos" (PDF), Senate of the Philippines , retrieved August 26, 2019
  7. ↑ G.R. No. 188078 (January 25, 2010), "VICTORINO B. ALDABA, CARLO JOLETTE S. FAJARDO, JULIO G. MORADA, and MINERVA ALDABA MORADA, Petitioners, v. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondent.", Chan Robles Law Library, retrieved August 26, 2019
  8. ↑ Republic Act No. 11546 (August 13, 2021), "An Act Reapportioning the Province of Bulacan into Six (6) Legislative Districts", Official Gazette (Philippines) , retrieved August 13, 2021
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved June 17, 2022.
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