Maguindanao's 2nd congressional district was one of the two

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 undivided

Maguindanao Maguindanao (; Maguindanaon: ''Dairat nu Magindanaw''; Iranun: ''Perobinsia a Magindanao''; ) was a province of the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). From 2014 to 2022, its provincial capital ...

. It was represented in the

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from 1987–2022. The district covered 25 interior municipalities of eastern Maguindanao bordering the provinces of

Cotabato Cotabato, formerly and still commonly referred to as North Cotabato and officially the Province of Cotabato, is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Soccsksargen Regions of the Philippines, regi ...

and

Sultan Kudarat Sultan Kudarat, officially the Province of Sultan Kudarat (; Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Dairat nu Sultan Kudarat'', Jawi Alphabet, Jawi: دايرت نو سولتان كودرت; ; Ilocano language, Ilocano: ''Probinsia ti Sultan Ku ...

, including its capital

Buluan Buluan, officially the Municipality of Buluan (Maguindanaon: ''Inged nu Buluan''; ), is a municipality and capital of the province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 57,406 people. The town ...

. From 2006 to 2008, the district was briefly replaced by the lone district of Maguindanao after a new province was carved out of the 1st district known as

Shariff Kabunsuan Shariff Kabunsuan was a short-lived province of the Philippines within the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that existed from 2006 to 2008. Its designated seat of government was Datu Odin Sinsuat. Initially comprising ten municipal ...

which was eventually nullified by the

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. It was last represented in the 19th Congress by Mohamad P. Paglas of the

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(NP), who was later redistricted to the at-large district of the newly-established province of

Maguindanao del Sur Maguindanao del Sur, officially the Province of Maguindanao del Sur (, Jawi Alphabet, Jawi:دايرت نو سلاتان مڬیندانو, ), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro reg ...

Representation history

Election results

2022

2019

2016

2013

2010

References

{{Philippine congressional districts in the BARMM Former congressional districts of the Philippines Congressional districts of Bangsamoro 1987 establishments in the Philippines 2022 disestablishments in the Philippines Constituencies established in 1987 Constituencies disestablished in 2006 Constituencies established in 2008 Constituencies disestablished in 2022