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Thelegislative districts of Abra are the representations of theprovince ofAbra in thevarious national legislatures of thePhilippines. The province is currently represented in thelower house of theCongress of the Philippines through itslone congressional district.
Abra was initially represented in 1907 as part of thethird assembly district ofIlocos Sur, having been annexed to the latter as a sub-province in 1905. Following its re-establishment as a regular province on March 9, 1917, through Act No. 2683, Abra was granted its separate representation; its first representative was elected in1919. When seats for theupper house of thePhilippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of thefirst senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.
In the disruption caused byWorld War II, two delegates represented the province in theNational Assembly of the Japanese-sponsoredSecond Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (anex officio member), while the other was elected through a provincial assembly ofKALIBAPI members during theJapanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of theCommonwealth of the Philippines in 1945, the province continued to comprise a lone district.
Abra was represented in theInterim Batasang Pambansa as part ofRegion I from 1978 to 1984, and elected one representative to theRegular Batasang Pambansa in1984. The province retained its lonecongressional district under the new Constitution[1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected its member to the restored House of Representatives startingthat same year.
Between 1916 and 1935, Abra was represented in theSenate of the Philippines through the1st senatorial district of the Philippine Islands. However, in 1935, all senatorial districts were abolished when a unicameralNational Assembly was installed under a new constitution following the passage of theTydings–McDuffie Act, which established theCommonwealth of the Philippines. Since the1941 elections, when the Senate was restored after aconstitutional plebiscite, all twenty-four members of the upper house have been elected countrywideat-large.
Abra has been represented in the lower house ofvarious Philippine national legislatures since 1898, through itsat-large congressional district.
| District | Current Representative | Party | Population (2020) | Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone | .jpg) | Joseph Sto. Niño B. Bernos (since2025) | Lakas-CMD | 250,985[2] | 4,165.25 km2 | |
The municipalities of Abra are represented in theAbra Provincial Board, theSangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the province, through Abra's first and second provincial board districts.
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