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The legislative districts of Bataan are the representations of the province of Bataan in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first, second and third congressional districts.

History

Before 1972, Bataan comprised a lone legislative district, electing one representative to the various national legislatures, except during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines when the province sent two representatives to the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province continued to comprise a lone district.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region III from 1978 to 1984, and elected one representative to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Bataan was redistricted into two legislative districts under the new Constitution[1] which took effect on February 7, 1987; both districts elected separate members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Current Districts

  NUP (2)   Lakas–CMD (1)

Legislative districts and representatives of Bataan
District Current Representative Party Constituent LGUs Population (2020)[2] Area[3] Map
Image Name
1st Geraldine Roman
(since 2016) 		Lakas–CMD
List
 229,071 357.92 km2
Map
Map
2nd Albert Garcia
(since 2022) 		NUP
List
 289,455 318.24 km2
Map
Map
3rd Maria Angela Garcia
(since 2022) 		NUP
List
 334,847 696.82 km2
Map
Map


Historical Districts

At-Large (defunct)

Philippine Assembly (1907–1916)

Representatives Tenure
Jose M. Lerma 1907-1909
Tomas G. del Rosario 1910-1912
Pablo R. Tecson 1912-1916

House of Representatives (1916-1935)

Representatives Tenure
Maximino delos Reyes 1916-1922
Antonio G. Llamas 1922-1925
Manuel S. Banson 1925-1928
Teodoro Camacho 1928-1931
Fortunato de Leon 1931-1934
Teodoro Camacho 1934-1935

1935-1941

Period Representative
Commonwealth National Assembly
1935–1941 		Teodoro Camacho

1943–1944

Period Representatives
National Assembly
1943–1944 		Joaquin J. Linao
Simeon D. Salonga

1945-1946

Period Representative
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945–1946 		Antonio G. Llamas

House of Representatives (1946–1972)

Representatives Tenure
Bonifacio B. Camacho 1946-1949
Medina Ponce de Leon 1949-1953
Jose R. Nuguid 1954-1965
Pablo R. Roman 1966-1972

1984–1986

Period Representative
Regular Batasang Pambansa
1984–1986 		Antonino P. Roman, Jr.

References

  1. ^ "1987 Philippine Constitution - the LawPhil Project".
  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.
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