The legislative districts of Oriental Mindoro are the representations of the province of Oriental Mindoro in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first and second congressional districts.
History
Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Oriental Mindoro were represented under the lone district of the undivided Mindoro Province from 1898 to 1951.
The enactment of Republic Act No. 505 on June 13, 1950 split the old Mindoro Province into Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro, and provided each of them separate representation in Congress. Pursuant to Section 6 of Republic Act No. 505, the incumbent representative of Mindoro began to represent only Oriental Mindoro in the second half of the 2nd Congress, following the election of Occidental Mindoro's separate representative in a special election held on the same day as the 1951 senatorial elections.
Oriental Mindoro was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984, and returned two representatives, elected at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984.
Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the province was reapportioned into two congressional districts; each elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.
Current districts +Legislative Districts and Congressional Representatives of Oriental MindoroDistrictCurrent RepresentativeParty MunicipalitiesPopulation (2020)Area1stArnan Panaligan(since 2022)CalapanLakas 515,487 2,015.19 km2 2ndAlfonso Umali Jr.(since 2019)BongabongLiberal 422,852 223.19 km2
Defunct districts
Lone District (defunct) Period Representative 2nd Congress1949–1953 see Lone district of Mindoro Raul Leuterio 3rd Congress1953–1957 Conrado M. Morente 4th Congress1957–1961 Jose Leido, Sr. 5th Congress1961–1965 Luciano A. Joson 6th Congress1965–1969 7th Congress1969–1972 Jose J. Leido, Jr. Notes
At-Large (defunct) Period Representatives Regular Batasang Pambansa1984–1986 Rolleo L. Ignacio Jose Reynaldo V. Morente
See also Legislative district of Mindoro
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