Legislative districts of Batangas

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The legislative districts of Batangas are the representations of the province of Batangas 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 six congressional districts, with the districts' representatives being elected every three years. Additionally, each district is allotted two seats in the Batangas Provincial Board, creating a total of twelve elective seats in the legislature.

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History

Batangas was initially composed of one representative district, wherein it elected four representatives, at large, to the Malolos Congress in 1898. It was later divided into three representative districts in 1907 for the Philippine Assembly, [1] with a minor adjustment of district boundaries as mandated by Act No. 3378 (enacted on December 3, 1927) taking effect starting in the 1928 elections. 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. It remained so until 1941.

In the disruption caused by World War II, 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 three pre-war representative districts.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984, and elected four representatives, at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Batangas was reapportioned into four 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. 10673 [3] on August 19, 2015, increased the number of the province's representatives from four to six. R.A. No. 10673 separated Batangas City and Lipa from the second and fourth districts, and constituted these cities into the province's fifth and sixth districts, respectively. These two new districts elected their first separate representatives beginning in the 2016 elections.

Current districts

The province was last redistricted in 2015, wherein the province gained two seats in the House. The province's current congressional delegation composes of three members of the   Nacionalista Party, one member of   Lakas-CMD, and one member of the   Nationalist People's Coalition. All six incumbent representatives are part of the majority bloc.

Legislative districts and representatives of Batangas
DistrictCurrent RepresentativePartyConstituent LGUs Population (2020) [4] Area [5] Map
ImageName
1st Eric Buhain, 1st District Batangas.jpg Eric Buhain
(since 2022)
Balayan 		Nacionalista 635,962924.83 km2 BATANGAS-LEG-1.png
2nd GERVILLE LUISTRO.jpg Gerville Luistro
(since 2022)
Mabini 		Lakas–CMD 306,809399.14 km2 BATANGAS-LEG-2.png
3rd Rep. Maria Theresa Collantes (18th Congress).jpg Ma. Theresa Collantes
(since 2016)
Tanauan 		NPC 768,561545.73 km2 BATANGAS-LEG-3.png
4th Rep. Lianda Bolilia (19th Congress).jpg Lianda Bolilia
(since 2016)
Padre Garcia 		Nacionalista 472,794757.69 km2 BATANGAS-LEG-4.png
5th Marino-M.jpg Mario Vittorio Mariño
(since 2016)
Batangas City 		Nacionalista 351,437282.96 km2 BATANGAS-LEG-5.png
6th Vacant [lower-alpha 1]
List
372,931209.40 km2 BATANGAS-LEG-6.png
Notes
  1. ↑ Seat vacant since January 12, 2024 due to the appointment of Ralph Recto as Secretary of Finance. [6]

Historical districts and representatives

At-large (defunct)

1898–1899

PeriodRepresentatives
Malolos Congress
1898–1899		Mariano Lopez
Gregorio Aguilera
Eduardo Gutierrez
Ambrosio Flores

1943–1944

PeriodRepresentatives
National Assembly
1943–1944		 Jose Bayani H. Laurel, Jr.
Maximo M. Malvar (ex officio)

1984–1986

PeriodRepresentatives
Regular Batasang Pambansa
1984–1986		 Manuel G. Collantes
Jose Bayani H. Laurel, Jr.
Hernando B. Perez
Rafael R. Recto

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References

  1. ↑ Act No. 1582 (9 January 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. ↑ "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance" . Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ Republic Act No. 10673 (19 August 2015), An Act Reapportioning the Province of Batangas into six (6) Legislative Districts (PDF), retrieved June 13, 2016
  4. ↑ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  5. ↑ "List of Provinces". PSGC Interactive. National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  6. ↑ Gita-Carlos, Ruth Abbey (January 11, 2024). "Ralph Recto to take oath as Finance chief on Jan. 12" . Retrieved January 12, 2024.
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