Negros Oriental's 2nd congressional district

Negros Oriental's 2nd congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Negros Oriental within the Philippines
ProvinceNegros Oriental
RegionNegros Island Region
Population508,152 (2015)[1]
Electorate299,092 (2016)[2]
Major settlements
Area1,480.26 km2 (571.53 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1907
RepresentativeChiquiting Sagarbarria
Political party  NPC
Congressional blocMajority

Negros Oriental's 2nd congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Negros Oriental. 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 provincial capital city of Dumaguete, the cities of Bais and Tanjay, and adjacent municipalities of Amlan, Mabinay, Pamplona, San Jose and Sibulan. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Chiquiting Sagarbarria of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).[4]

  1. ^ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 23, 2020.