Congressional districts of the Philippines () refers to the

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s or constituencies in which the country is divided for the purpose of electing 253 of the 316 members of the

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(with the other 63 being elected through a system of

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). The country is currently divided into 253 congressional districts, also known as legislative districts or representative districts, with each one representing at least 250,000 people or one entire

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. The 1987

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initially provided for a maximum 200 congressional districts or 80 percent of the maximum 250 seats for the

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, with the remaining 20 percent or 50 seats allotted for sectoral or party-list representatives. This number has since been revised with the enactment of several laws creating more districts pursuant to the 1991 Local Government Code. Philippine congressional districts are contiguous and compact territories composed of adjacent local government units where practicable. They are

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s which return one member each to the lower chamber, elected to serve a maximum of three consecutive three-year terms through a

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system. The

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conducts a constitutionally mandated quinquennial census whose figures are used to determine the number of congressional districts to which each province or

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is entitled, in a process called

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, Ramon Guico Jr. , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - , Pangasinan's 6th , I , , 464,861 , , Len Primicias Agabas , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , PFP , - id="anchor_Paranaque" , Parañaque's 1st , NCR , , 265,839 , , Edwin Olivarez , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - , Parañaque's 2nd , NCR , , 424,153 , , Gustavo Tambunting , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , NUP , - id="anchor_Pasay" , Pasay's at-large , NCR , , 440,656 , , Antonino Calixto , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - id="anchor_Pasig" , Pasig's at-large , NCR , , 803,159 , ,

Roman Romulo Roman Tecson Romulo (born February 28, 1967) is a Filipino people, Filipino politician and lawyer. He served as a member of House of Representatives (Philippines), House of Representatives representing the Legislative district of Pasig, Lone D ...

, , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Independent , - id="anchor_Quezon" , Quezon's 1st , IV-A , , 573,895 , , Wilfrido Mark Enverga , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , NPC , - , Quezon's 2nd , IV-A , , 753,343 , , David C. Suarez , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - , Quezon's 3rd , IV-A , , 446,711 , , Reynante Arrogancia , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , NPC , - , Quezon's 4th , IV-A , , 455,434 , ,

Mike Tan Jan Michael Silverio Tan (born December 31, 1986), is a Filipino actor, dancer, and model. He became famous after winning in the second batch of the reality show '' StarStruck'' aired on GMA Network. He is currently an exclusive talent of GM ...

, , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , NPC , - id="anchor_QuezonCity" , Quezon City's 1st , NCR , , 384,384 , ,

Arjo Atayde Juan Carlos "Arjo" Campo Atayde (born November 5, 1990) is a Filipinos, Filipino actor and politician who has served as the representative for Quezon City's Quezon City's 1st congressional district, 1st district since 2022. He is best known fo ...

, , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" ,

Nacionalista The Nacionalista Party (Filipino language, Filipino and Spanish language in the Philippines, Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista''; , NP) is a political party in the Philippines which is the oldest existing party in the country and in Southeast Asi ...

, - , Quezon City's 2nd , NCR , , 738,328 , , Ralph Tulfo , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , PFP , - , Quezon City's 3rd , NCR , , 319,371 , , Franz Pumaren , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , NUP , - , Quezon City's 4th , NCR , , 407,402 , , Marvin Rillo , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - , Quezon City's 5th , NCR , , 596,047 , , PM Vargas , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - , Quezon City's 6th , NCR , , 514,516 , , Marivic Co-Pilar , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , NUP , - id="anchor_Quirino" , Quirino's at-large , II , , 203,828 , , Midy Cua , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - id="anchor_Rizal" , Rizal's 1st , IV-A , 544,551 , 1,207,509 , 174.35 , Michael John Duavit , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , NPC , - , Rizal's 2nd , IV-A , 278,444 , 517,975 , 474.46 , Dino Tanjuatco , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Liberal , - , Rizal's 3rd , IV-A , 106,418 , 273,306 , 55.09 , Jose Arturo Garcia Jr. , , NPC , - , Rizal's 4th , IV-A , 209,134 , 443,954 , 172.65 , Juan Fidel Felipe Nograles , , Lakas , - id="anchor_Romblon" , Romblon's at-large , IV-B , , 308,985 , , Eleandro Jesus Madrona , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" ,

, - id="anchor_Samar" , Samar's 1st , VIII , , 338,230 , , Jimboy Tan , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" ,

