List of legislatures of the Philippines
The Philippines has been governed by legislatures since 1898. The country has had different setups, with legislatures under the presidential system and the parliamentary system, and with legislatures having one or two chambers.
The first national legislature in the Philippines was the Malolos Congress that convened in the Barasoain Church at Malolos, Bulacan. Convened after the declaration of independence from Spain at the height of the Philippine Revolution, the Congress ratified the declaration, and drafted a constitution. With the capture of President Emilio Aguinaldo during the ensuing Philippine–American War, the unrecognized First Philippine Republic fell.
The Americans then sent several commissions to assess the situation; these eventually became the Philippine Commission. With the passage of the Philippine Bill of 1902, the Philippine Commission eventually became an appointive upper house of the new Philippine Legislature, of which the wholly elected Philippine Assembly was the lower house. The passage of the Philippine Autonomy Act instituted a mostly elective Senate as the upper house, with the House of Representatives as the lower house. This set up continued until the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines was set into force, creating a unicameral National Assembly under the Commonwealth of the Philippines. Amendments that took effect in 1941 restored the bicameral setup, creating the Commonwealth Congress. However, World War II intervened, and legislators elected in 1941 were not be able to serve. The invading Japanese set up the Second Philippine Republic that convened its own National Assembly.
The Allies reconquered the Philippines and the legislators elected in 1941 who are either still alive or are not arrested for collaboration convened in 1945. The Americans granted independence on July 4, 1946, and the Commonwealth Congress was renamed as Congress of the Republic of the Philippines. This will continue until the declaration of martial law by President Ferdinand Marcos on September 23, 1972, which effectively dissolved Congress. Marcos then exercised legislative power; his 1973 Constitution created the unicameral Batasang Pambansa, a parliament. The Batasang Pambansa first convened in 1978, and will continue to exist until the 1986 People Power Revolution that overthrew Marcos from power. President Corazon Aquino appointed a constitutional commission that drafted the 1987 Constitution which restored the bicameral Congress with the presidential system of government.
List
The figures below are for the end of every Congress. Members may switch to a party mid-term.
Since 1946
| Legislature | Session started | Senate | House of Representatives | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagram | Number of members | Election | Election results | Diagram | Number of members | Election | Election results | ||
| 1st Congress of the Republic | May 25, 1946 | .svg.png) | 24 | 1946 | 8 Liberal Party 7 Nacionalista Party 1 Popular Front |
 | 98 | 1946 | 49 Liberal Party 35 Nacionalista Party 11 Democratic Alliance 5 independent 2 others |
| January 27, 1947 | |||||||||
| January 26, 1948 | .svg.png) | 1947 | 7 Liberal Party 1 Nacionalista Party | ||||||
| January 24, 1949 | |||||||||
| 2nd Congress of the Republic | January 23, 1950 | .svg.png) | 24 | 1949 | 8 Liberal Party |  | 100 | 1949 | 60 Liberal Party 33 Nacionalista Party 6 Liberal Party (Avelino wing) 1 independent |
| January 22, 1951 | |||||||||
| January 28, 1952 | .svg.png) | 1951 | 8 Nacionalista Party | ||||||
| January 26, 1953 | |||||||||
| 3rd Congress of the Republic | January 25, 1954 | .svg.png) | 24 | 1953 | 5 Nacionalista Party 2 Democratic Party 1 Citizens' Party |
 | 102 | 1953 | 59 Liberal Party 31 Nacionalista Party 11 Democratic Party 1 independent |
| January 24, 1955 | |||||||||
| January 23, 1956 | .svg.png) | 1955 | 8 Nacionalista Party | ||||||
| January 28, 1957 | |||||||||
| 4th Congress of the Republic | January 27, 1958 | .svg.png) | 24 | 1957 | 6 Nacionalista Party 2 Liberal Party |
 | 102 | 1957 | 82 Nacionalista Party 19 Liberal Party 1 NCP |
| January 26, 1959 | |||||||||
| January 25, 1960 | .svg.png) | 1959 | 5 Nacionalista Party 2 Liberal Party 1 NCP | ||||||
| January 23, 1961 | |||||||||
| 5th Congress of the Republic | January 22, 1962 | .svg.png) | 24 | 1961 | 4 Liberal Party 2 Nacionalista Party 2 Progressive Party |
