Makati's at-large congressional district may refer to two occasions when a city-wide or provincewide at-large district was used for elections to the

Regular Batasang Pambansa The Regular Batasang Pambansa (English: Regular National Assembly), or the First Batasang Pambansa, was the meeting of the Batasang Pambansa from the beginning of its session on July 23, 1984 until it was abolished by President Corazon Aquino on ...

from

Makati Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...

in the Philippines. Makati first gained a separate representation in 1984 when it returned one representative to the

. The municipality continued to constitute a separate congressional district under the new constitution proclaimed on February 11, 1987. It was divided into two districts when Makati became a city pursuant to Republic Act No. 7854 and approved by plebiscite on February 4, 1995. Electing separate representatives was later administered in 1998. Before Makati gained a separate representation, it was a part of

Manila's at-large congressional district Manila's at-large congressional district may refer to three occasions when a city-wide or provincewide at-large district was used for elections to the various Philippine national legislatures from Manila. From 1898 to 1901, four representatives f ...

from 1898 to 1899 (as part of the province of Manila) and from 1943 to 1944 (as part of the

City of Greater Manila The City of Greater Manila, also known simply as Greater Manila and sometimes Greater Manila Area (GMA), was a chartered city which existed during the World War II era. It was governed by the Commonwealth of the Philippines and was dissolved by ...

) and

Rizal's 1st congressional district Rizal's 1st congressional district is one of the four congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Rizal. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly ...

from 1907 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1972.

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Representation history

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