Legislative districts of Batangas

The Legislative Districts of Batangas, namely the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth districts are the current representations of the province of Batangas in the Philippine House of Representatives.

The province was divided into three representative districts from 1907 to 1972, with a minor adjustment of district boundaries as mandated by Act No. 3378 enacted on December 3, 1927 taking effect starting in the 1928 elections.

Batangas was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984, and elected four representatives at-large to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Effective February 11, 1987, the province was redistricted into four congressional districts under the new Constitution, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

The passage of Republic Act 10673 on August 19, 2015 increased the number of the province's representatives from four to six, starting in the 2016 elections. In addition, the fifth district is alternatively called as the Lone District of Batangas City; while the sixth district is also called the Lone District of Lipa City.

1st District (Western Batangas)

1st district of Batangas

• Municipalities: Balayan, Calaca, Calatagan, Lemery, Lian, Nasugbu, Taal, Tuy
• Population (2010): 546,811

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Conrado V. Apacible
9th Congress 1992–1995	Eduardo R. Ermita
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Ma. Elenita R. Ermita-Buhain
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Tomas V. Apacible
15th Congress 2013–2016	Ma. Elenita R. Ermita-Buhain

1907–1928

• Municipalities: Balayan, Calaca, Lemery, Nasugbu, Taal, Talisay, Tanauan, Tuy (re-established 1911), Calatagan (re-established 1912), Lian (re-established 1915), San Luis (re-established 1918)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Felipe Agoncillo
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Galicano Apacible
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Ramon Diokno
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Vicente Lontok
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Antonio de las Alas
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928

1928–1972

• Municipalities: Balayan, Calaca, Calatagan, Lemery, Lian, Nasugbu, San Luis, Taal, Tuy, Agoncillo (established 1949), San Nicolas (established 1955), Santa Teresita (established 1961)

Period	Representative
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Antonio de las Alas
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Ramon Diokno
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Miguel Tolentino
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946
1st Congress 1946–1949	Felixberto M. Serrano
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Apolinario R. Apacible
3rd Congress 1953–1957
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965
	Luis N. Lopez
6th Congress 1965–1969	Federico M. Serrano
7th Congress 1969–1972	Roberto C. Diokno

^1 To 1963.

^2 From 1963.

2nd District (Central Batangas)

2nd district of Batangas

Municipalities: Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis, San Pascual, Tingloy

• Population (2010): 269,981

Period	Representative
17th Congress 2016–2019	TBD

1987-2016

• City: Batangas City
• Municipalities: Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis, San Pascual, Tingloy
• Population (2010): 575,588

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Hernando B. Perez
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Edgar L. Mendoza
12th Congress 2001–2004	Francisco S. Perez II
13th Congress 2004–2007	Hermilando I. Mandanas
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016	Raneo S. Abu

1907–1928

• Municipalities: Batangas, Bauan, Cuenca, Ibaan, San Luis Alitagtag (established 1909), Mabini (established 1918)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Eusebio Orense
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Florencio R. Caedo
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Marcelo Caringal
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Pablo Borbon
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Vicente Agregado
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Rafael Villanueva
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Andres Buendia

1928–1972

• Municipalities: Alitagtag, Batangas (became city in 1969), Bauan, Cuenca, Ibaan, Mabini, Lobo, San Juan, Taysan, Tingloy (established 1955), San Pascual (established 1969)

Period	Representative
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Gabino Abaya
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Meynardo M. Farol
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Luis Francisco
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Eusebio Orense
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946
1st Congress 1946–1949	Pedro P. Muñoz
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Numeriano U. Babao
3rd Congress 1953–1957
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965	Apolinario V. Marasigan
6th Congress 1965–1969	Olegario B. Cantos
7th Congress 1969–1972	Expedito M. Leviste

3rd District (Taal Lake district)

3rd district of Batangas

• City: Tanauan City
• Municipalities: Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Malvar, Mataas na Kahoy, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita, Santo Tomas, Talisay
• Population (2010): 574,443

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Milagros Laurel-Trinidad
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Jose Macario Laurel IV
12th Congress 2001–2004	Victoria Hernandez-Reyes
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Nelson P. Collantes
16th Congress 2013–2016

1907–1928

• Municipalities: Bolbok (San Juan de Bocboc), Lipa, Lobo, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Malvar (established 1919), Taysan (re-established 1919)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Gregorio Katigbak
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Teodoro M. Kalaw
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Fidel Reyes
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Benito Reyes Katigbak
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Claro M. Recto
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928

1928–1972

• Municipalities: Lipa, Malvar, Rosario, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Tanauan, Mataas na Kahoy (established 1931), Padre Garcia (established 1949), Balete (established 1969), Laurel (established 1969)

Period	Representative
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Jose D. Dimayuga
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Emilio U. Mayo
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Maximo M. Kalaw
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946	Jose B. Laurel, Jr.
1st Congress 1946–1949
2nd Congress 1949–1953
3rd Congress 1953–1957
4th Congress 1957–1961	Jose M. Laurel IV
5th Congress 1961–1965	Jose B. Laurel, Jr.
6th Congress 1965–1969
7th Congress 1969–1972

4th District (Eastern Batangas)

4th district of Batangas

• Municipalities: Ibaan, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, Taysan
• Population (2010): 397,085

Period	Representative
17th Congress 2016–2019	TBD

1987-2016

• City: Lipa City
• Municipalities: Ibaan, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, Taysan
• Population (2010): 680,553

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Jose E. Calingasan
9th Congress 1992–1995	Ralph G. Recto
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Oscar L. Gozos
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Mark Llandro L. Mendoza
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016

5th District (Lone District of Batangas City)

• City: Batangas City
• Population (2010): 305,607

Period	Representative
17th Congress 2016–2019	TBD

6th District (Lone District of Lipa City)

• City: Lipa City
• Population (2010): 283,468

Period	Representative
17th Congress 2016–2019	TBD

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representatives
Malolos Congress 1898–1899	Mariano Lopez
	Gregorio Aguilera
	Eduardo Gutierrez
	Ambrosio Flores
National Assembly 1943–1944	Jose B. Laurel, Jr.
	Maximo M. Malvar
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Manuel G. Collantes
	Jose B. Laurel, Jr.
	Hernando B. Perez
	Rafael R. Recto

References

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library