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Thelegislative district of Pateros–Taguig is the combined representation of theindependent municipality ofPateros and eastern part of thehighly urbanized city ofTaguig in theCongress of the Philippines. The city and municipality are currently represented in thelower house of the Congress through theirlone congressional district.
Areas now under the jurisdiction of Taguig and Pateros were initially represented as part of theat-large district of theprovince of Manila in theMalolos Congress from 1898 to 1899. Both towns were later incorporated to the province ofRizal, established in 1901, and were represented as part of thefirst district of Rizal from 1907 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1972. DuringWorld War II, both towns were represented as part of theat-large district of Rizal in theNational Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from 1943 to 1944. Taguig and Pateros were separated from Rizal on November 7, 1975, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824,[1] and was represented in theInterim Batasang Pambansa along with otherMetropolitan Manila municipalities and cities as part ofRegion IV from 1978 to 1984.
Taguig and Pateros were grouped withMuntinlupa to forma single parliamentary district which returnedone representative to theRegular Batasang Pambansa in1984. Taguig and Pateros formedonecongressional district under the new Constitution[2] proclaimed on February 11, 1987; it elected its member to the restored House of Representatives startingthat same year.
The western area of Taguig, coterminous with the Second Councilor District of Taguig (for the purpose of electing municipal, now city, council members), was separated to form aseparate congressional district by virtue of Republic Act No. 8487,[3] the law which converted Taguig into a highly urbanized city. Despite being enacted by Congress on February 11, 1998, the said law only took effect on December 8, 2004, after theCommission on Elections issued a resolution confirming that the affirmative votes for cityhood prevailed in the ballot recount.[4] This new district first elected its separate representative in the2007 general elections.
There was a boundary dispute over which city has jurisdiction over lands encompassed within the former Fort McKinley U.S. Military Reservation (nowFort Bonifacio and its surrounding areas). Portions of four ofTaguig's barangays (Fort Bonifacio,Pinagsama,Western Bicutan, andUsusan) were claimed by the neighboring city ofMakati as part of its own two barangays (Post Proper Northside andPost Proper Southside). Residents of areas where Taguig exercisede facto control vote as part of itssecond congressional district except for areas under barangay Ususan, which is part ofTaguig's 1st district, while residents of areas where Makati exercisesde facto control vote as part of itssecond congressional district.
| District | Current Representative | Barangays | Population (2020) | Map | ||
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| Taguig–Pateros(1st District) | .jpg) | Ricardo Cruz Jr. (since2022) Lower Bicutan | List
| 484,906[5] |  | |
| Period | Representative[6] | Constituents |
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| 8th Congress 1987–1992 | Dante O. Tinga | Pateros,Taguig(became city in 2004) |
| 9th Congress 1992–1995 | ||
| 10th Congress 1995–1998 | ||
| 11th Congress 1998–2001 | Alan Peter S. Cayetano | |
| 12th Congress 2001–2004 | ||
| 13th Congress 2004–2007 |
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