The legislative districts of Quezon City are the representations of the
highly urbanized city
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of
Quezon in the
various national and local legislatures of the
Philippines. At present, the province is represented in the
House of Representatives of the Philippines by its six congressional districts, with the districts' representatives being elected every three years. Additionally, each district is allotted six seats in the
Quezon City Council, creating a total of thirty-six elective seats in the legislature.
History
From its creation in 1939 to 1972,
Quezon City was represented as part of
Rizal Province
Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal ( fil, Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Antipolo. It is about east of Manila. The p ...
, with the western areas that formerly belonged to
Caloocan
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,
Mandaluyong, and
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* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
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voting as part of that province's
first district, and the eastern areas that formerly belonged to
Marikina
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It is locat ...
, Montalban (now
Rodriguez),
Pasig
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, and
San Mateo voting in the
second district.
In the disruption caused by the
Second World War, Quezon City was incorporated into the City of Greater Manila on January 1, 1942, by virtue of
Manuel Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, (; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier and politician who served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his de ...
's Executive Order No. 400 as a wartime emergency measure. Greater Manila was represented by
two delegates in the
National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored
Second Philippine Republic: one was the city mayor (an
''ex officio'' member), while the other was elected through a citywide assembly of
KALIBAPI
The Kapisanan ng Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas (''Association for Service to the New Philippines''), or KALIBAPI, was a fascist Filipino political party that served as the sole party of state during the Japanese occupation. It was intended t ...
members during the
Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of the
Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, Quezon City's divided representation between the two districts of
Rizal was retained; this remained so until 1972.
The city was represented in the
Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of
Region IV from 1978 to 1984. Quezon City residents first elected representatives separate from Rizal in the
1984 election, where
four representatives, elected at-large, represented the city at the
Regular Batasang Pambansa.
Quezon City was reapportioned into four
congressional districts
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under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987. It elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting
that same year.
By virtue of Republic Act No. 10170
approved on July 2, 2012, the
fifth and
sixth districts were created out of the
second district. Residents of the two new districts began to elect their own representatives beginning in the
2013 elections.
Current districts
The city was last redistricted on July 2, 2012, where the fifth and sixth districts were apportioned. The city's congressional delegation currently composes of two members of
Lakas, two members of the
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, and two members of the
Nacionalista Party. All six representatives are part of the majority bloc in the
19th Congress.
Notes
At-Large (defunct)
See also
*
Legislative districts of Rizal
The legislative districts of Rizal are the representations of the province of Rizal in the various national and local legislatures of the Philippines. At present, the province is represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines by ...
*
Legislative districts of Manila
References
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