The legislative districts of Baguio are the representations of the highly urbanized city of

Baguio Baguio ( , ), officially the City of Baguio ( ilo, Siudad ti Baguio; fil, Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...

in the various national legislatures of the

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. The city is currently represented in the lower house of the

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through its lone congressional district.

History

In 1917, the city of Baguio, along with the undivided Mountain Province, was provided representation in the

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. Pursuant to the Revised Administrative Code (Act No. 2711) enacted on March 10, 1917, the non-Christian-majority areas of the Philippines, which then included the Mountain Province and Baguio, were to be collectively represented in the legislature's

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by two senators from the 12th senatorial district, both appointed by the Governor-General. Three assembly members, also appointed by the Governor-General, were to represent the Mountain Province and the

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in the lower house as a single at-large district. The residents of Baguio and the Mountain Province only began electing representatives through popular vote in 1935 by virtue of Act No. 4203; the law provided the territorial coverage for each lower house representative district, while also abolishing the senatorial district system. The city was then represented as part of the Mountain Province's second district, which also included the sub-province of Benguet. Areas now under the jurisdiction of Baguio were first represented separately during the

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. As a chartered city, two delegates represented Baguio in the

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of the Japanese-sponsored

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: one was the city mayor (an ''ex officio'' member), while the other was elected through an assembly of

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members within the city during the

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. Upon the restoration of the

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in 1945, the city reverted to its pre-war representation with the sub-province of Benguet as part of the undivided Mountain Province's second district. The enactment of Republic Act No. 4695 on June 18, 1966 made the sub-province of Benguet into a full-fledged province. Per Section 10 of R.A. 4695

was to be part of the newly independent province's representative district. The new province of Benguet, along with Baguio, together elected one representative starting in the next general election. Baguio was represented in the

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as part of Region I from 1978 to 1984. Having been classified as a highly urbanized city on 22 December 1979 through Batas Pambansa Blg. 51, Baguio was granted separate representation in the

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, returning one representative, elected at-large in

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. The city was once more grouped with Benguet under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on 11 February 1987. Baguio, despite being an independent city since 1909, comprised what was legally known between 1987 and 1995 as the first district of Benguet, while the territory of the actual province of Benguet itself comprised the second district. Both elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year. Starting in 1992 the first district of Benguet was re-designated as the "Legislative district of Baguio" thereby permitting the city to once again elect a representative under its own name.

Lone District

*Population (2020): 366,358

At-Large (defunct)

1943-1944

1984-1986

References

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