Legislative districts of Pangasinan

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The legislative districts of Pangasinan are the representations of the province of Pangasinan and the independent component city of Dagupan in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province and the city are currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through their first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth congressional districts.

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History

Pangasinan was initially composed of one representative district, wherein it had four representatives, at large, to the Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1899. Two representatives were elected, while the other two were appointed. It was later divided into five legislative districts from 1907 to 1972.

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 five pre-war representative districts.

It was part of the representation of Region I from 1978 to 1984, and from 1984 to 1986 it elected 6 assemblymen at-large.

Pangasinan was reapportioned into six congressional districts under the new Constitution [1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Current Districts

Legislative districts and representatives of Pangasinan
DistrictCurrent RepresentativePartyConstituent LGUs Population (2020) [2] Area [3] Map
ImageName
1st Rep. Arthur Celeste (20th Congress).jpg Arthur Celeste
(since 2022)
Nacionalista 454,3651,758.81 km2 Congress new pangasinan 1d.png
2nd Rep. Mark Cojuangco (20th Congress).jpg Mark Cojuangco
(since 2022)
NPC 514,0411,080.86 km2 Congress new pangasinan 2d.png
3rd Rep. Maria Rachel Arenas (20th Congress).jpg Maria Rachel Arenas
(since 2022)
Lakas–CMD 708,245584.07 km2 Congress new pangasinan 3d.png
4th Rep. Ma. Georgina De Venecia (20th Congress).jpg Gina de Venecia
(since 2025)
Lakas–CMD 495,311274.35 km2 Congress new pangasinan 4d.png
5th Rep. Ramon Guico Jr. (20th Congress).jpg Ramon Guico Jr.
(since 2022)
Lakas–CMD 526,367585.67 km2 Congress new pangasinan 5d.png
6th Rep. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas (20th Congress).jpg Marlyn Primicias-Agabas
(since 2022)
Lakas–CMD 464,8611,175.09 km2 Congress new pangasinan 6d.png


At-Large (defunct)

1898–1899

PeriodRepresentatives
Malolos Congress
18981899
Vicente del Prado
Antonio Feliciano
Sebastian de Castro
Adriano Garces

1943–1944

PeriodRepresentative
National Assembly
19431944
Bernabe de Aquino
Santiago U. Estrada (ex officio)

1984–1986

PeriodRepresentative
Regular Batasang Pambansa
19841986
Victor E. Agbayani
Gregorio Cendaña
Felipe P. De Vera
Demetrio G. Demetria
Conrado F. Estrella, Sr.
Fabian S. Sison

References

  1. "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance" . Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  2. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  3. "List of Provinces". PSGC Interactive. National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2022.