Cavite's 2nd congressional district is one of the eight

congressional districts of the Philippines Congressional districts of the Philippines () refers to the electoral districts or constituencies in which the country is divided for the purpose of electing 253 of the 316 members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Rep ...

in the province of

Cavite Cavite, officially the Province of Cavite (; Chavacano: ''Provincia de Cavite''), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region. On the southern shores of Manila Bay and southwest of Manila, i ...

. It has been represented in the

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since 1987. The district consists of the northeastern city of

Bacoor Bacoor (), officially the City of Bacoor (), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 664,625 ...

. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by

Lani Mercado Lani Mercado-Revilla (; born Jesusa Victoria Garcia Hernandez-Bautista; April 13, 1968) is a Filipino actress and politician serving as representative of Cavite's 2nd district, which comprises only the city of Bacoor, from 2010 to 2016. Pers ...

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. The second district previously encompassed the cities of

Dasmariñas Dasmariñas (), officially the City of Dasmariñas (), is a component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. With a land area of and a population of 703,141 people according to the 2020 census, it is the largest city both in terms of ...

and

Trece Martires Trece Martires (, American Spanish: , European Spanish: ), officially the City of Trece Martires (), is a component city and '' de facto'' capital city of the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...

, the ''de facto'' provincial capital, along with the adjacent central Cavite municipalities of Carmona,

General Mariano Alvarez General Mariano Alvarez, officially the Municipality of General Mariano Alvarez () and often shortened as GMA, is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2 ...

General Trias General Trias (), officially the City of General Trias (), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a popul ...

Imus Imus (), officially the City of Imus (), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and ''de jure'' Capital city, capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 cens ...

, and

Tanza Tanza, officially the Municipality of Tanza (), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 312,116 people. It has a land ar ...

until the reapportionment took effect in 2010.

Representation history

Election results

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2010

2007

References

{{Philippine congressional districts in Region IV-A Congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Cavite 1987 establishments in the Philippines Congressional districts of Calabarzon Constituencies established in 1987