Leyte's 2nd congressional district is one of the five

congressional districts of the Philippines Congressional districts of the Philippines () refers to the electoral districts or constituencies in which the country is divided for the purpose of electing 253 of the 316 members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Rep ...

in the province of

Leyte Leyte ( ) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census. Since the accessibility of land has been ...

. 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 central municipalities of

Barugo Barugo (IPA: ɐˈɾugo, officially the Municipality of Barugo (; ), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,497 people. Residents of the town of Barugo are traditionally ...

Burauen Burauen (IPA: u'ɾaʊen, officially the Municipality of Burauen (; ), is a First Income Class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 52,511 people. Etymology The name “Burauen ...

, Capoocan,

Carigara Carigara (), officially the Municipality of Carigara (; ), is a First Income Class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 54,656 people. Established in 1571, Carigara holds the di ...

Dagami Dagami (IPA: ɐ'gami, officially the Municipality of Dagami (; ), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,178 people. Waray-Waray is the language spoken by the residents ...

, Dulag, Jaro, Julita,

La Paz La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...

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, Mayorga, Pastrana, Tabontabon and Tunga since its second restoration in 1987. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by

Lolita Javier Lolita Tañala-Javier (born February 20, 1975) is a Filipino politician who is the representative of Leyte's 2nd congressional district, and the wife of Leonardo Javier Jr., the current vice governor of Leyte and the founder of the Andok's food ...

of the

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(NP). Until 1931, it consisted of southern municipalities of undivided Leyte: Bato,

Hilongos Hilongos (IPA: ɪ'lɔŋos, officially the Municipality of Hilongos (; ; ), is a First Income Class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 64,514 people. Hilongos is the biggest ...

Hindang Hindang (IPA: ɪn'daŋ, officially the Municipality of Hindang (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 20,849 people. In the north, it borders the town of Inopacan a ...

Inopacan Inopacan (IPA: �no'pakɐn, officially the Municipality of Inopacan (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,389 people. Etymology The name of the town is a namesa ...

, and

Matalom Matalom (IPA: ɐ'talom, officially the Municipality of Matalom (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 32,586 people. Etymology It was said that the Spaniards once ...

, and present-day

Southern Leyte Southern Leyte (; Kabalian: ''Habagatan nga Leyte''; ; ), officially the Province of Southern Leyte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital and largest city is Maasin. Southern Leyte comprised the ...

municipalities of

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(now San Juan), Libagon,

Liloan Liloan, officially the Municipality of Liloan (; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 153,197 people. Making it t ...

Maasin Maasin (IPA: ɐˈʔasin, officially the City of Maasin (; , ), is a component city and capital of the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 87,446 people. It has 70 barangays and lo ...

, Macrohon, Malitbog, Pintuyan, and Sogod. Following the creation of the fifth district,

Albuera La Albuera is a village southeast of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. it had a population of c. 2,000 inhabitants. History It was scene of the Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) between Spanish, Portuguese and British troops under William Carr Beresf ...

Baybay Baybay (IPA: aɪ'baɪ, officially the City of Baybay (; ), is a component city in the province of Leyte, Philippines. It has a population of 111,848 people. With an area of , it is the second largest city in the province after Ormoc. Former ...

, and

Ormoc Ormoc (IPA: �oɾˈmok, officially the City of Ormoc (; ; ), is a independent component city in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 230,998 inhabitants, making it the second mo ...

were added from the first district, while the present-day Southern Leyte municipalities were redistricted to the third district;

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was later established out of Ormoc in 1950. Following the creation of Southern Leyte in 1959, these areas were moved to the fourth district, with the central municipalities from the fifth district, such as

Alangalang Alangalang (IPA: �ɐlɐŋ'ʔalɐŋ, officially the Municipality of Alangalang (; ; ), is a First Class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 57,185 people. It is a landlocked t ...

, Barugo, Burauen, Capoocan, Carigara, Dagami, Jaro, Julita, La Paz, Pastrana, Tabontabon, and Tunga, forming the redefined second district from 1961 until its second dissolution in 1972.

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{{Philippine congressional districts in Region VIII Congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Leyte (province) 1907 establishments in the Philippines Congressional districts of Eastern Visayas Constituencies established in 1907