Legislative districts of Batangas

The Legislative Districts of Batangas are the representations of the province of Batangas 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, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth districts.

History

Batangas was divided into three representative districts from 1907 to 1972, with a minor adjustment of district boundaries as mandated by Act No. 3378 (enacted on December 3, 1927) taking effect starting in the 1928 elections. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the fifth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

In the disruption caused by the Second World War, two delegates represented the province in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through a provincial assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province retained its three pre-war representative districts.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984, and elected four representatives, at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Batangas was reapportioned into four congressional districts under the new Constitution^[1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

The passage of Republic Act No. 10673^[2] on August 19, 2015 increased the number of the province's representatives from four to six. R.A. No. 10673 separated Batangas City and Lipa from the second and fourth districts, and constituted these cities into the province's fifth and sixth districts, respectively. These two new districts elected their first separate representatives beginning in the 2016 elections.

1st District

Municipalities: Balayan, Calaca, Calatagan, Lemery, Lian, Nasugbu, Taal, Tuy
Population (2010): 546,811

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Conrado V. Apacible
9th Congress 1992–1995	Eduardo R. Ermita
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Ma. Elenita R. Ermita-Buhain
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Tomas V. Apacible
16th Congress 2013–2016	Ma. Elenita R. Ermita-Buhain
17th Congress 2016–2019	Ma. Elenita R. Ermita-Buhain

1907–1928

Municipalities: Balayan, Calaca, Lemery, Nasugbu, Taal, Talisay, Tanauan, Tuy (re-established 1911), Calatagan (re-established 1912), Lian (re-established 1915), San Luis (re-established 1918)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Felipe Agoncillo
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Galicano Apacible
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Galicano Apacible
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Ramon Diokno
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Vicente Lontok
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Antonio de las Alas
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Antonio de las Alas

1928–1972

Municipalities: Balayan, Calaca, Calatagan, Lemery, Lian, Nasugbu, San Luis, Taal, Tuy, Agoncillo (established 1949), San Nicolas (established 1955), Santa Teresita (established 1961)

Period	Representative
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Antonio de las Alas
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Antonio de las Alas
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Ramon Diokno
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Miguel Tolentino
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946
1st Congress 1946–1949	Felixberto M. Serrano
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Apolinario R. Apacible¹
3rd Congress 1953–1957
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965
5th Congress 1961–1965	Luis N. Lopez²
6th Congress 1965–1969	Federico M. Serrano
7th Congress 1969–1972	Roberto C. Diokno

^1 To 1963.

^2 From 1963.

2nd District

Municipalities: Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis, San Pascual, Tingloy

Population (2010): 269,981

Period	Representative
17th Congress 2016–2019	Raneo S. Abu

1987–2016

City: Batangas City
Municipalities: Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis, San Pascual, Tingloy
Population (2010): 575,588

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Hernando B. Perez
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Edgar L. Mendoza
12th Congress 2001–2004	Francisco S. Perez II
13th Congress 2004–2007	Hermilando I. Mandanas
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016	Raneo S. Abu

1907–1928

Municipalities: Batangas, Bauan, Cuenca, Ibaan, San Luis, Alitagtag (established 1909), Mabini (established 1918)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Eusebio Orense
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Florencio R. Caedo
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Marcelo Caringal
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Pablo Borbon
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Vicente Agregado
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Rafael Villanueva
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Andres Buendia

1928–1972

Municipalities: Alitagtag, Batangas (became city in 1969), Bauan, Cuenca, Ibaan, Mabini, Lobo, San Juan, Taysan, Tingloy (established 1955), San Pascual (established 1969)

Period	Representative
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Gabino Abaya
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Meynardo M. Farol
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Luis Francisco
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Eusebio Orense
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946
1st Congress 1946–1949	Pedro P. Muñoz
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Numeriano U. Babao
3rd Congress 1953–1957
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965	Apolinario V. Marasigan
6th Congress 1965–1969	Olegario B. Cantos
7th Congress 1969–1972	Expedito M. Leviste

3rd District

City: Tanauan City
Municipalities: Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Malvar, Mataas na Kahoy, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita, Santo Tomas, Talisay
Population (2010): 574,443

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Milagros Laurel-Trinidad
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Jose Macario Laurel IV
12th Congress 2001–2004	Victoria Hernandez-Reyes
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Nelson P. Collantes
16th Congress 2013–2016	Nelson P. Collantes
17th Congress 2016–2019	Maria Theresa Collantes

1907–1928

Municipalities: Bolbok (San Juan de Bocboc), Lipa, Lobo, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Malvar (established 1919), Taysan (re-established 1919)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Gregorio Katigbak
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Teodoro M. Kalaw
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Fidel Reyes
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Benito Reyes Katigbak
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Claro M. Recto
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928

1928–1972

Municipalities: Lipa, Malvar, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan, Mataas na Kahoy (established 1931), Padre Garcia (established 1949), Balete (established 1969), Laurel (established 1969)

Period	Representative
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Jose D. Dimayuga
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Jose D. Dimayuga
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Emilio U. Mayo
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Maximo M. Kalaw
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941	Maximo M. Kalaw
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946	Jose B. Laurel, Jr.
1st Congress 1946–1949
2nd Congress 1949–1953
3rd Congress 1953–1957
4th Congress 1957–1961	Jose M. Laurel IV
5th Congress 1961–1965	Jose B. Laurel, Jr.
6th Congress 1965–1969
7th Congress 1969–1972

4th District

Municipalities: Ibaan, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, Taysan
Population (2010): 397,085

Period	Representative
17th Congress 2016–2019	Llanda B. Bolilla

1987–2016

City: Lipa City
Municipalities: Ibaan, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, Taysan
Population (2010): 680,553

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Jose E. Calingasan
9th Congress 1992–1995	Ralph G. Recto
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Oscar L. Gozos
13th Congress 2004–2007	Oscar L. Gozos
14th Congress 2007–2010	Mark Llandro L. Mendoza
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016

5th District

City: Batangas City
Population (2010): 305,607

Period	Representative
17th Congress 2016–2019	Mario Vittorio A. Mariño

6th District

City: Lipa City
Population (2010): 283,468

Period	Representative
17th Congress 2016–2019	Vilma Santos-Recto

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representatives
Malolos Congress 1898–1899	Mariano Lopez
	Gregorio Aguilera
	Eduardo Gutierrez
	Ambrosio Flores
National Assembly 1943–1944	Jose B. Laurel, Jr.
National Assembly 1943–1944	Maximo M. Malvar (ex officio)
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Manuel G. Collantes
	Jose B. Laurel, Jr.
	Hernando B. Perez
	Rafael R. Recto

References

Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library

^ "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Retrieved June 13, 2016.
^ Congress of the Philippines (August 19, 2015). "Republic Act No. 10673" (PDF). Retrieved June 13, 2016.

[1] "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Retrieved June 13, 2016.

[2] Congress of the Philippines (August 19, 2015). "Republic Act No. 10673" (PDF). Retrieved June 13, 2016.

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