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Thelegislative districts of Cebu are the representations of theprovince ofCebu in thevarious national legislatures of the Philippines. At present, the province is represented in the House of Representatives by itsseven congressional districts, with their respective representatives being elected every three years. Locally, the districts are also allotted two seats in theCebu Provincial Board, with board members also being elected every three years.
Cebu was initially composed of one representative district, wherein it electedfour representatives, at large, to theMalolos Congress in1898. It was later divided into seven representative districts in 1907.[1] When seats for theupper house of thePhilippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of thetenth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.
In the disruption caused by theSecond World War,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.Cebu City, being a chartered city, wasrepresented separately in this short-lived legislative body. Upon the restoration of thePhilippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province retained its seven pre-war representative districts; this remained so until 1972.
The province was represented in theInterim Batasang Pambansa as part ofRegion VII from 1978 to 1984. Beginning in1984 the province electedsix representatives, at large, to theRegular Batasang Pambansa; Cebu City, which became a highly urbanized city in 1979 by virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg. 51,[2] began to berepresented separately from Cebu at this time.
Cebu, including the cities ofMandaue andLapu-Lapu, was reapportioned into sixcongressional districts under the new Constitution[3] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987. The six districts elected members to the restored House of Representatives startingthat same year.
The passage of Republic Act No. 9726 on October 22, 2009, separated thehighly urbanized city ofLapu-Lapu from thesixth district to form itsown congressional district starting in the2010 elections.[4]
Republic Act No. 10684, approved on September 18, 2015, split thesecond district and recreated theseventh district which elected its own representative in the2016 elections.[5]
Republic Act No. 11257, approved on April 15, 2019, separated thehighly urbanized city ofMandaue from thesixth district to form itsown congressional district starting in the2022 elections.
The province was last redistricted in 2019, whereMandaue was separated from thesixth district to form itsown congressional district. The province's current congressional delegation composes of three members ofLakas, one member of theNational Unity Party, one member of thePwersa ng Masang Pilipino, one member of theNationalist People's Coalition, and one member ofOne Cebu.[6] All seven representatives are part of the majority bloc in the20th Congress.
| District | Current Representative | ConstituentLGUs | Population (2020) | Area | Map | |||
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| Image | Name | Party | ||||||
| 1st | .jpg) | Rhea Mae Gullas (since2022) Talisay | Lakas | 809,335 | 527.06 km² |  | ||
| 2nd | .jpg) | Edsel Galeos (since2022) Argao | Lakas | 257,658 | 740.67 km² |  | ||
| 3rd | .jpg) | Karen Garcia (since2025) Barili | NUP | 616,326 | 1,258.08 km² |  | ||
| 4th | .jpg) | Sun Shimura (since2025) Daanbantayan | PMP | 540,814 | 740.41 km² |  | ||
| 5th | .jpg) | Vincent Franco Frasco (since2019) Liloan | 1CEBU | 643,946 | 877.67 km² |  | ||
| 6th | .jpg) | Daphne Lagon (since2022) Cordova | Lakas | 218,607 | 89.05 km² |  | ||
| 7th | .jpg) | Patricia Calderon (since2025) Ginatilan | NPC | 238,699 | 641.62 km² |  | ||
| Period | Representatives |
|---|---|
| Malolos Congress 1898–1899 | Ariston Bautista |
| Trinidad Pardo de Tavera | |
| Felix David | |
| Francisco Macabulos |
| Period | Representative |
|---|---|
| National Assembly 1943–1944 | Jose S. Leyson[7] |
| Jose Delgado(ex officio)[7] |
| Period | Representative |
|---|---|
| Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986 | Emerito S. Calderon |
| Nenita C. Daluz | |
| Ramon D. Durano III | |
| Regalado Estrella Maambong | |
| Luisito R. Patalinjug | |
| Adelino B. Sitoy |