Leyte's 2nd congressional district is one of the five congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Leyte. 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 the central municipalities of Barugo, Burauen, Capoocan, Carigara, Dagami, Dulag, Jaro, Julita, La Paz, MacArthur, Mayorga, Pastrana, Tabontabon and Tunga since its second restoration in 1987. It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by Lolita Javier of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).

Until 1931, it consisted of southern municipalities of undivided Leyte: Bato, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, and Matalom, and present-day Southern Leyte municipalities of Cabalian (now San Juan), Libagon, Liloan, Maasin, Macrohon, Malitbog, Pintuyan, and Sogod. Following the creation of the fifth district, Albuera, Baybay, and Ormoc were added from the first district, while the present-day Southern Leyte municipalities were redistricted to the third district; Kananga was later established out of Ormoc in 1950. Following the creation of Southern Leyte in 1959, these areas were moved to the fourth district, with the central municipalities from the fifth district, such as Alangalang, Barugo, Burauen, Capoocan, Carigara, Dagami, Jaro, Julita, La Paz, Pastrana, Tabontabon, and Tunga, forming the redefined second district from 1961 until its second dissolution in 1972.

Representation history # Image Member Term of office Legislature Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndLeyte's 2nd district for the Philippine Assembly District created January 9, 1907. 1 Salvador K. Demeterio October 16, 1907 October 16, 1909 1st Nacionalista Elected in 1907. 1907–1909Bato, Cabalian, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Liloan, Maasin, Malitbog, Matalom, Pintuyan, Sogod 2 Francisco Zialcita October 16, 1909 October 16, 1912 2nd Liga Popular Elected in 1909. 1909–1916Bato, Cabalian, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Liloan, Maasin, Macrohon, Malitbog, Matalom, Pintuyan, Sogod 3 Dalmacio R. Costas October 16, 1912 October 16, 1916 3rd Nacionalista Elected in 1912.Leyte's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands (3) Dalmacio R. Costas October 16, 1916 June 3, 1919 4th Nacionalista Re-elected in 1916. 1916–1931Bato, Cabalian, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Libagon, Liloan, Maasin, Macrohon, Malitbog, Matalom, Pintuyan, Sogod 4 Ciriaco K. Kangleón June 3, 1919 June 6, 1922 5th Nacionalista Elected in 1919. 5 Tomás G. Oppus June 6, 1922 June 2, 1931 6th NacionalistaColectivista Elected in 1922. 7th NacionalistaConsolidado Re-elected in 1925. 8th Re-elected in 1928. 6 Pacífico Ybáñez June 2, 1931 June 5, 1934 9th NacionalistaConsolidado Elected in 1931. 1931–1935Albuera, Bato, Baybay, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Matalom, Ormoc 7 Dominador Tan June 5, 1934 September 16, 1935 10th NacionalistaDemocrático Elected in 1934. # Image Member Term of office NationalAssembly Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndLeyte's 2nd district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines) (7) Dominador Tan September 16, 1935 December 30, 1941 1st NacionalistaDemocrático Re-elected in 1935. 1935–1941Albuera, Bato, Baybay, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Matalom, Ormoc 2nd Nacionalista Re-elected in 1938. District dissolved into the two-seat Leyte's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic). # Image Member Term of office CommonwealthCongress Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndLeyte's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines District re-created May 24, 1945. (7) Dominador Tan June 11, 1945 May 25, 1946 1st Nacionalista Re-elected in 1941. 1945–1946Albuera, Bato, Baybay, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Matalom, Ormoc # Image Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndLeyte's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines 8 Domingo Veloso May 25, 1946 December 30, 1957 1st Liberal Elected in 1946. 1946–1953Albuera, Bato, Baybay, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Matalom, Ormoc 2nd Re-elected in 1949. 3rd Democratic Re-elected in 1953. 1953–1961Albuera, Bato, Baybay, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Kananga, Matalom, Ormoc (7) Dominador Tan December 30, 1957 December 30, 1961 4th Nacionalista Elected in 1957.Redistricted to the 4th district. 9 Primo A. Villasin December 30, 1961 December 30, 1965 5th Liberal Elected in 1961. 1961–1972Alangalang, Barugo, Burauen, Capoocan, Carigara, Dagami, Jaro, Julita, La Paz, Pastrana, Tabontabon, Tunga 10 Salud Vivero Parreño December 30, 1965 December 27, 1969 6th Nacionalista Elected in 1965. 7th Re-elected in 1969.Died before start of term. District dissolved into the ten-seat Region VIII's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the five-seat Leyte's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa. District re-created February 2, 1987. 11 Manuel L. Horca Jr. June 30, 1987 June 30, 1992 8th PDP–Laban Elected in 1987. 1987–presentBarugo, Burauen, Capoocan, Carigara, Dagami, Dulag, Jaro, Julita, La Paz, MacArthur, Mayorga, Pastrana, Tabontabon, Tunga 12 Sergio Apostol June 30, 1992 June 30, 2001 9th Lakas Elected in 1992. 10th Re-elected in 1995. 11th Re-elected in 1998. 13 Trinidad G. Apostol June 30, 2001 June 30, 2010 12th Lakas Elected in 2001. 13th Re-elected in 2004. 14th Re-elected in 2007. (12) Sergio Apostol June 30, 2010 June 30, 2016 15th Lakas Elected in 2010. 16th Liberal Re-elected in 2013. 14 Henry Ong June 30, 2016 June 30, 2019 17th PDP–Laban Elected in 2016. 15 Lolita Javier June 30, 2019 Incumbent 18th PFP Elected in 2019. 19th Nacionalista Re-elected in 2022. 20th NPC Re-elected in 2025.

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See also Legislative districts of Leyte

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