Legislative districts of Bataan explained

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)

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

Historical Districts

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

1943–1944

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1987 Philippine Constitution - the LawPhil Project .
2. Web site: TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020 . . June 17, 2022.
3. Web site: List of Provinces . https://web.archive.org/web/20160419000512/http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/listprov.asp . April 19, 2016 . August 2, 2022 . PSGC Interactive . National Statistical Coordination Board.