Legislative districts of Oriental Mindoro

The legislative districts of Oriental Mindoro are the representations of the province of Oriental Mindoro 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

Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Oriental Mindoro were represented under the lone district of the undivided Mindoro Province from 1898 to 1951.

The enactment of Republic Act No. 505 on June 13, 1950 split the old Mindoro Province into Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro, and provided each of them separate representation in Congress.^[1] Pursuant to Section 6 of Republic Act No. 505, the incumbent representative of Mindoro began to represent only Oriental Mindoro in the second half of the 2nd Congress, following the election of Occidental Mindoro's separate representative in a special election held on the same day as the 1951 senatorial elections.^[1]

Oriental Mindoro was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984, and returned two representatives, elected at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984.

Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the province was reapportioned into two congressional districts;^[2] each elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Current districts

Legislative Districts and Congressional Representatives of Oriental Mindoro
District	Current Representative			Party	Municipalities	Population (2020)^[3]	Area
1st			Arnan Panaligan (since 2022)	Lakas	List Baco Calapan Naujan Pola Puerto Galera San Teodoro Socorro Victoria	515,487	2,015.19 km²
2nd			Alfonso Umali Jr. (since 2019)	Liberal	List Bansud Bongabong Bulalacao Gloria Mansalay Pinamalayan Roxas	422,852	223.19 km²

Defunct districts

Lone District (defunct)

Period	Representative
2nd Congress 1949–1953	see Lone district of Mindoro
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Raul T. Leuterio^[a]
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Conrado M. Morente
4th Congress 1957–1961	Jose Leido, Sr.
5th Congress 1961–1965	Luciano A. Joson
6th Congress 1965–1969	Luciano A. Joson
7th Congress 1969–1972	Jose J. Leido, Jr.

Notes

^ Elected in 1949 as representative of undivided Mindoro Province; began to serve as the representative of Oriental Mindoro beginning in the second half of the 2nd Congress, after the election of a separate representative for Occidental Mindoro in 1951, pursuant to R.A. 505.^[1]

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representatives^[4]
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Rolleo L. Ignacio
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Jose Reynaldo V. Morente

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Republic Act No. 505 (June 13, 1950), An Act to Create the Provinces of Oriental Mindoro and Occidental Mindoro, retrieved November 28, 2017
^ 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved November 19, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
^ Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved November 28, 2017.

[4] Elected in 1949 as representative of undivided Mindoro Province; began to serve as the representative of Oriental Mindoro beginning in the second half of the 2nd Congress, after the election of a separate representative for Occidental Mindoro in 1951, pursuant to R.A. 505.^[1]

[ra505-1] Republic Act No. 505 (June 13, 1950), An Act to Create the Provinces of Oriental Mindoro and Occidental Mindoro, retrieved November 28, 2017

[2] 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved November 19, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[psa-3] "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 17, 2022.

[roster-5] Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved November 28, 2017.

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