Legislative districts of Oriental Mindoro explained

The legislative districts of Oriental Mindoro are the representations of the province of Oriental Mindoro 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 and second congressional districts.

History

Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Oriental Mindoro were represented under the lone district of the undivided Mindoro Province from 1898 to 1951.

The enactment of Republic Act No. 505 on June 13, 1950 split the old Mindoro Province into Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro, and provided each of them separate representation in Congress.^[1] Pursuant to Section 6 of Republic Act No. 505, the incumbent representative of Mindoro began to represent only Oriental Mindoro in the second half of the 2nd Congress, following the election of Occidental Mindoro's separate representative in a special election held on the same day as the 1951 senatorial elections.^[1]

Oriental Mindoro was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984, and returned two representatives, elected at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984.

Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the province was reapportioned into two congressional districts;^[2] each elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Current districts

Legislative Districts and Congressional Representatives of Oriental Mindoro

District	Current Representative			Party	Municipalities	Population (2020)^[3]	Area
1st			Arnan Panaligan (since 2022)	Lakas		515,487	2,015.19 km^2
2nd			Alfonso Umali Jr. (since 2019)	Liberal		422,852	223.19 km^2

Defunct districts

See main article: Oriental Mindoro's at-large congressional district.

Lone District (defunct)

Period	Representative
2nd Congress 1949 - 1953	see Lone district of Mindoro
	Raul T. Leuterio
3rd Congress 1953 - 1957	Conrado M. Morente
4th Congress 1957 - 1961	Jose Leido, Sr.
5th Congress 1961 - 1965	Luciano A. Joson
6th Congress 1965 - 1969
7th Congress 1969 - 1972	Jose J. Leido, Jr.

Notes

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representatives^[4]
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984 - 1986	Rolleo L. Ignacio
	Jose Reynaldo V. Morente

See also

• Legislative district of Mindoro

Notes and References

1. RA. 505. An Act to Create the Provinces of Oriental Mindoro and Occidental Mindoro. June 13, 1950. November 28, 2017.
2. Web site: 1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance. Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. 1986 Constitutional Commission. February 2, 1987. November 19, 2017.
3. Web site: TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020 . . June 17, 2022.
4. Web site: Roster of Philippine Legislators. Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. November 28, 2017. Congressional Library Bureau.