Legislative districts of Pampanga

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Sidebar". The legislative districts of Pampanga are the representations of the province of Pampanga and the highly urbanized city of Angeles in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. At present, the province and the city are represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines by its four congressional districts.

History

Pampanga was initially composed of one representative district, wherein it elected four representatives, at large, to the Malolos Congress in 1898. It was later divided into two representative districts in 1907 for the Philippine Assembly;[1] it remained so until 1941. 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 third senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

In the disruption caused by the Second World War, Pampanga was represented by two delegates 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 citywide assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, Pampanga's pre-war two-district representation was retained; this remained so until 1972.

The province and the chartered city of Angeles were represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region III from 1978 to 1984, and together elected four representatives at-large to the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986. Pampanga (with the highly urbanized city of Angeles) was redistricted into four congressional districts under the new Constitution[2] which took effect on February 7, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Current districts

The province's current congressional delegation is composed of two members of Lakas–CMD, one member of the Nacionalista Party and one member of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP). Among the four incumbent representatives is former president of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. All four representatives are part of the majority bloc in the 20th Congress.

Legislative districts and representatives of Pampanga
District Current Representative Party Constituent LGUs Population (2020)[3] Area[4] Map
Image Name
1st style="background:Template:Party color;" | File:Carmelo Lazatin Jr.jpg Carmelo Lazatin Jr.
(since 2025)
PFP Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 775,580 240.77 km² File:Ph fil congress pampanga 1d.png
2nd style="background:Template:Party color;" | File:Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (19th Congress).jpg Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
(since 2022)
Lakas–CMD Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 655,973 815.48 km² File:Ph fil congress pampanga 2d.png
3rd style="background:Template:Party color;" | File:Alyssa Michaela Gonzales.jpg Mica Gonzales
(since 2025)
Lakas–CMD Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 782,547 431.17 km² File:Ph fil congress pampanga 3d.png
4th style="background:Template:Party color;" | File:Rep. Anna York Bondoc (19th Congress).jpg Anna York Bondoc
(since 2022)
Nacionalista Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 581,757 575.05 km² File:Ph fil congress pampanga 4d.png


At-large (defunct)

1943–1944

Period Representative
National Assembly
1943–1944
Felix Bautista
Eligio Lagman (ex officio)

1984–1986

Period Representative
Regular Batasang Pambansa
1984–1986
Aber Canlas
Rafael Lazatin
Emigdio Lingad
Juanita Nepomuceno

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