Leyte's 3rd 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 old provincial capital,

, and adjacent municipalities of Calubian, San Isidro, Tabango and

Villaba Villaba (IPA: Help:IPA/Tagalog, ɪ'ʎabɐ, officially the Municipality of Villaba (; ; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Leyte (province), Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 c ...

. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Anna Victoria V. Tuazon of the

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(NUP). Until 1931, it consisted of the north-central municipalities of

Abuyog Abuyog (IPA: �ɐ'bujog, officially the Municipality of Abuyog, (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,216 people. Facing Leyte Gulf out into the Philippine S ...

, Barugo,

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,

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 ...

, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Jaro,

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, and Pastrana. Following the creation of the fifth district, it was redefined to consist of the southern municipalities of undivided Leyte that now form part of

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 ...

, until they were transferred to the new province's at-large district in 1961, three years after its establishment. The district was subsequently redefined to consist of the sub-province of

Biliran Biliran, officially the Province of Biliran (Waray language, Waray-Waray: ''Probinsya han Biliran''; ; ), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region (Region VIII). Biliran is one of ...

and the northern municipalities of Calubian,

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, Matag-ob, Merida,

Palompon Palompon (IPA: ɐ'lompɔn, officially the Municipality of Palompon (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 58,313 people. History Along the strip of the fertile c ...

, San Isidro, Tabango, and

, all previously from the first district, from 1961 until its second dissolution in 1972. Re-established in 1987, it included its current northern municipalities and the sub-province of Biliran until 1995, when Biliran gained provincial status and separate representation in 1992.

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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