Legislative districts of Cavite

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Map of Cavite's congressional districts since 2018 Congressional Districts of Cavite.svg
Map of Cavite's congressional districts since 2018

The legislative districts of Cavite are the representations of the province of Cavite in the various national and local legislatures of the Philippines. At present, the province is represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines by its eight congressional districts, with the districts' representatives being elected every three years. The congressional districts are coextensive with the provincial board districts, where each district is allotted two seats in the Cavite Provincial Board, creating a total of sixteen elective seats in the legislature.

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History

Cavite initially comprised a single district in 1898, when it elected four representatives to the Malolos Congress that lasted until 1899. The district was recreated in 1907 for the Philippine Assembly, [1] this time electing one representative at-large. 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 fifth 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. Cavite City, being a chartered city, was represented separately in this short-lived legislative body. Tagaytay, the province's other chartered city, was placed under provincial jurisdiction during the war and was not represented separately. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province and its two cities reverted to the pre-war lone district representation.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984, and returned three representatives, elected at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Cavite was reapportioned into three congressional districts under the new Constitution [2] 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. 9727 [3] on October 22, 2009, increased the number of the province's representatives from three to seven, starting in the 2010 elections. However, the conversion of Dasmariñas into a city has resulted in an additional legal name for the fourth district, which became the Lone District of Dasmariñas after the ratification of Republic Act No. 9723 [4] on November 25, 2009.

Meanwhile, despite the conversion of Bacoor and Imus into cities in 2012, their charters explicitly indicate the retention of their numerical designations as the second [5] and third districts [6] of the province.

Republic Act No. 11069, signed into law on September 17, 2018, reapportioned Cavite into eight legislative districts — the most for any province — by creating a separate legislative district for the newly converted city of General Trias. [7] This effectively supersedes RA No. 9723 and confirms the sole legal designation of the congressional district of Dasmariñas as the fourth district of Cavite.

Current congressional districts

The province's current congressional delegation composes of five members of the National Unity Party, two members of Lakas–CMD, and one member of the Nationalist People's Coalition.

Legislative districts and representatives of Cavite
DistrictCurrent RepresentativeConstituent LGUs Population (2020) [8] Area [9] Map
ImageNameParty
1st Rep. Ramon Revilla III (20th Congress).jpg Jolo Revilla
(since 2022)
Rosario
Lakas 368,46888.34 km2 Cavite 1st district.svg
2nd Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla (20th Congress).jpg Lani Mercado
(since 2022)
Bacoor
Lakas
List
664,62546.17 km2 Bacoor in Cavite.svg
3rd Rep. Adrian Jay Advincula (20th Congress).jpg Adrian Jay Advincula
(since 2022)
Imus
NUP
List
496,79464.70 km2 Imus in Cavite.svg
4th Rep. Francisco Barzaga (20th Congress).jpg Kiko Barzaga
(since 2025)
Dasmariñas
NUP 703,14190.13 km2 Dasmarinas in Cavite.svg
5th Rep. Roy Loyola (20th Congress).jpg Roy Loyola
(since 2022)
Carmona
NPC 574,333245.61 km2 Cavite 5th district.svg
6th Rep. Antonio Ferrer (20th Congress).jpg Antonio Ferrer
(since 2022)
General Trias
NUP 450,58381.46 km2 General Trias in Cavite.svg
7th Rep. Crispin Diego Remulla (20th Congress).jpg Crispin Diego Remulla
(since 2023)
Indang
NUP 633,219251.75 km2 Cavite 7th district.svg
8th Rep. Aniela Bianca Tolentino (20th Congress).jpg Aniela Tolentino
(since 2022)
Tagaytay
NUP 453,666558.1 km2 Cavite 8th district.svg

Historical districts

Lone congressional district (1898–1986)

PeriodRepresentativeConstituents
Malolos Congress
18981899
Severino de las Alas Cavite
José Basa
Hugo Ilagan
José Salamanca
1st Philippine Legislature
19071909
Rafael V. Palma [a]
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
Emiliano Tria Tirona
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
Florentino Joya
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
Emiliano Tria Tirona
5th Philippine Legislature
19191922
Emilio F. Virata
6th Philippine Legislature
19221925
Pedro P. Espiritu
7th Philippine Legislature
19251928
Augusto A. Reyes [b]
Antero S. Soriano [c] [d]
8th Philippine Legislature
19281931
Fidel Ibañez [c]
9th Philippine Legislature
19311934
Emiliano Tria Tirona
10th Philippine Legislature
19341935
Francisco Arca
1st National Assembly
19351938
Justiniano S. Montano [e]
2nd National Assembly
19381941
Manuel S. Rojas [f]
National Assembly
19431944
Emiliano Tria Tirona [10] Cavite (except Cavite City)
Luis Y. Ferrer (ex officio) [10]
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
Justiniano S. Montano Cavite
1st Congress
19461949
2nd Congress
19491953
Manuel S. Rojas
3rd Congress
19531957
Jose T. Cajulis
4th Congress
19571961
Justiniano S. Montano
5th Congress
19611965
6th Congress
19651969
7th Congress
19691972
Regular Batasang Pambansa
19841986
Helena Zoila T. Benitez
Renato P. Dragon
Cesar E.A. Virata
  1. Appointed as member of the second Philippine Commission on July 6, 1908
  2. Died on July 3, 1925
  3. 1 2 Assumed office after winning a special election
  4. Died on June 15, 1929
  5. Election annulled on October 11, 1939 after an election protest
  6. Declared winner of the 1938 election

See also

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. 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance" . Retrieved June 13, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Republic Act No. 9727 (October 22, 2009), An Act Reapportioning The Province Of Cavite Into Seven (7) Legislative Districts (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2012, retrieved June 13, 2016
  4. Republic Act No. 9723 (October 15, 2009), An Act Converting the Municipality of Dasmariñas in the Province Of Cavite into a Component City to be Known as the City of Dasmariñas (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2011, retrieved June 13, 2016
  5. Republic Act No. 10160 (April 10, 2012), An Act converting the municipality of Bacoor in the province of Cavite into a component city to be known as the City of Bacoor , retrieved June 13, 2016
  6. Republic Act No. 10161 (April 10, 2012), An Act converting the municipality of Imus in the province of Cavite into a component city to be known as the City of Imus , retrieved June 13, 2016
  7. Republic Act No. 11069 (August 23, 2018), An Act Amending Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9727, Reapportioning the Province of Cavite into Eight (8) Legislative Districts , retrieved July 22, 2019
  8. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  9. "List of Provinces". PSGC Interactive. National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  10. 1 2 Official program of the inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines and the induction into office of His Excellency Jose P. Laurel. Bureau of Printing. 1943.