The legislative districts of Cebu are the representations of the province of Cebu in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. At present, the province is represented in the House of Representatives by its seven congressional districts, with their respective representatives being elected every three years. Locally, the districts are also allotted two seats in the Cebu Provincial Board, with board members also being elected every three years.
History Cebu was initially composed of one representative district, wherein it elected four representatives, at large, to the Malolos Congress in 1898. It was later divided into seven representative districts in 1907. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the tenth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.
In the disruption caused by the Second World War, two delegates represented the province in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through a provincial assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Cebu City, being a chartered city, was represented separately in this short-lived legislative body. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province retained its seven pre-war representative districts; this remained so until 1972.
The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region VII from 1978 to 1984. Beginning in 1984 the province elected six representatives, at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa; Cebu City, which became a highly urbanized city in 1979 by virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg. 51, began to be represented separately from Cebu at this time.
Cebu, including the cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu, was reapportioned into six congressional districts under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987. The six districts elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.
The passage of Republic Act No. 9726 on October 22, 2009, separated the highly urbanized city of Lapu-Lapu from the sixth district to form its own congressional district starting in the 2010 elections.
Republic Act No. 10684, approved on September 18, 2015, split the second district and recreated the seventh district which elected its own representative in the 2016 elections.
Republic Act No. 11257, approved on April 15, 2019, separated the highly urbanized city of Mandaue from the sixth district to form its own congressional district starting in the 2022 elections.
Current districts The province was last redistricted in 2019, where Mandaue was separated from the sixth district to form its own congressional district. The province's current congressional delegation composes of four members of the National Unity Party, one member of Lakas–CMD, one member of the Nationalist People's Coalition, and one member of One Cebu. All seven representatives are part of the majority bloc in the 20th Congress. + Legislative districts and representatives of CebuDistrictCurrent RepresentativeConstituent LGUsPopulation (2020)AreaMapImageNameParty1st Rhea Mae Gullas(since 2022)City of TalisayNUP 809,335527.06 km² 2nd Edsel Galeos(since 2022)ArgaoLakas 257,658740.67 km² 3rd Karen Garcia(since 2025)City of ToledoNUP 616,3261,258.08 km² 4th Sun Shimura(since 2025)DaanbantayanNUP 540,814740.41 km² 5th Vincent Franco Frasco(since 2019)Liloan1CEBU 643,946877.67 km² 6th Daphne Lagon(since 2022)CordovaNUP 218,60789.05 km² 7th Patricia Calderon(since 2025)DumanjugNPC 238,699641.62 km²
Historical districts At-Large (defunct)
1898–1899 Period Representatives Malolos Congress1898–1899 Ariston Bautista Trinidad Pardo de Tavera Felix David Francisco Macabulos
1943–1944 Excludes Cebu City Period Representative National Assembly1943–1944 Jose S. Leyson Jose Delgado (ex officio)
1984–1986 Excludes Cebu City Period Representative Regular Batasang Pambansa1984–1986 Emerito S. Calderon Nenita C. Daluz Ramon D. Durano III Regalado Estrella Maambong Luisito R. Patalinjug Adelino B. Sitoy
See also Legislative districts of Cebu City Legislative district of Lapu-Lapu Legislative district of Mandaue
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