Manila's 2nd congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the city of Manila. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916. The district consists of barangays 147 to 267 in the eastern part of the Manila district of Tondo (also known as Gagalangin), east of Dagupan Street, Estero de Vitas and Estero de Sunog Apog bordering Navotas and southern Caloocan. It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by Rolando M. Valeriano of the National Unity Party (NUP) and Asenso Manileño.
Prior to the revision of Manila's city charter in 1949, it consisted of the southern and eastern Manila districts of Ermita, Malate, Paco, Pandacan, Quiapo, Sampaloc (including the present-day Santa Mesa), San Miguel, Santa Ana (including the present-day San Andres), and Santa Cruz. Following the revision and until its second dissolution in 1972, it retained Quiapo and Santa Cruz while Binondo and San Nicolas were added to its jurisdiction. After the restoration of the Congress in 1987, it encompassed the eastern part of Tondo, which remains the case to the present.
Representation history # Image Member Term of office Legislature Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndManila's 2nd district for the Philippine Assembly District created January 9, 1907. 1 Fernando María Guerrero October 16, 1907 October 16, 1909 1st Liga Popular Elected in 1907. 1907–1916Ermita, Malate, Paco, Pandacan, Quiapo, Sampaloc, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz 2 Pablo Ocampo October 16, 1909 October 16, 1912 2nd Nacionalista Elected in 1909. 3 Luciano de la Rosa October 16, 1912 October 16, 1916 3rd Liga Popular Elected in 1912.Manila's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands 4 Jose Generoso October 16, 1916 June 6, 1922 4th Demócrata Elected in 1916. 1916–1935Ermita, Malate, Paco, Pandacan, Quiapo, Sampaloc, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz 5th Re-elected in 1919. 5 Alfonso E. Mendoza June 6, 1922 June 5, 1928 6th Demócrata Elected in 1922. 7th Re-elected in 1925. 6 Pedro Gil June 5, 1928 June 2, 1931 8th NacionalistaConsolidado Elected in 1928. 7 Prudencio A. Remigio June 2, 1931 June 5, 1934 9th Liberal Elected in 1931. (5) Alfonso E. Mendoza June 5, 1934 September 16, 1935 10th NacionalistaDemócrata Pro-Independencia Elected in 1934. # Image Member Term of office NationalAssembly Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndManila's 2nd district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines) (6) Pedro Gil September 16, 1935 December 30, 1941 1st NacionalistaDemócrata Pro-Independencia Elected in 1935. 1935–1941Ermita, Malate, Paco, Pandacan, Quiapo, Sampaloc, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz 2nd Nacionalista Re-elected in 1938. District dissolved into the two-seat Manila's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic). # Image Member Term of office CommonwealthCongress Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndManila's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines District re-created May 24, 1945. (5) Alfonso E. Mendoza June 9, 1945 May 25, 1946 1st Radical Elected in 1941. 1945–1946Ermita, Malate, Paco, Pandacan, Quiapo, Sampaloc, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz # Image Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndManila's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines 8 Hermenegildo Atienza May 25, 1946 December 30, 1949 1st Liberal Elected in 1946.Redistricted to the 4th district. 1946–1949Ermita, Malate, Paco, Pandacan, Quiapo, Sampaloc, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz 9 Arsenio Lacson December 30, 1949 January 1, 1952 2nd Nacionalista Elected in 1949.Resigned on election as Manila mayor. 1949–1972Binondo, Quiapo, San Nicolas, Santa Cruz 10 Joaquín R. Roces December 30, 1953 September 23, 1972 3rd Nacionalista Elected in 1953. 4th Re-elected in 1957. 5th Re-elected in 1961. 6th Re-elected in 1965. 7th Re-elected in 1969.Removed from office after imposition of martial law. District dissolved into the nineteen-seat Region IV's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the six-seat Manila's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa. District re-created February 2, 1987. 11 Jaime C. Lopez June 30, 1987 June 30, 1998 8th PDP–Laban Elected in 1987. 1987–presenteast Tondo 9th Lakas–CMD Re-elected in 1992. 10th Re-elected in 1995. 12 Nestor C. Ponce Jr. June 30, 1998 June 30, 2001 11th Liberal Elected in 1998. (11) Jaime C. Lopez June 30, 2001 June 30, 2010 12th Lakas–CMD Elected in 2001. 13th Re-elected in 2004. 14th Liberal (KKK) Re-elected in 2007. 13 Carlo Lopez June 30, 2010 June 30, 2019 15th Liberal (KKK) Elected in 2010. 16th Re-elected in 2013. 17th PDP–Laban Re-elected in 2016. 14 Rolan Valeriano June 30, 2019 Incumbent 18th NUP(Asenso Manileño) Elected in 2019. 19th Re-elected in 2022. 20th Re-elected in 2025.
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See also Legislative districts of Manila
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