Samar's 2nd congressional district is 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

Samar Samar ( ) is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 1,909,537 as of the 2020 census. It is located in the eastern Visayas, which are in the central Philippines. The island is divided in ...

. It has been represented in the

House of Representatives of the Philippines The House of Representatives (; '','' thus commonly referred to as ''Kamara'') is the lower house of Congress of the Philippines, Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house. The ...

since 1916 and earlier in the

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from 1907 to 1916. The district consists of the provincial capital city of

Catbalogan Catbalogan, officially the City of Catbalogan (; ), is a component city and capital city of the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 106,440 people. It is Samar's main commercial, trading, educa ...

and adjacent municipalities of Basey,

Calbiga Calbiga, officially the Municipality of Calbiga (; ), is a municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 23,310 people. The town is famous for the Langun-Gobingob Caves which is the lar ...

, Daram, Hinabangan, Jiabong, Marabut, Motiong, Paranas, Pinabacdao, San Jose de Buan, San Sebastian, Santa Rita, Talalora,

Villareal Villarreal (officially, in ) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's capital ( ...

and Zumarraga. Prior to its second dissolution in 1965 due to the split of the historical province of Samar, it consisted of the old province's western portion that is now known as Samar (formerly Western Samar), except Catbalogan, which was part of the 1st district. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Reynolds Michael Tan of the

Lakas–CMD Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats, abbreviated as Lakas–CMD and also known simply as Lakas, (and known as Lakas–Kampi until 2011) is a political party in the Philippines. Lakas–CMD is considered to be on the Centre-right politics, centre ...

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{{Philippine congressional districts in Region VIII Congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Samar (province) 1907 establishments in the Philippines Congressional districts of Eastern Visayas Constituencies established in 1907