Legislative districts of Palawan

Palawan initially comprised a single assembly district from 1907 to 1972. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the eighth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

In the disruption caused by the Second World War, two delegates represented the province in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through a provincial assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province continued to comprise a lone district.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984, and elected one representative, at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Palawan was reapportioned into two congressional districts under the new Constitution[1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

The passage of Republic Act No. 10171 in 2012 separated Puerto Princesa and Aborlan from the second district to form the third district,[2] which first elected its own representative in the 2013 elections.

1st District of Palawan

• Municipalities: Agutaya, Araceli, Busuanga, Cagayancillo, Coron, Culion, Cuyo, Dumaran, El Nido, Kalayaan, Linapacan, Magsaysay, Roxas, San Vicente, Taytay
• Population (2015): 415,230[3]

• Municipalities: Balabac, Bataraza, Brooke's Point, Narra, Quezon, Rizal, Sofronio Española
• Population (2015): 399,148[3]

1987–2013

2nd District of Palawan, from 1987 to 2013

• City: Puerto Princesa[lower-alpha 1]
• Municipalities: Aborlan, Balabac, Bataraza, Brooke's Point, Narra, Quezon, Rizal (Marcos), Sofronio Española (established 1994)

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Ramon V. Mitra, Jr.
9th Congress 1992–1995	Alfredo Amor E. Abueg, Jr.
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Abraham Kahlil B. Mitra
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Victorino Dennis M. Socrates

Notes

1. Declared highly-urbanized city through Presidential Proclamation No. 1264,[4] affirmed by plebiscite held on July 9, 2007;[5] only votes with Palawan for congressional representation beginning in the 2010 elections. Independent from the province and does not vote for provincial officials in accordance with Section 452-c of the Local Government Code of 1991.[6]

• City: Puerto Princesa[lower-alpha 1]
• Municipalities: Aborlan
• Population (2015): 290,207[3]

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