 | 104 | 1961 | 74 Nacionalista Party 29 Liberal Party 1 independent |
| January 28, 1963 | |||||||||
| January 27, 1964 | .svg.png) | 1963 | 4 Nacionalista Party 4 Liberal Party | ||||||
| January 25, 1965 | |||||||||
| 6th Congress of the Republic | January 24, 1966 | .svg.png) | 24 | 1965 | 5 Nacionalista Party 2 Liberal Party 1 NCP |
 | 104 | 1965 | 61 Liberal Party 38 Nacionalista Party 5 independent |
| January 23, 1967 | |||||||||
| January 22, 1968 | .svg.png) | 1967 | 7 Nacionalista Party 1 Liberal Party | ||||||
| January 27, 1969 | |||||||||
| 7th Congress of the Republic | January 26, 1970 | .svg.png) | 24 | 1969 | 6 Nacionalista Party 2 Liberal Party |
 | 110 | 1969 | 88 Nacionalista Party 18 Liberal Party 4 independent |
| January 25, 1971 | |||||||||
| January 24, 1972 | .svg.png) | 1971 | 6 Liberal Party 2 Nacionalista Party | ||||||
| Interim Batasang Pambansa | June 12, 1978 | Senate was abolished |  | 189 | 1978 | 137 KBL 14 BLKNNL 13 Pusyon Bisaya 1 Mindanao Alliance 14 sectoral 10 appointed | |||
| June 23, 1979 | |||||||||
| July 28, 1980 | |||||||||
| July 27, 1981 | |||||||||
| July 26, 1982 | |||||||||
| July 25, 1983 | |||||||||
| Regular Batasang Pambansa | July 23, 1984 |  | 183 | 1984 | 114 KBL 61 UNIDO/PDP-Laban coalition 2 Nacionalista Party 6 independents | ||||
| July 22, 1985 | |||||||||
| 8th Congress of the Republic | July 27, 1987 |  | 24 | 1987 | 22 LABAN 2 GAD |
 | 213 | 1987 | 24 Lakas ng Bansa 22 PDP-Laban 21 Lakas ng Bansa/PDP-Laban coalition 16 Liberal Party 11 KBL 62 others/coalitions 13 sectoral |
| July 27, 1988 | |||||||||
| July 24, 1989 | |||||||||
| July 23, 1990 | |||||||||
| July 22, 1991 | |||||||||
| 9th Congress of the Republic | July 27, 1992 |  | 24 | 1992 | 16 LDP 5 NPC 2 Lakas-NUCD-UMDP 1 Liberal Party |
 | 214 | 1992 | 86 LDP 40 Lakas-NUCD-UMDP 30 NPC 11 Liberal Party 6 independent 26 others 15 sectoral |
| July 26, 1993 | |||||||||
| July 25, 1994 | |||||||||
| 10th Congress of the Republic | July 24, 1995 |  | 24 | 1995 | 9 Lakas-Labam 2 NPC 1 PRP |
 | 214 | 1995 | 100 Lakas-NUCD-UMDP 25 Lakas-Laban Coalition 22 NPC 17 LDP 11 Liberal Party 7 independent 33 others 3 sectoral |
| July 29, 1996 | |||||||||
| July 28, 1997 | |||||||||
| 11th Congress of the Republic | July 27, 1998 |  | 24 | 1998 | 5 Lakas-NUCD-UMDP 4 LDP 1 PDP-Laban 1 PMP |
 | 222 | 1998 | 76 LAMMP 40 NPC 37 Lakas-NUCD-UMDP 32 LDP 14 Liberal Party 3 independent 4 others 16 sectoral |
| July 26, 1999 | |||||||||
| July 24, 2000 | |||||||||
| 12th Congress of the Republic | July 23, 2001 |  | 24 | 2001 | 8 PPC 5 Puwersa ng Masa 1 independent |
 | 237 | 2001 | 95 Lakas-NUCD-UMDP 48 NPC 25 Liberal Party 20 LDP 6 independent 15 others 16 sectoral |
| July 29, 2002 | |||||||||
| July 28, 2003 | |||||||||
| 13th Congress of the Republic | July 26, 2004 |  | 24 | 2004 | 8 K4 5 KNP |
 | 235 | 2004 | 92 Lakas-CMD 53 NPC 29 Liberal Party 15 LDP 4 independent 16 others 23 sectoral |
| July 25, 2005 | |||||||||
| July 24, 2006 | |||||||||
| 14th Congress of the Republic | July 23, 2007 |  | 24 | 2007 | 7 GO 3 TEAM Unity 2 independents |
 | 267 | 2007 | 89 Lakas-CMD 44 KAMPI 28 NPC 23 Liberal Party 11 Nacionalista Party 4 independent 23 others 53 sectoral |
| July 28, 2008 | |||||||||
| July 27, 2009 | |||||||||
| 15th Congress of the Republic | July 26, 2010 |  | 24 | 2010 | 3 Liberal Party 2 Nacionalista Party 2 PMP 2 Lakas-Kampi 3 others |
 | 286 | 2010 | 107 Lakas-Kampi 45 Liberal Party 31 NPC 26 Nacionalista Party 7 independent 13 others 56 sectoral |
| July 25, 2011 | |||||||||
| July 24, 2012 | |||||||||
| 16th Congress of the Republic | July 22, 2013 |  | 24 | 2013 | 3 UNA 3 Nacionalista Party 1 Liberal Party 1 NPC 1 LDP 1 PDP-Laban 2 independent |
 | 292 | 2013 | 112 Liberal Party 43 NPC 24 NUP 17 Nacionalista Party 14 Lakas-CMD 10 UNA 6 independent 14 others 58 sectoral |
| July 28, 2014 | |||||||||
| July 27, 2015 | |||||||||
| 17th Congress of the Republic | July 25, 2016 | 24 | 2016 | 5 Liberal Party 2 NPC 1 Akbayan 1 UNA 3 Independent |
297 | 2016 | 115 Liberal Party 42 NPC 24 Nacionalista Party 23 NUP 11 UNA 19 others 4 independent 59 sectoral | ||
| July 24, 2017 | |||||||||
| July 23, 2018 | |||||||||
| 18th Congress of the Republic | July 22, 2019 | 24 | 2019 | 297 | 2019 | ||||
| July 27, 2020 | |||||||||
| July 26, 2021 | |||||||||