Legislative districts of Surigao del Sur

The legislative districts of Surigao del Sur are the representations of the province of Surigao del Sur in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first and second congressional districts.

History

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Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Surigao del Sur were represented under the former province of Surigao (1907–1961).

The enactment of Republic Act No. 2786 on June 19, 1960 split the old Surigao province into Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur, and provided the new provinces separate representations in Congress.^[1] The new province of Surigao del Sur first elected its own representative in the 1961 elections.

Surigao del Sur was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region XI from 1978 to 1984, and returned one representative, elected at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. The province was reapportioned into two congressional districts under the new Constitution^[2] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

1st District

• City: Tandag (became city 2007)
• Municipalities: Bayabas, Cagwait, Cantilan, Carmen, Carrascal, Cortes, Lanuza, Lianga, Madrid, Marihatag, San Agustin, San Miguel, Tago
• Population (2020): 369,785^[3]

Period	Representative[4]
8th Congress 1987–1992	Mario S. Ty
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Prospero A. Pichay, Jr.
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Philip A. Pichay
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016	Philip A. Pichay[a]
	Mary Elizabeth Ty-Delgado[b]
17th Congress 2016–2019	Prospero A. Pichay, Jr.
18th Congress 2019–2022
19th Congress 2022–2025	Romeo S. Momo Sr.

Notes

1. Unseated by the Supreme Court on January 26, 2016 after losing electoral protest lodged by Mary Elizabeth Ty-Delgado.^[5]
2. Replaced Philip Pichay after being declared rightful representative by the Supreme Court on January 26, 2016; served for the remainder of the 16th Congress.^[5]

2nd District

• City: Bislig (became city 2000)
• Municipalities: Barobo, Hinatuan, Lingig, Tagbina
• Population (2020): 272,470^[3]

Period	Representative[4]
8th Congress 1987–1992	Ernesto T. Estrella
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998	Jesnar R. Falcon
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007	Peter Paul Jed C. Falcon
14th Congress 2007–2010	Florencio C. Garay
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019	Johnny T. Pimentel
18th Congress 2019–2022
19th Congress 2022–2025

Lone District (defunct)

Period	Representative[4]
5th Congress 1961–1965	Vicente L. Pimentel, Sr.
6th Congress 1965–1969	Gregorio P. Murillo, Sr.
7th Congress 1969–1972	Jose G. Puyat, Jr.

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representative[4]
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Higino C. Llaguno, Jr.

See also

• Legislative district of Surigao

References

1. Congress of the Philippines (June 19, 1960). "Republic Act No. 2786 - An Act to Create the Provinces of Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
2. 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
3. "Population of Population of Legislative Districts by Region, Province, and Selected Highly Urbanized/Component City: 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
4. Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
5. Aning, Jerome (2 February 2016). "High court unseats Rep. Pichay". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 2, 2016.