
Thelegislative districts of Bukidnon are the representations of theprovince ofBukidnon in thevarious national legislatures of thePhilippines. The province is currently represented in thelower house of theCongress of the Philippines through itsfirst,second,third, andfourth congressional districts.
Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Bukidnon were represented under theDepartment of Mindanao and Sulu (1917–1935).
The voters of Bukidnon were finally given the right to elect theirown representative through popular vote beginning in1935 by virtue of Article VI, Section 1 of the 1935 Constitution.[1]
During theSecond World War, the Province of Bukidnon senttwo delegates to 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 retained its pre-warlone congressional district.
Bukidnon was represented in theInterim Batasang Pambansa as part ofRegion X from 1978 to 1984, and returnedtwo representatives, elected at-large, to theRegular Batasang Pambansa in1984.
Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the province was reapportioned into three congressional districts;[2] each district elected its member to the restoredHouse of Representatives startingthat same year.
The approval of Republic Act No. 10184 on September 28, 2012, increased Bukidnon's representation by reapportioning the province into four congressional districts: the municipalities ofKalilangan andPangantucan were segregated from thefirst district and the city ofValencia from thesecond district to form the newfourth district.[3] The reconfigured districts elected their respective representatives beginning in the2013 elections.
| District | Current Representative | Party | Constituent Districts | Population (2020)[4] | Area[5] | Map | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local | National | |||||||||
| 1st | Jose Manuel Alba (since2022) Manolo Fortich | BPP | Lakas | 332,575 | 2,681.51 km2 | |||||
| 2nd | Jonathan Keith Flores (since2019) Malaybalay | Lakas | 409,880 | 3,297.07 km2 | ||||||
| 3rd | Audrey Zubiri (since2025) Maramag | BPP | PFP | 482,016 | 3,219.57 km2 | |||||
| 4th | Laarni Roque (since2022) Valencia | Nacionalista | 316,837 | 1,300.44 km2 | ||||||
| Period | Representative[6] |
|---|---|
| 1st National Assembly 1935–1938 | Manuel Fortich[a][b] |
| 2nd National Assembly 1938–1941 | |
| 1st Commonwealth Congress 1945 | |
| 1st Congress 1946–1949 | |
| Remedios Ozamiz Fortich[c] | |
| 2nd Congress 1949–1953 | Cesar M. Fortich[d] |
| 3rd Congress 1953–1957 | |
| 4th Congress 1957–1961 | |
| vacant | |
| 5th Congress 1961–1965 | Cesar M. Fortich |
| 6th Congress 1965–1969 | Benjamin N. Tabios |
| 7th Congress 1969–1972 | Cesar M. Fortich |
Notes
| Period | Representatives[6] |
|---|---|
| National Assembly 1943–1944 | Pedro Carrillo[7] |
| Antonio Rubin(ex officio)[7] |
| Period | Representatives[6] |
|---|---|
| Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986 | Lorenzo S. Dinlayan |
| Jose Ma. R. Zubiri, Jr. |
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