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The Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the legislature of the national government of the Philippines. It is bicameral , composed of an upper body, the Senate , and a lower body, the House of Representatives , [ 3 ] although colloquially, the term "Congress" commonly refers to just the latter .
The lower house is commonly referred to as Congress, [a] although the term collectively refers to both houses. [1] Members of the House are officially styled as representatives (Filipino: mga kinatawan) and are sometimes informally called congressmen or congresswomen (Filipino: mga kongresista).
The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower house of Congress. The House of Representatives has existed from 1945 to 1972, and since 1987. Whenever a bicameral system is used, a lower house has existed under the name of the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1934.
Total members Chairman Party Minority leader Party Maj Min H.R. 1. Bases Conversion: Faustino Dy: NUP: TBA TBA 13 2 15 2. Bicol Recovery and Economic Development: Josefina Tallado PDP–Laban: TBA TBA 9 2 11 3. Creative Industry and Performing Arts: Christopher de Venecia: Lakas: TBA TBA 21 2 23 4. East Asean Growth Area Princess Rihan ...
D is the total number of district representatives, and; D / 0.8 is the total number of members of the House. To get the first guaranteed seat, a sectoral party or organization should at least get 2% of the total votes cast for partly list elections. The formula for the quotient is:
The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of Congress.The Senate is composed of 24 senators, each elected to a six-year term, renewable once, under plurality-at-large voting: on each election, the voters vote for up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates the highest number of votes being elected in.
The Allies reconquered the Philippines and the legislators elected in 1941 who are either still alive or are not arrested for collaboration convened in 1945. The Americans granted independence on July 4, 1946, and the Commonwealth Congress was renamed as Congress of the Republic of the Philippines.
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).