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

Makati Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...

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 first and second districts.

History

Areas now under the jurisdiction of Makati were initially represented as part of the at-large district of the province of Manila in the

Malolos Congress The Malolos Congress (also known as the Revolutionary Congress), formally known as the National Assembly, was the legislative body of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines. Members were chosen in the elections held from June 23 to Septe ...

from 1898 to 1899. The then-town was later incorporated to the province of Rizal, established in 1901, and was represented as part of the first district of Rizal from 1907 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1972. Then excluding the present-day Embo barangays and barangay Rizal, Makati was incorporated to the

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during

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and was represented as part of the at-large district of Manila from 1943 to 1944. Areas now under the jurisdiction of the aforementioned barangays, meanwhile, was part of the at-large district of Rizal during the war-time legislature. Makati 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

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municipalities and cities as part of Region IV from 1978 to 1984. Makati first gained separate representation in

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, when it returned one representative to the

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. The municipality continued to constitute a separate congressional district under the new Constitution proclaimed on February 11, 1987; it elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year. Upon its cityhood, Makati was divided into two congressional districts by virtue of Section 52 of Republic Act No. 7854 (the City Charter of Makati), enacted on January 2, 1995 and approved by plebiscite on February 4, 1995, the day Makati became a city. The districts first elected their separate representatives in the 1998 general elections. There remains an unresolved dispute over which city has jurisdiction over lands encompassed within the former Fort McKinley U.S. Military Reservation (now

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and its surrounding areas). Portions of two of

's barangays ( Post Proper Northside and Post Proper Southside) are claimed by the neighboring city of

Taguig Taguig (), officially the City of Taguig ( fil, Lungsod ng Taguig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 886,722 people. Located in the northwestern shores of ...

as part of its own four barangays (

, Pinagsama,

Western Bicutan Western Bicutan is one of the 28 barangays of Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the city's most populated barangay and the largest in terms of land area. It is located in the northwestern part of the city. Arca South, Food Terminal Inc., T ...

, and Ususan). Residents of areas where Makati exercises ''de facto'' control vote as part of this congressional district, while residents of areas where Taguig exercises ''de facto'' control vote as part of its first congressional district for Ususan and its second congressional district for Fort Bonifacio, Pinagsama, and Western Bicutan.

Historical and defunct district boundaries

Historical representatives

Current districts and representatives

The city was last redistricted in 1998, wherein the city gained a second seat in the

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. Political parties Notes

References

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Politics of Makati