Ilocos Norte's at-large congressional district is an obsolete

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that was used for electing members of Philippine national legislatures in

Ilocos Norte Ilocos Norte (), officially the Province of Ilocos Norte (; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region. It is located in the northwest corner of Luzon island, bordering Cagayan and Apayao to t ...

before 1987. Ilocos Norte first elected its representatives

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during the

1898 Philippine legislative election The elections for the Malolos Congress, also known as the Revolutionary Congress, were held in the Philippines from June 23 to September 10, 1898. These were the first elections for a national legislature in the Philippines. The Spanish coloni ...

for six seats in the

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, the National Assembly of the

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. Following the installation of U.S. civil government in 1901 and the reorganization of provinces for the

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, Ilocos Norte was divided into a

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and

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district. The provincewide district was re-created ahead of the

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for a seat in the

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of the

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, with an additional seat assigned to its provincial governor. The district became inactive again following the restoration of the House of Representatives in 1945 when Ilocos Norte returned to electing its representatives from its two districts. In the unicameral

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that replaced the House in 1978, Ilocos Norte was included in the multi-member regional electoral district of Region I (

Ilocos Region The Ilocos Region (; ; ), designated as Region I, is an Region of the Philippines, administrative region of the Philippines. Located in the northwestern section of Luzon, it is bordered by the Cordillera Administrative Region to the east, the Ca ...

) for its interim parliament. The district was again utilized in the

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when Ilocos Norte was granted two seats in the regular parliament. After 1986, Ilocos Norte elected its representatives from its two single-member congressional districts restored under a new constitution.

Representation history

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Representation history

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