Batangas's 2nd congressional district

Batangas's 2nd congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Map
Map
Boundary of Batangas's 2nd congressional district
Location of Batangas within the Philippines
ProvinceBatangas
RegionCalabarzon
Population306,809 (2020)[1]
Electorate196,497 (2022)[2]
Major settlements
Area399.14 km2 (154.11 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1907
RepresentativeGerville Luistro
Political party  Lakas
Congressional blocMajority

Batangas's 2nd congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Batangas. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.[3] The district consists of the southern Batangas municipalities of Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis, San Pascual and Tingloy. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Gerville Luistro of Lakas-CMD.[4]

Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, the second district encompassed the provincial capital city, Batangas City, and the southern Batangas municipalities of Alitagtag, Bauan, Cuenca, Ibaan, Lobo, Mabini, San Juan, San Pascual, Taysan, and Tingloy.[5] Lobo and San Juan, previously from the third district, became part of the second district beginning in 1928, joining other municipalities (including the pre-cityhood Batangas) that were part of the district since its creation in 1907.[6] Following the restoration of the Congress in 1987, it was reconfigured to encompass Batangas City and southern Batangas municipalities of Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis (previously from the first district), San Pascual and Tingloy.[7][8] In 2015, Batangas City was separated from the district to gain its separate representation as the fifth district beginning in 2016.[9]

  1. ^ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections". Commission on Elections. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference electionlaw was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Act No. 3378 (December 2, 1927), An Act Reorganizing the Representative Election Districts in the Province of Batangas, Senate of the Philippines Legislative Digital Resources, retrieved November 11, 2023
  7. ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  8. ^ "THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES – ORDINANCE". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  9. ^ Republic Act No. 10673 (August 19, 2015), An Act Reapportioning the Province of Batangas into six (6) Legislative Districts (PDF), Senate of the Philippines Legislative Digital Resources, retrieved June 13, 2016