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The legislative districts of Nueva Ecija are the representations of the province of Nueva Ecija 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 Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (disambiguation) * Third Avenue (disambiguation) * Hi ...
, and fourth congressional districts.


History

Nueva Ecija constituted Nueva Ecija into a single assembly district for the Malolos Congress, wherein it was represented by three delegates, from 1898 to 1899. Philippine Commission Act No. 1582 later revived the district for the first elections to the lower chamber of the bicameral
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in 1907. The province was later divided into two districts with the enactment of Act No. 3336 on December 7, 1926; their separate representatives were first elected in the 1928 elections. When seats for the upper house of the
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were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the third senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate. During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in the Second World War, two delegates represented Nueva Ecija in the unicameral National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an ''ex officio'' member), while the other was indirectly elected through local conventions of
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party members. The pre-war two-representative district configuration was restored upon the re-establishment of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, and lasted until the disbandment of
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in 1972 as a result of the declaration of Martial Law. Two chartered cities created during this period —
Cabanatuan Cabanatuan, officially the City of Cabanatuan ( fil, Lungsod ng Cabanatuan; ilo, Siudad ti Cabanatuan), is a 1st class component city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 327,325 peop ...
(1950) and
Palayan Palayan, officially the City of Palayan ( fil, Lungsod ng Palayan, Ilocano: ''Siudad ti Palayan''), is a 5th class component city and capital of the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 45 ...
(1965) — remained part of the second congressional district of Nueva Ecija, by virtue of Republic Act No. 526 (§90) and Republic Act No. 4475 (§42), respectively. Nueva Ecija was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region III from 1978 to 1984, and elected four representatives, at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in
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. The province was reapportioned into four
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under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.


Current Districts

LakasCMD (1) Nacionalista (1) NUP (1) PDPLaban (1)


Historical Districts


Lone District (defunct)

Notes


At-Large (defunct)


1898–1899


1943–1944


1984–1986


References

{{Philippine legislative districts Nueva Ecija Politics of Nueva Ecija