Basilan's at-large congressional district | |
Parl Name: | House of Representatives of the Philippines |
District Label: | Province |
District: | Basilan |
Region Label: | Region |
Region: | Zamboanga Peninsula (Isabela) Bangsamoro (Rest of Basilan) |
Population: | 459,367 (2015)[1] |
Electorate: | 263,017 (2019)[2] |
Area: | 1327.23sqkm |
Year: | 1984 |
Members Label: | Representative |
Members: | Mujiv Hataman |
Blank1 Name: | Political party |
Blank1 Info: | BUP |
Blank2 Name: | Congressional bloc |
Blank2 Info: | Minority |
Basilan's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Basilan. The province has been represented in the country's national legislatures since 1984.[3] It first elected a representative provincewide at-large during the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election following the restoration of provincial and city district representation in the Batasang Pambansa where Basilan had previously been included in the regionwide representation of Western Mindanao (Region IX) for the interim parliament.[4] The province, created by the 1973 separation from Zamboanga del Sur of the entire island with its two municipal districts and the municipality of Isabela outside its poblacion which was earlier organized as the City of Basilan separated from Zamboanga City, was formerly represented as part of Zamboanga del Sur's, Zamboanga's and Department of Mindanao and Sulu's at-large representations in earlier legislatures.[5] [6] [7] [8] Since the 1987 restoration of Congress following the ratification of a new constitution, Basilan has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives.[9] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Mujiv Hataman of the Basilan Unity Party (BUP).[10]
Member | Term of office | Batasang Pambansa | Party | Electoral history | |||
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Start | End | ||||||
Basilan's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa | |||||||
District created February 1, 1984 from Region IX's at-large district.[11] | |||||||
1 | Candu I. Muarip | July 23, 1984 | March 25, 1986 | 2nd | UNIDO (CCA) | Elected in 1984. | |
Member | Term of office | Congress | Party | Electoral history | |||
Start | End | ||||||
Basilan's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |||||||
District re-created February 2, 1987. | |||||||
2 | Alvin G. Dans | June 30, 1987 | June 30, 1992 | 8th | Lakas ng Bansa | Elected in 1987. | |
3 | Elnorita P. Tugung | June 30, 1992 | June 30, 1995 | 9th | Lakas | Elected in 1992. | |
(1) | Candu I. Muarip | June 30, 1995 | June 30, 1998 | 10th | LDP | Elected in 1995. | |
4 | Abdulgani Salapuddin | June 30, 1998 | June 30, 2007 | 11th | LAMMP | Elected in 1998. | |
12th | Lakas | Re-elected in 2001. | |||||
13th | Re-elected in 2004. | ||||||
5 | Wahab Akbar | June 30, 2007 | November 13, 2007 | 14th | Liberal | Elected in 2007. Died in office. | |
— | vacant | November 13, 2007 | June 30, 2010 | – | No special election held to fill vacancy. | ||
6 | Hadjiman Hataman Salliman | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2016 | 15th | Liberal | Elected in 2010. | |
16th | Re-elected in 2013. | ||||||
7 | Jum Jainudin Akbar | June 30, 2016 | November 11, 2016 | 17th | Liberal | Elected in 2016. Died in office. | |
— | vacant | November 11, 2016 | June 30, 2019 | – | No special election held to fill vacancy. | ||
8 | Mujiv Hataman | June 30, 2019 | Incumbent | 18th | Liberal | Elected in 2019. | |
19th | Basilan Unity Party | Re-elected 2022. |