Batangas's 2nd congressional district is one of the six

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in the province of

Batangas Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas ( ), is a first class province of the Philippines located in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Calabarzon region. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,908,494 people, making ...

. It has been represented in the

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since 1916 and earlier in the

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from 1907 to 1916. The district consists of the southern Batangas municipalities of

Bauan Bauan, officially the Municipality of Bauan (), is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 90,819 people. Etymology Bauan derived its name from the following Tagalog wor ...

, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis, San Pascual and

Tingloy Tingloy, officially the Municipality of Tingloy (), is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,215 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province. H ...

. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Gerville Luistro of Lakas-CMD. Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, the second district encompassed the provincial capital city,

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, and the southern Batangas municipalities of

Alitagtag Alitagtag, officially the Municipality of Alitagtag (), is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,819 people. Alitagtag derived its name from the Tagalog word ''ali ...

, Bauan,

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Ibaan Ibaan, officially the Municipality of Ibaan (), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 58,507 people. Temperature is ...

, Lobo, Mabini,

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, San Pascual,

Taysan Taysan, officially the Municipality of Taysan (), is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 40,146 people. Etymology Taysan may have derived its name from the following Ta ...

, and Tingloy. Lobo and San Juan, previously from the third district, became part of the second district beginning in 1928, joining other municipalities (including the pre-cityhood Batangas) that were part of the district since its creation in 1907. Following the restoration of the

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in 1987, it was reconfigured to encompass Batangas City and southern Batangas municipalities of Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis (previously from the first district), San Pascual and Tingloy. In 2015,

was separated from the district to gain its separate representation as the fifth district beginning in 2016.

Representation history

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{{Philippine congressional districts in Region IV-A Congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Batangas 1907 establishments in the Philippines Congressional districts of Calabarzon