The legislative districts of San Jose del Monte are the representations of the component city of San Jose del Monte in the Congress of the Philippines. The city is currently represented in the

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of the Congress through its lone congressional district.

History

San Jose del Monte was represented as part of Bulacan's at-large district in the Malolos Congress (1898–1899) and the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic (1943–1944) and the second district from 1907 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1972. The province of Bulacan was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region III from 1978 to 1984, and elected four representatives at-large to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in

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. San Jose del Monte was placed in the fourth district of Bulacan after the reorganization of the province's legislative districts under the new Constitution which took effect on February 7, 1987. San Jose del Monte, which became a city in 2000, was separated from the fourth district of Bulacan on December 18, 2003 by virtue of Republic Act No. 9230 which amended the city charter (Republic Act No. 8797) authored by then Congressman Angelito Sarmiento, and elected its own representative starting in the

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. However, the city's residents still vote as part of the province's 4th ''Sangguniang Panlalawigan'' district for the purpose of electing

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members.

Lone District

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(since

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) , PDP–Laban , , 651,813 , 105.53 km²

References

{{Philippine legislative districts San Jose del Monte Politics of San Jose del Monte

History

Lone District

See also

References