, - , Samar's 2nd , VIII , , 454,953 , , Reynolds Michael Tan , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - id="anchor_SanJosedelMonte" , San Jose del Monte's at-large , III , , 651,813 , , Florida Robes , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , PFP , - id="anchor_SanJuan" , San Juan's at-large , NCR , , 126,347 , , Bel Zamora , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , -id="anchor_SantaRosa" , Santa Rosa's at-large , IV-A , 213,913 , 414,812 , 54.84 , Danilo Fernandez , , NUP , - id="anchor_Sarangani" , Sarangani's at-large , XII , , 558,946 , , Steve Solon , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - id="anchor_Siquijor" , Siquijor's at-large , VII , , 103,395 , , Jecoy Villa , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" ,

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, - id="anchor_Sorsogon" , Sorsogon's 1st , V , , 441,959 , , Dette Escudero , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , NPC , - , Sorsogon's 2nd , V , , 386,696 , , Wowo Fortes , , NPC , - , - id="anchor_SouthCotabato" , South Cotabato's 1st , XII , 172,031 , 287,082 , 147.48 , Ed Lumayag , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , PFP , - , South Cotabato's 2nd , XII , 386,922 , 688,394 , 1,372.20 , Peter Miguel , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , PFP , - id="anchor_SouthernLeyte" , Southern Leyte's 1st , VIII , 132,114 , 201,421 , 528.94 , Luz Mercado , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakasr , - , Southern Leyte's 2nd , VIII , 160,223 , 228,152 , 1,269.67 , Christopherson Yap , , Lakas , - id="anchor_SultanKudarat" , Sultan Kudarat's 1st , XII , , 427,963 , , Princess Rihan Sakaluran , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - , Sultan Kudarat's 2nd , XII , , 426,089 , , Horacio Suansing Jr. , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , NUP , - id="anchor_Sulu" , Sulu's 1st , BARMM , , 585,458 , , Samier Tan , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - , Sulu's 2nd , BARMM , , 414,650 , , Abdulmunir Arbison Jr. , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - id="anchor_SurigaodelNorte" , Surigao del Norte's 1st , XIII , , 136,092 , , Francisco Jose Matugas II , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - , Surigao del Norte's 2nd , XIII , , 398,544 , , Ace Barbers , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" ,

, - id="anchor_SurigaodelSur" , Surigao del Sur's 1st , XIII , , 369,785 , , Romeo Momo , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Independent , - , Surigao del Sur's 2nd , XIII , , 272,470 , , Johnny Pimentel , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" ,

, - id="anchor_TaguigPateros" , Taguig–Pateros's 1st , NCR , , 484,906 , , Ricardo Cruz Jr. , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" ,

, - , Taguig–Pateros's 2nd , NCR , , 467,043 , 0 ,

Pammy Zamora Amparo Maria "Pammy" Jorge Zamora (born June 13, 1988) is a Filipino politician who served as the representative for Taguig–Pateros's second district from 2022 until 2025. Early life and education Amparo Maria Jorge Zamora was born on June ...

, , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - id="anchor_Tarlac" , Tarlac's 1st , III , , 439,800 , , Jaime Cojuangco , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , NPC , - , Tarlac's 2nd , III , , 590,435 , , Christian Yap , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , NPC , - , Tarlac's 3rd , III , , 473,221 , , Bong Rivera , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , NPC , - id="anchor_TawiTawi" , Tawi-Tawi's at-large , BARMM , , 440,276 , , Dimszar Sali , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , NUP , - id="anchor_Valenzuela" , Valenzuela's 1st , NCR , , 360,894 , , colspan=3, Vacant , - , Valenzuela's 2nd , NCR , , 354,084 , , Eric Martinez , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" ,

, - id="anchor_Zambales" , Zambales's 1st , III , , 477,837 , , Jay Khonghun , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - , Zambales's 2nd , III , , 432,095 , , Bing Maniquiz , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - id="anchor_ZamboangaCity" , Zamboanga City's 1st , IX , , 448,390 , , Khymer Adan Olaso , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Adelante Zamboanga Party , - , Zamboanga City's 2nd , IX , , 528,844 , , Manuel Jose Dalipe , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - id="anchor_ZamboangadelNorte" , Zamboanga del Norte's 1st , IX , , 231,980 , , Pinpin Uy , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - , Zamboanga del Norte's 2nd , IX , , 427,956 , , Glona Labadlabad , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - , Zamboanga del Norte's 3rd , IX , , 387,519 , , Ian Amatong , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Liberal , - id="anchor_ZamboangadelSur" , Zamboanga del Sur's 1st , IX , , 630,154 , , Divina Grace Yu , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - , Zamboanga del Sur's 2nd , IX , , 420,514 , , Victoria Yu , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - id="anchor_ZamboangaSibugay" , Zamboanga Sibugay's 1st , IX , , 307,161 , , Wilter Palma , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas , - , Zamboanga Sibugay's 2nd , IX , , 362,679 , , Tata Eudela , , scope="row" style="text-align: left;" , Lakas

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