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The loneLegislative District of Maguindanao del Sur is the representation of theprovince ofMaguindanao del Sur in thePhilippine House of Representatives.Maguindanao del Sur was part of the representation ofMaguindanao prior to its division in2022. It will be granted its representation in the19th Congress.
Before gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Maguindanao del Sur were represented under theDepartment of Mindanao and Sulu (1917–1935),Cotabato (1935–1972), andMaguindanao (1984–2007, 2010–2022).
The enactment of Presidential Decree No. 341 on November 22, 1973, created the province ofMaguindanao out ofCotabato'sMaguindanao-majority municipalities.[1] The new province was represented in theInterim Batasang Pambansa as part ofRegion XII from 1978 to 1984.
Maguindanao del Sur first gained separate representation in1984, when it returnedtwo representatives, elected at large, to theRegular Batasang Pambansa.
Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, Maguindanao del Sur, was retained into one congressional district;[2] each elected its member to the restoredHouse of Representatives startingthat same year.
The enactment of Republic Act No. 11550 on May 28, 2021, separated the former province of Maguindanao into the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur[3] and its subsequentratification by plebiscite on September 17, 2022, separated from Maguindanao'ssecond district 25 municipalities to create the province ofMaguindanao del Sur. Per Section 9 of R.A. 11550, these new provinces were to comprisea single congressional district; voters began to elect the new province's separate representative beginning in2025.
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Mohamad P. Paglas |
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