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Thelegislative districts of Albay are the representations of theprovince ofAlbay in thevarious national legislatures of thePhilippines. The province is currently represented in thelower house of theCongress of the Philippines through itsfirst andsecond, andthird congressional districts.
Catanduanes last formed part of the province's representation in 1946, when it began to elect its own representative as a full-fledged province.
Thefirst district is among the original representative districts from 1907 which has never changed in territorial coverage, along withIlocos Norte's first andsecond,Ilocos Sur's first, andIloilo's first districts.
Albay, which at the time included the sub-province ofCatanduanes, was initially divided into three assembly districts in 1907. Thefourth district – consisting of the sub-province ofCatanduanes – was created by virtue of Act No. 3617 enacted in 1929, and elected its own representative starting in1931. When seats for theupper house of thePhilippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of thesixth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.
In the disruption caused by theSecond World War, two delegates represented the province (including the sub-province of Catanduanes) 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 thePhilippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province continued to comprise four districts.
The sub-province of Catanduanes was converted into a regular province by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 687 enacted on September 26, 1945. Thefourth district became thelone district of Catanduanes starting in1946, thereby reducing the Albay's representation to three.
The province was represented in theInterim Batasang Pambansa as part ofRegion V from 1978 to 1984, and electedthree representatives at-large to theRegular Batasang Pambansa in1984. Albay retained itsthree congressional districts under the new Constitution[1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives startingthat same year.
Between 1916 and 1935, Albay (including the sub-province of Catanduanes) was represented in theSenate of the Philippines through the6th 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.
Albay has been represented in the lower house ofvarious Philippine national legislatures since 1907, through itsfirst,second, andthird congressional districts.
| District | Current Representative | Party | ConstituentLGUs | Population (2020) | Area | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | .jpg) | Krisel Lagman Tabaco | Liberal | 395,907[2] | 547.88 km2 |  | ||
| 2nd | .jpg) | Carlos Loria Legazpi | NUP | 477,781[2] | 665.94 km2 |  | ||
| 3rd | .jpg) | Raymond Adrian E. Salceda Polangui | Lakas | 501,080[2] | 1,361.95 km2 |  | ||
The municipalities of Albay are represented in theAlbay Provincial Board, theSangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the province, through Albay's first, second, and third provincial board districts.
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