Legislative district of Lapu-Lapu

The legislative district of Lapu-Lapu is the representation of the highly urbanized city of Lapu-Lapu in the Congress of the Philippines. The city is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress through its lone congressional district.

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History

The present-day city of Lapu-Lapu initially formed part of the second district of Cebu province in 1907. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the then-municipality of Opon formed part of the tenth 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 of Cebu (of which the municipality of Opon was a part) 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. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province's seven-district configuration was restored. The Municipality of Opon, converted into the city of Lapu-Lapu in 1961, remained a part of Cebu's second district until 1972.

Lapu-Lapu was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region VII from 1978 to 1984. The city, along with the rest of Cebu province (except Cebu City), elected six representatives, at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in the 1984 elections. When the province was reapportioned into six congressional districts under the new Constitution[1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, Lapu-Lapu formed part of the province's sixth district.

Two years after Lapu-Lapu was converted into a highly urbanized city in 2007, it was also granted separate congressional representation by virtue of Republic Act No. 9726, approved on October 22, 2009. The law separated the city from Cebu's sixth district to form its own congressional district[2] after the 2010 elections.

Lone District
Location of Lone district of Lapu-Lapu
  • Population (2015): 408,112[3]
Period Representative
15th Congress
2010–2013		 Arturo O. Radaza
16th Congress
2013–2016		 Aileen C. Radaza
17th Congress
2016–2019
18th Congress
2019–2022		 Paz C. Radaza

See also

References
  1. "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  2. Congress of the Philippines (October 22, 2009). "Republic Act No. 9726 - An Act separating the City of Lapu-Lapu from the Sixth Legislative District of the Province of Cebu to constitute the Lone Legislative District of the City of Lapu-Lapu" (PDF). Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  3. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/2015_Table%201_Legislative%20Districts.xlsx
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