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Thelegislative districts of Aklan are the representations of theprovince ofAklan in thevarious national legislatures of thePhilippines. The province is currently represented in thelower house of theCongress of the Philippines through itsfirst andsecond congressional districts.
Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Aklan were represented under theat-large district of the province ofCapiz in theMalolos Congress from 1898 to 1899. These were later represented under the2nd and3rd districts of Capiz from 1907 to 1941. In the disruption caused by theWorld War II, these were represented as part of the at-large district of Capiz in theNational Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from 1943 to 1944; the pre-war districts were restored in 1945.
Republic Act No. 1414, enacted on April 25, 1956, created the province ofAklan from the western,Aklanon-speaking municipalities of Capiz.[1] The new province began to elect a separate representative under itslone district starting in the1957 elections.
Aklan was represented in theInterim Batasang Pambansa as part ofRegion VI from 1978 to 1984. The province returned one representative, elected at-large, to theRegular Batasang Pambansa in1984.
Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the province constituted a lone district[2] which elected its member to the restoredHouse of Representatives startingthat same year.
The signing of Republic Act No. 11077 authored byCarlito S. Marquez on September 24, 2018[3] reapportioned Aklan into two legislative districts, which elected their separate representatives starting in the2019 elections.
Between 1916 and 1935, the territory of what is now Aklan (then part of the province ofCapiz) was represented in theSenate of the Philippines through the7th 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.
Aklan has been represented in the lower house ofvarious Philippine national legislatures since 1898, through itsfirst andsecond congressional districts.
The municipalities of Aklan are represented in theAklan Provincial Board, theSangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the province, through Aklan's first and second provincial board districts.
| District | Current representative | Party | Constituent LGUs | Population (2015) | Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | .jpg) | Jesus R. Marquez (since2025) Banga | NPC | 297,318[4] | |||
| 2nd | .jpg) | Florencio T. Miraflores (since2025) Ibajay | NPC | 277,505[4] | |||
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