The legislative districts of Camarines Sur are the representations of the province of Camarines Sur and the independent city of Naga in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province and the city are currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through their first, second, third, fourth, and fifth congressional districts.

History

Camarines Sur was represented as part of Ambos Camarines until it was granted its own representations in 1919. It was divided into two legislative districts until 1972. It was part of the representation of Region V from 1978 to 1984, and from 1984 to 1986, it elected 4 assemblymen at-large. In 1986, it was redistricted into four legislative districts.

The passage of Republic Act 9716[1] created an additional district out of towns from the first and second districts, which elected its first representative starting in the 2010 elections. As a result, the numerical designations of the province's districts were also changed in order to accommodate the new district. Then-Senator Noynoy Aquino challenged the controversial law in court, arguing its alleged unconstitutionality because the reapportionment creates a district that does not meet the 250,000 population requirement outlined in the Constitution.[2] However, the Supreme Court deemed that the creation of a district not meeting the 250,000 population requirement in the constitution is a rule only applicable to cities, not provinces, and therefore ruled that the district is constitutional.[3]

Current districts

Legislative districts and representatives of Camarines Sur
District Current Representative Party Constituent LGUs Population (2020) Map
1st
Rep. Tsuyoshi Anthony Horibata (19th Congress).jpg
 Hori Horibata
(since 2022)		 PDP-Laban 207,496[4]
2nd
Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte (19th Congress).jpg
 Luis Raymund Villafuerte
(since 2016)		 NUP 343,942[4]
3rd
Gabriel Bordado (18th Congress).jpg
 Gabriel Bordado
(since 2016)		 Liberal 554,323[4]
4th
Rep. Arnulf Bryan Fuentebella (18th Congress PH).jpg
 Arnulf Bryan Fuentebella
(since 2019)		 NPC 420,838[4]
5th
Rep. Miguel Luis Villafuerte (19th Congress).jpg
 Miguel Luis Villafuerte
(since 2022)		 PDP-Laban 499,713[4]

At-Large (defunct)

1943–1944

Period Assemblymen
National Assembly
1943–1944		 Jose T. Fuentebella
Andres T. Hernandez

1984–1986

Period Assemblymen
Regular Batasang Pambansa
1984–1986		 Ciriaco R. Alfelor
Rolando R. Andaya
Edmundo B. Cea
Luis R. Villafuerte, Sr.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.congress.gov.ph. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ Noynoy asks SC to strike down law on new CamSur district
  3. ↑ SC affirms new CamSur district Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
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