The legislative districts of Basilan are the representations of the

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Basilan Basilan, officially the Province of Basilan ( cbk, Provincia de Basilan; yka, Wilayah Basilanin; tsg, Wilaya' sin Basilan; fil, Lalawigan ng Basilan), is an island province of the Philippines located primarily in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Reg ...

in the various national legislatures of the

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. The province is currently represented in the

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of the

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through its lone congressional district.

History

Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Basilan were represented under Zamboanga Province (1898–1899; 1935–1953), the

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(1917–1935),

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(1953–1972) and Region IX (1978–1984). Even after separating from

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and receiving its own charter on June 16, 1948, the city of Basilan remained part of the representations of the Province of Zamboanga (pursuant to Section 42 of Republic Act No. 288) and of the Province of Zamboanga del Sur (pursuant to Section 7 of Republic Act No. 711). The promulgation of Presidential Decree No. 356 on December 27, 1973, created the province of

out of most of the territory of the former city of Basilan. The city of Basilan itself was delimited only to the downtown area of present-day Isabela until P.D. 840 finally abolished the city on December 11, 1975; the former city's territory, along with the municipality of Malamawi, was merged into the municipality of Isabela. The new province was represented in the

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as part of Region IX from 1978 to 1984. Basilan was granted separate representation for the first time in

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, when it returned one representative, elected at large, to the

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. Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the province constituted a lone congressional district, and elected its member to the restored

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starting that same year.

Current districts

References

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Politics of Basilan

History

Current districts

See also

References