Legislative districts of Cavite

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The Legislative districts of Cavite are the representations of the province of Cavite 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 first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth districts.

From 2010 to 2018, the component city of Dasmariñas, while remaining an integral part of province, was granted its own congressional representation by nomenclature, however, such was officially repealed when the latest district reapportionment was signed into law, thus reverting it back to its numerical representation as the fourth district of Cavite.

History

Cavite initially comprised a single assembly district in 1907. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the fifth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

In the disruption caused by the Second World War, two delegates represented the province in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through a provincial assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Cavite City, being a chartered city, was represented separately in this short-lived legislative body. Tagaytay, the province's other chartered city, was placed under provincial jurisdiction during the war and was not represented separately. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province and its two cities reverted to the pre-war lone district representation.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984, and returned three representatives, elected at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Cavite was reapportioned into three congressional districts under the new Constitution^[1] which was proclaimed on 11 February 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

The passage of Republic Act No. 9727^[2] on 22 October 2009 increased the number of the province's representatives from three to seven, starting in the 2010 elections. However, the conversion of Dasmariñas into a city has resulted in an additional legal name for the fourth district, which became the Lone District of the City of Dasmariñas after the ratification of Republic Act No. 9723^[3] on 25 November 2009.

Meanwhile, despite the conversion of Bacoor and Imus into cities in 2012, their charters explicitly indicate the retention of their numerical designations as the second^[4] and third districts^[5] of the province. However, with President Rodrigo Duterte signing into law Republic Act 11069 that reapportions Cavite into eight legislative districts, the most for any province, on September 17, 2018, the lone district of Dasmariñas has effectively ceased legal existence and has reverted to being officially considered as the 4th District of Cavite.

1st District

• City: Cavite City
• Municipalities: Kawit, Noveleta, Rosario
• Population (2015): 342,824

2nd District

• City: Bacoor
• Population (2015): 600,609

3rd District

• City: Imus
• Population (2015): 403,785

4th District

• City: Dasmariñas
• Population (2015): 659,019

5th District

• Municipalities: Carmona, General Mariano Alvarez, Silang
• Population (2015): 500,785

6th District

• City: General Trias
• Population (2015): 733,853

7th District

• City: Trece Martires
• Municipalities: Amadeo, Indang, Tanza
• Population (2015): 437,426

8th District

• City: Tagaytay
• Municipalities: Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, Ternate

Lone District (defunct)

At-Large (defunct)

See also

• Legislative district of Cavite City
• Legislative district of Dasmariñas

References

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library