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Bulacan's 2nd congressional district

Bulacan's 2nd congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Map
Boundary of Bulacan's 2nd congressional district in Bulacan
Location of Bulacan within the Philippines
ProvinceBulacan
RegionCentral Luzon
Population360,101 (2020)[1]
Electorate224,922 (2022)[2]
Major settlements
Area266.71 km2 (102.98 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1907
RepresentativeAugustina Dominique C. Pancho
Political party  NUP
Congressional blocMajority

Bulacan's 2nd congressional district is one of the seven congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Bulacan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.[3] The district consists of the city of Baliwag and the municipalities of Bustos and Plaridel. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Tina Pancho of the National Unity Party (NUP).[4]

Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, the second district encompassed the eastern Bulacan municipalities of Angat, Baliuag (Baliwag), Bocaue, Marilao, Meycauayan, Norzagaray, Obando, San Ildefonso, San Jose del Monte, San Miguel, San Rafael, Santa Maria, and Valenzuela (formerly Polo).[5] It also included the municipality of Polo, which last consisted of the northern portion of the present-day Valenzuela,[6] until it was merged with Valenzuela in 1963.[7] Following the restoration of the Congress in 1987, the district was reconfigured to encompass Balagtas, Baliwag, Bocaue, Bustos, Guiguinto, Pandi, and Plaridel, amid the addition of two districts for Bulacan.[8][9] Balagtas, Bocaue, Guiguinto, and Pandi were later excised from the district to form the fifth district effective 2022, leaving it with three in its current jurisdiction.[10]

  1. ^ Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections". Commission on Elections. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  4. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference electionlaw was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Executive Order No. 401, s. 1960 (July 21, 1960), Creating the municipality of Valenzuela in the province of Bulacan, Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, retrieved April 24, 2022
  7. ^ Executive Order No. 46, s. 1963 (September 11, 1963), Consolidating and Reuniting the Territories of the Municipalities of Polo and Valenzuela Into a Municipality to Be Known as Valenzuela, Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, retrieved November 18, 2023
  8. ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  9. ^ "THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES – ORDINANCE". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  10. ^ Republic Act No. 11546 (August 13, 2021), An Act Reapportioning the Province of Bulacan into Six (6) Legislative Districts, Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, retrieved August 13, 2021

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