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Congressional districts of the Philippines (Filipino: distritong pangkapulungan) refers to the electoral districts or constituencies in which the country is divided for the purpose of electing 253 of the 316 members of the House of Representatives (with the other 63 being elected through a system of party-list proportional representation).
From 1916 to 1935, the Philippines was divided into 12 senatorial districts. Each district except for the twelfth senatorial district elected two senators to the Senate. The senators from 12th senatorial district were appointed by the U.S. Governor-General. Since 1941, when the Senate was restored, all twenty-four senators have been elected at ...
Congressional districts of the Philippines (4 C, 250 P) F. Former legislative districts of the Philippines (2 C, 23 P) M. Legislative districts of Metro Manila (17 P)
Philippines congressional district navigational boxes (19 P) Pages in category "Congressional districts of the Philippines" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 250 total.
The district congressmen represent a particular congressional district of the country. All provinces in the country are composed of at least one congressional district. Several cities also have their own congressional districts, with some having two or more representatives. [3] From 200 districts in 1987, the number of districts have increased ...
A new district will be created for General Santos, which becomes the third district. The rest of the 1st district, which are municipalities of South Cotabato, were left intact. Enacted into law as Republic Act No. 11243 [20] Dividing Cebu's 6th district to two districts A new district will be created for Mandaue, which becomes its own at-large ...
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Areas now under the jurisdiction of Manila were initially represented as part of the at-large district of the province of Manila in the Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1899; the district elected four representatives. The city of Manila, chartered in 1901, first gained separate representation in 1907.