Batangas's 3rd congressional district

Batangas's 3rd congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Map
Map
Boundary of Batangas's 3rd congressional district
Location of Batangas within the Philippines
ProvinceBatangas
RegionCalabarzon
Population768,561 (2020)[1]
Electorate478,027 (2022)[2]
Major settlements
12 LGUs
Area545.73 km2 (210.71 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1907
RepresentativeMa. Theresa V. Collantes
Political party  NPC
Congressional blocMajority

Batangas's 3rd 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 northern Batangas cities of Santo Tomas and Tanauan, as well as adjacent municipalities surrounding the Taal Lake: Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita and Talisay, a configuration that has been in place since 1987.[4][5] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Ma. Theresa V. Collantes of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).[6]

Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, the third district encompassed the city of Lipa and the eastern Batangas municipalities of Balete, Laurel, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, and Tanauan. The southeastern municipalities of Lobo and San Juan were also part of the district from its creation until 1928 when a minor reorganization, enacted into law a year earlier, transferred them to the second district. Simultaneously, Tanauan became part of this district.[7][8]

  1. ^ Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  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 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES – ORDINANCE". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  6. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
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  8. ^ 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