La Union's at-large congressional district is an obsolete
electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
that was used for electing members of
Philippine national legislatures in
La Union
La Union (), officially the Province of La Union ( ilo, Probinsia ti La Union; Kankanaey'': Probinsyan di La Union;'' Ibaloi'': Probinsya ne La Union;'' pag, Luyag/Probinsia na La Union; Tagalog'': Lalawigan ng La Union),'' is a province in th ...
before 1987.
La Union first elected its representatives
at-large
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during the
1898 Philippine legislative election for a seat in the
Malolos Congress
The Malolos Congress (also known as the Revolutionary Congress), formally known as the National Assembly, was the legislative body of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines. Members were chosen in the elections held from June 23 to Septe ...
, the National Assembly of the
First Philippine Republic
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, with additional seats granted to two appointed delegates.
Following the installation of
U.S. civil government in 1901 and the reorganization of provinces for the
Philippine Assembly
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, La Union was divided into a
first
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and
second
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district.
The provincewide electoral district was re-created ahead of the
1943 Philippine legislative election for a seat in the
National Assembly
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of the
Second Philippine Republic
The Second Philippine Republic, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines ( tl, Repúbliká ng Pilipinas; es, República de Filipinas; ja, フィリピン共和国, ''Firipin-kyōwakoku'') and also known as the Japanese-sponsored Phi ...
, 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 La Union returned to electing its representatives from its two districts.
In the unicameral
Batasang Pambansa
The Batasang Pambansa Complex, or simply the Batasan (), is the seat of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It is located along the Batasan Road in Batasan Hills, Quezon City.
The complex was initially the home of the Batasang Pa ...
that replaced the House in 1978, La Union was included in the multi-member regional electoral district of Region I (
Ilocos Region
Ilocos Region ( ilo, Rehion/Deppaar ti Ilocos; pag, Sagor na Baybay na Luzon/Rehiyon Uno; tl, Rehiyon ng Ilocos) is an administrative region of the Philippines, designated as Region I, occupying the northwestern section of Luzon and part of ...
) for its
interim parliament. The district was again utilized in the
1984 Philippine parliamentary election
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when La Union was granted two seats in the
regular parliament.
After 1986, La Union elected its representatives from its two single-member congressional districts restored under a new constitution.
Representation history
See also
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Legislative districts of La Union
The legislative districts of La Union are the representations of the province of La Union in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through ...
References
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