The legislative districts of Valenzuela are the representations of the highly urbanized city of Valenzuela 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 districts.
History
editValenzuela, originally known as Polo until 1963, was represented as part of the at-large district of Bulacan in the Malolos Congress (1898–1899) and the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic (1943–1944) and the second district of Bulacan from 1907 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1972. It was separated from Bulacan on November 7, 1975, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824,[1] and was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa along with other Metropolitan Manila municipalities and cities as part of Region IV from 1978 to 1984. Valenzuela was grouped together with Navotas and Malabon as the legislative district of Malabon–Navotas–Valenzuela for representation in the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986. From 1987 to 2001, Valenzuela had its own representation in the House of Representatives and was divided into two districts after its city charter (Republic Act No. 8526[2]) was approved on February 14, 1998, and ratified on December 30, 1998.
Current Districts
edit| District | Current Representative | Party | Barangays | Population (2015) | Area | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 
|
Mark Enverga[note 1] (Caretaker since 2023) |
NPC | List
|
300,525[4] | 25.82 km2 | 
| |
| 2nd | 
|
Eric Martinez (since 2016) |
PDP | List
|
319,897[4] | 18.69 km2 | 
| |
- ^ Rex Gatchalian from the first district relinquished his rights to the seat upon accepting the position of Secretary of Social Welfare and Development. Mark Enverga (Quezon-1st) is designated as the district's caretaker while the seat is vacant.[3]
References
edit- ^ Presidential Decree No. 824 (November 7, 1975), Creating the Metropolitan Manila and the Metropolitan Manila Commission and for Other Purposes, retrieved October 10, 2017
- ^ Republic Act No. 8526 (14 February 1998), "An Act Converting the Municipality of Valenzuela into a Highly Urbanized City to be Known as the City of Valenzuela" (PDF), www.congress.gov.ph, archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016, retrieved 12 January 2022
- ^ "Quezon Rep. Enverga named caretaker of Valenzuela district vacated by Gatchalian". Philstar.com. February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "Philippine Statistics Authority | Republic of the Philippines". psa.gov.ph. Retrieved 2022-06-16.