Legislative district of Tawi-Tawi

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The Legislative district of Tawi-Tawi is the representation of the province of Tawi-Tawi in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its lone congressional district.

History

Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Tawi-Tawi were represented under the Department of Mindanao and Sulu (1917–1935), Sulu (1935–1972) and Region IX (1978–1984).

The enactment of Presidential Decree No. 302 on 11 September 1973 created the Province of Tawi-Tawi out of Sulu's western and southern municipalities.[1] The new province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IX from 1978 to 1984.

Tawi-Tawi first gained separate representation in 1984 when it returned one representative, elected at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa.

Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on 11 February 1987, the province constituted a lone congressional district,[2] and elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Lone District

  • Population (2015): 390,715[3]
Period Representative[4]
8th Congress
1987–1992		 Alawadin T. Bandon, Jr.1
Romulo M. Espaldon2
9th Congress
1992–1995		 Nur G. Jaafar
10th Congress
1995–1998
11th Congress
1998–2001
12th Congress
2001–2004		 Soraya C. Jaafar
13th Congress
2004–2007		 Anuar J. Abubakar3
Nur G. Jaafar4
14th Congress
2007–2010
15th Congress
2010–2013
16th Congress
2013–2016		 Ruby M. Sahali-Tan
17th Congress
2016–2019

^1 Unseated after losing election protest to Romulo M. Espaldon on 12 December 1990.[4]
^2 Replaced Alawadin T. Bandon, Jr. after winning election protest on 12 December 1990.[4]
^3 Initially proclaimed winner in May 2004 election; unseated after victory proclamation annulled by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on 30 June 2006. Motion for Reconsideration denied 3 August 2006.[5]
^4 Replaced Anuar Abubakar after being declared duly elected winner of May 2004 election by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on 30 June 2006.[5]

At-Large (defunct)

Period Representative[4]
Regular Batasang Pambansa
1984–1986		 Celso J. Palma

See also

References

  1. ↑ Marcos, Ferdinand E. (27 September 1973). "Presidential Decree No. 302 - Creating the Province of Tawi-Tawi". The LawPhil Project. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  2. ↑ 1986 Constitutional Commission (2 February 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Population of Population of Legislative Districts by Region, Province, and Selected Highly Urbanized/Component City: 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  5. 1 2 Supreme Court of the Philippines (7 March 2007). "G.R. No. 173310 - Anuar J. Abubakar vs House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal and Nur G. Jaafar". The LawPhil Project. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

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