Pasay's At-large Congressional District
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Pasay's at-large congressional district is the sole
congressional district of the Philippines Congressional districts of the Philippines ( fil, distritong pangkapulungan) refers to the electoral districts or constituencies in which the country is divided for the purpose of electing 253 of the 316 members of the House of Representatives (w ...
in the city of
Pasay Pasay, officially the City of Pasay ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasay; ), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, i ...
. It has been represented in the
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since 1987 and earlier in the
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from 1984 to 1986. Pasay first elected a single representative city-wide
at-large At large (''before a noun'': at-large) is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather than ...
for the
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following the 1984 Philippine constitutional plebiscite that amended the 1973 constitution and abolished the regional at-large assembly districts. Before 1973, the city was represented in the
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as part of Rizal's 1st and
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districts and Manila's at-large district. The district was re-created on February 2, 1987 following the ratification of the
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that restored the House of Representatives. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Antonino G. Calixto of the
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.


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See also

* Legislative district of Pasay


References

{{coord missing, Philippines Congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Pasay 1984 establishments in the Philippines At-large congressional districts of the Philippines Congressional districts of Metro Manila Constituencies established in 1984