The legislative districts of San Juan are the representations of the

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San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to: Places Argentina * San Juan Province, Argentina * San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province * San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province * San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...

in the

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. The city is currently represented in the

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of the Congress through its lone congressional district.

History

San Juan, formerly known as San Juan del Monte, was initially represented as part of the at-large district of the province of Manila in the Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1899. The then-town was later incorporated to the province of

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, established in 1901, and was represented as part of the first district of Rizal from 1907 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1972. When the then-town was merged to form the

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during

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, it was represented as part of the at-large district of Manila from 1943 to 1944. San Juan was separated from Rizal on November 7, 1975 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824, and was represented in the

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along with other Metropolitan Manila municipalities and cities as part of Region IV from 1978 to 1984. San Juan was grouped with

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from 1984 to 1995 for representation in the

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and the restored

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, as the

Legislative district of San Juan–Mandaluyong The legislative district of San Juan–Mandaluyong was the combined representation of the Metropolitan Manila municipalities (now highly urbanized cities) of Mandaluyong and San Juan in the Regular Batasang Pambansa (1984–1986) and the lower ...

. The two were separated and granted their own representations in Congress by virtue of section 49 of Mandaluyong's city charter (Republic Act No. 7675) which was approved on February 9, 1994, and ratified on April 10, 1994.

Legislative Districts and Congressional Representatives

References

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Politics of San Juan, Metro Manila