Thelegislative districts of Cebu City are the representations of thehighly urbanized city ofCebu in thevarious national legislatures of thePhilippines. The city is currently represented in thelower house of theCongress of the Philippines through itsfirst andsecond congressional districts.
What is now Cebu City initially formed part of theat-large district ofCebu from 1898 to 1899. It later formed part ofsecond district of Cebu for thePhilippine Assembly in 1907. When seats for theupper house of thePhilippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the then-municipality of Cebu formed part of thetenth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate. When the municipality of Cebu was converted into a chartered city in 1936, the city remained within the second district of Cebu province.
In the disruption caused by theSecond World War,two delegates represented the chartered city (separately from the province) in theNational Assembly of the Japanese-sponsoredSecond Philippine Republic: one was the city mayor (anex officio member), while the other was elected through an assembly ofKALIBAPI members within the city during theJapanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of thePhilippine Commonwealth in 1945, the city's representation reverted to the second district of Cebu province, of which it remained a part until 1972.
Cebu City was represented in theInterim Batasang Pambansa as part ofRegion VII from 1978 to 1984. After becoming a highly urbanized city in 1979 by virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg. 51,[1] Cebu City electedtwo representatives, at large, to theRegular Batasang Pambansa in the1984 elections.
Cebu City was reapportioned into twocongressional districts under the new Constitution[2] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987. The two districts elected members to the restored House of Representatives startingthat same year.
| District | Current Representative | Party | ConstituentLGUs | Area | Population | Map | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local | National | |||||||||
| 1st (Cebu City North) | Rachel del Mar (since2022) Lahug | KUSUG | NPC | List
| 46 Barangays | 396,099 (2015)[3] | ||||
| 2nd (Cebu City South) | Eduardo Rama Jr. (since2022) Basak San Nicolas | BARUG | Lakas | List
| 34 Barangays | 526,512 (2015)[3] | ||||
| Period | Representative |
|---|---|
| National Assembly 1943–1944 | Paulino A. Gullas[4] |
| Juan C. Zamora (ex officio)[4] |
| Period | Representative |
|---|---|
| Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986 | Antonio V. Cuenco |
| Marcelo B. Fernan |
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