Legislative districts of Cebu City

The legislative districts of Cebu City are the representations of the highly urbanized city of Cebu in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The city is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first and second congressional districts.

History

Further information: Legislative districts of Cebu

What is now Cebu City initially formed part of the at-large district of Cebu province from 1898 to 1899. It later formed part of second district of Cebu for the Philippine Assembly in 1907. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the then-municipality of Cebu formed part of the tenth 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 the Second World War, two delegates represented the chartered city (separately from the province) in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the city mayor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through an assembly of KALIBAPI members within the city during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of the Philippine 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 the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region VII from 1978 to 1984. After becoming a highly urbanized city in 1979 by virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg. 51,^[1] Cebu City elected two representatives, at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in the 1984 elections.

Cebu City was reapportioned into two congressional districts under the new Constitution^[2] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987. The two districts elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Legislative districts and representatives of Cebu City

District	Current Representative			Party	Constituent LGUs	Population (2020)	Area	Map
1st (Cebu North)			Rachel del Mar (since 2022)	Nationalist People's Coalition	List Adlaon, Agsungot, Apas, Bacayan, Banilad, Binaliw, Budlaan, Busay, Cambinocot, Capitol Site, Carreta, Cogon Ramos, Day‑as, Ermita, Guba, Hipodromo, Kalubihan, Kamagayan, Kamputhaw (Camputhaw), Kasambagan, Lahug, Lorega‑San Miguel, Lusaran, Luz, Mabini, Mabolo, Malubog, Pahina Central, Parian, Paril, Pit-os, Pulangbato, Sambag I, Sambag II, San Antonio, San Jose, San Roque, Santa Cruz, Santo Niño (Central), Sirao, T. Padilla (Villa Gonzalo), Talamban, Taptap, Tejero, Tinago, Zapatera	396,099 (2015)[3]	46 Barangays
2nd (Cebu South)			Eduardo Rama, Jr. (since 2022)	Lakas–CMD	List Babag, Basak Pardo, Basak San Nicolas, Bonbon, Buhisan, Bulacao, Buot, Calamba, Cogon Pardo, Duljo Fatima, Guadalupe, Inayawan, Kalunasan, Kinasang-an Pardo, Labangon, Mambaling, Pahina San Nicolas, Pamutan, Pasil, Poblacion Pardo, Pung-ol Sibugay, Punta Princesa, Quiot, San Nicolas Proper, Sapangdaku, Sawang Calero, Sinsin, Suba, Sudlon I, Sudlon II, Tabunan, Tagbao, Tisa, Toong	526,512 (2015)[3]	34 Barangays

1st District (North District)

• Barangays: Adlaon, Agsungot, Apas, Bacayan, Banilad, Binaliw, Budla-an, Busay, Cambinocot, Camputhaw, Capitol Site, Carreta, Central (Santo Niño), Cogon Ramos, Day-as, Ermita, Guba, Hipodromo, Kalubihan, Kamagayan, Kasambagan, Lahug, Lorega San Miguel, Lusaran, Luz, Mabini, Mabolo Proper, Malubog, Pahina Central, Parian, Paril, Pit-os, Pulangbato, Sambag I, Sambag II, San Antonio, San Jose, San Roque, Sirao, Santa Cruz, T. Padilla, Talamban, Taptap, Tejero, Tinago, Zapatera
• Population (2020): 406,378

