Legislative district of Southern Leyte
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The legislative districts of Southern Leyte are the representations of the province of Southern Leyte in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the
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of the Congress of the Philippines through its
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congressional districts.


History

Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Southern Leyte were represented under the undivided province of Leyte (
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districts, 1907–1931; 3rd district, 1931–1961). Republic Act No. 2227, enacted on May 22, 1959, created the province of Southern Leyte from the southern municipalities of Leyte that constituted its third congressional district. Per Section 5 of R.A. 2227, the incumbent representatives of all five districts of Leyte continued to serve for the remainder of 4th Congress. Southern Leyte began to elect a separate representative under its own name starting in the 1961 elections. Southern Leyte was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region VIII from 1978 to 1984. The province returned one representative, elected at-large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in
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. Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the province constituted a lone district which elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year. The signing of Republic Act No. 11198 on February 1, 2019 reapportioned Southern Leyte into two legislative districts. Given that it was already too late for the Commission on Elections to change the old congressional district configuration data in the automated election system in time for the May 2019 polls, COMELEC Resolution No. 10524 was promulgated to delay the elections for the two new districts to a date no less than six months from May 13, 2019. By virtue of COMELEC Resolution No. 10552, the date of the elections for the
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districts of Southern Leyte was set for October 26, 2019. On October 10, 2019, the COMELEC regional office for
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suspended the special elections and delayed it to November 30, pending the
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issuing a certificate of finality in a related case in which COMELEC was found to violate the law by setting separate special elections for the reconfigured 1st Congressional District of South Cotabato and the newly-created Lone Congressional District of General Santos City instead of the next regular (i.e., 2022) election. Ultimately, no special elections were carried out. Instead, on December 11, 2019, COMELEC — taking into account the September 10, 2019 Supreme Court ruling on the South Cotabato case (Vice Mayor Shirlyn L. Bañas-Nograles, et al. Vs. Commission on Elections) — adopted the recommendation of its legal department to direct the Special Provincial Board of Canvassers for the Province of Southern Leyte to count the votes cast in the May 2019 elections. Roger Mercado was certified as the duly elected representative on December 16, 2019 by the Southern Leyte Provincial Board of Canvassers, and took his oath as the representative of the Lone Congressional District the next day. The 1st and
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districts began electing their own representatives starting from the
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1st District

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: Maasin * Municipalities:
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, Limasawa,
Macrohon Macrohon, officially the Municipality of Macrohon ( ceb, Lungsod sa Macrohon; tl, Bayan ng Macrohon), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,580 people. ...
, Malitbog, Padre Burgos, Tomas Oppus Population (2020): 201,421


2nd District

* Municipalities: Anahawan, Hinunangan,
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, Libagon, Liloan,
Pintuyan Pintuyan, officially the Municipality of Pintuyan ( ceb, Lungsod sa Pintuyan; tl, Bayan ng Pintuyan), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines and was established in 1865. During the American regime, the seat of ...
, Saint Bernard, San Francisco,
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San Ricardo San Ricardo, officially the Municipality of San Ricardo ( ceb, Lungsod sa San Ricardo; tl, Bayan ng San Ricardo), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 10, ...
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Silago Silago, officially the Municipality of Silago ( ceb, Lungsod sa Silago; tl, Bayan ng Silago), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 13,116 people. It was u ...
, Sogod Population (2020): 228,152


Lone District (defunct)

*Population (2015): 421,750 Notes


At-Large (defunct)


See also

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References

{{Philippine legislative districts Southern Leyte Politics of Southern Leyte