Manila's 3rd congressional district explained

Manila's 3rd congressional district
Parl Name:	House of Representatives of the Philippines
District Label:	City
District:	Manila
Region Label:	Region
Region:	Metro Manila
Population:	220,029 (2020)^[1]
Electorate:	164,664 (2022)^[2]
Area:	6.24sqkm
Year:	1949
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Joel R. Chua
Blank1 Name:	Political party
Blank1 Info:	Lakas Asenso Manileño
Blank2 Name:	Congressional bloc
Blank2 Info:	Majority

Manila's 3rd congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the city of Manila. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1949.^[3] The district consists of barangays 268 to 394 in the northern Manila districts of Binondo, Quiapo, San Nicolas and Santa Cruz.^[4] Until 1972, the district encompassed the eastern Manila districts of Sampaloc, which included the present-day Santa Mesa, and San Miguel that are presently part of the city's fourth and sixth districts, respectively. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Joel R. Chua of Lakas–CMD and Asenso Manileño.^{[5] [6]}

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Manila's 3rd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created June 18, 1949.^[7]
1		Arturo Tolentino	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1957	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1949.	1949–1972 Sampaloc, San Miguel
					3rd		Re-elected in 1953.
2		Ramon Bagatsing	December 30, 1957	December 30, 1965	4th	Liberal	Elected in 1957.
					5th		Re-elected in 1961.
3		Sergio H. Loyola	December 30, 1965	December 30, 1969	6th	Liberal	Elected in 1965.
(2)		Ramon Bagatsing	December 30, 1969	January 1, 1972	7th	Liberal	Elected in 1969. Resigned on election as Manila mayor.
District dissolved into the nineteen-seat Region IV's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the six-seat Manila's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
4		Leonardo B. Fugoso	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	Liberal	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Binondo, Quiapo, San Nicolas, Santa Cruz
					9th		Re-elected in 1992.
					10th		Re-elected in 1995.
5		Harry C. Angping	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2004	11th	LAMMP	Elected in 1998.
					12th	NPC	Re-elected in 2001.
6		Miles Andrew M. Roces	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2007	13th	Liberal	Elected in 2004.
7		Maria Zenaida B. Angping	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2016	14th	NPC	Elected in 2007.
					15th		Re-elected in 2010.
					16th		Re-elected in 2013.
8		John Marvin C. Nieto	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2022	17th	PDP–Laban (Asenso Manileño)	Elected in 2016.
					18th	Aksyon (Asenso Manileño)	Re-elected in 2019.
9		Joel R. Chua	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	Aksyon (Asenso Manileño)	Elected in 2022.
						Lakas (Asenso Manileño)

Election results

2010

See also

• Legislative districts of Manila

Notes and References

1. Web site: TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020 . . June 17, 2022.
2. Web site: Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections. Commission on Elections. January 11, 2023.
3. Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . March 20, 2020.
4. Web site: The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines . Chan Robles Virtual Law Library . April 10, 2020.
5. Web site: House Members . . January 13, 2023.
6. News: Romualdez welcomes Joel Chua, Ed Go to Lakas-CMD party. August 10, 2024. July 29, 2024. Politiko.
7. RA. 409. An act to revise the charter of the City of Manila, and for other purposes. June 18, 1949 . January 13, 2023.