#	Image		Member	Tenure		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Cebu City's 1st District for House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created February 2, 1987.
1			Raul V. del Mar	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	LABAN (Panaghiusa)	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Adlaon, Agsungot, Apas, Bacayan, Banilad, Binaliw, Budlaan, Busay, Cambinocot, Capitol Site, Carreta, Cogon Ramos, Day‑as, Ermita, Guba, Hipodromo, Kalubihan, Kamagayan, Kamputhaw (Camputhaw), Kasambagan, Lahug, Lorega‑San Miguel, Lusaran, Luz, Mabini, Mabolo, Malubog, Pahina Central, Pari-an, Paril, Pit-os, Pulangbato, Sambag I, Sambag II, San Antonio, San Jose, San Roque, Santa Cruz, Santo Niño (Central), Sirao, T. Padilla (Villa Gonzalo), Talamban, Taptap, Tejero, Tinago, Zapatera
						9th		Re-elected in 1992.
						10th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1995.
2			Raoul B. del Mar	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2001	11th	PROMDI	Elected in 1998.
(1)			Raul V. del Mar	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010	12th	Lakas	Elected in 2001.
						13th		Re-elected in 2004.
						14th		Re-elected in 2007.
3			Rachel Marguerite B. del Mar	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2013	15th	Liberal	Elected in 2010.
(1)			Raul V. del Mar	June 30, 2013	November 16, 2020	16th	Liberal	Elected in 2013.
						17th		Re-elected in 2016.
						18th		Re-elected in 2019. Died in office.
—	Vacant			November 16, 2020	June 30, 2022		No special election held to fill vacancy.
(3)			Rachel Marguerite B. del Mar	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	NPC	Elected in 2022

Notes

2nd District (South District)

• Barangays: Babag, Basak Pardo, Basak San Nicolas, Bonbon, Buhisan, Bulacao, Buot-Taup, Calamba, Cogon Pardo, Duljo, Guadalupe, Inayawan, Kalunasan, Kinasang-an, Labangon, Mambaling, Pahina San Nicolas, Pamutan, Pasil, Poblacion Pardo, Pung-ol Sibugay, Punta Princesa, Quiot, San Nicolas Proper, Sapangdaku, Sawang Calero, Sinsin, Suba, Sudlon I, Sudlon II, Tabunan, Tagbao, Tisa, Toong
• Population (2020): 557,791

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Cebu City's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created February 2, 1987.
1			Antonio V. Cuenco	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	LABAN (Panaghiusa)	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Babag, Basak Pardo, Basak San Nicolas, Bonbon, Buhisan, Bulacao, Buot, Calamba, Cogon Pardo, Duljo Fatima, Guadalupe, Inayawan, Kalunasan, Kinasang-an Pardo, Labangon, Mambaling, Pahina San Nicolas, Pamutan, Pasil, Poblacion Pardo, Pung-ol Sibugay, Punta Princesa, Quiot, San Nicolas Proper, Sapangdaku, Sawang Calero, Sinsin, Suba, Sudlon I, Sudlon II, Tabunan, Tagbao, Tisa, Toong
						9th		Re-elected in 1992.
						10th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1995.
2			Nancy R. Cuenco	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2001	11th	PROMDI	Elected in 1998.
(1)			Antonio V. Cuenco	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010	12th	Lakas	Elected in 2001.
						13th		Re-elected in 2004.
						14th		Re-elected in 2007.
3			Tomas R. Osmeña	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2013	15th	Liberal	Elected in 2010.
4			Rodrigo A. Abellanosa	June 30, 2013	June 30, 2022	16th	Liberal	Elected in 2013.
						17th		Re-elected in 2016.
						18th	LDP	Re-elected in 2019.
5			Eduardo R. Rama, Jr.	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	PDP–Laban	Elected in 2022.
							Lakas

Notes

At-large (defunct)

1943–1944

Period	Representative
National Assembly 1943–1944	Paulino A. Gullas[4]
	Juan C. Zamora (ex officio)[4]

1984–1986

Period	Representative
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Antonio V. Cuenco
	Marcelo B. Fernan

See also

• Legislative districts of Cebu

References

1. Batas Pambansa Blg. 51 (December 22, 1979), An Act providing for the elective or appointive positions in various local governments and for other purposes., Chan-Robles Law Library, retrieved August 9, 2016
2. "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Retrieved June 13, 2016.
3. Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
4. Official program of the inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines and the induction into office of His Excellency Jose P. Laurel. Bureau of Printing. 1943.