The highly urbanized city of Marikina currently has two congressional districts. Every three years, each district elects one representative who will sit on their behalf in the House of Representatives. Each district also elects eight city councilors who will sit on their behalf in the City Council.
HistoryEdit
From 1907 until 1972, it was represented as part of the first district of Rizal. It was part of the representation of Region IV in the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984. It was grouped with Pasig from 1984 to 1986 for representation in the Regular Batasang Pambansa, as part of the Legislative district of Pasig–Marikina. Marikina was given its own representation in the restored House of Representatives in 1987, and was divided into two districts after an amendment (Republic Act No. 9364[1]) to its city charter (Republic Act No. 8223[2]) was approved on December 15, 2006.
Current DistrictsEdit
Since 2007, the city has been divided into two districts with each district being represented by one representative in the House of Representatives. Since 2019 the city's delegation composes of a member of the Nationalist People's Coalition and a member of the Liberal Party.
| District | Current Representative | Party | Barangays | Population | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | .jpg) Bayani Fernando (since 2016) |
NPC | Barangka, Calumpang, Industrial Valley, Jesus de la Peña, Malanday, San Roque, Santa Elena, Santo Niño, Tañong |
78,875 (2015)[3] | 9.03 km² | |
| 2nd |  Stella Quimbo (since 2019) |
Liberal | Concepcion Uno, Concepcion Dos, Fortune, Marikina Heights, Parang, Nangka, Tumana |
271,866 (2015)[3] | 13.62 km² |
Former DistrictsEdit
Lone District (1987-2007)Edit
From the reinstatement of the House of Representatives up to 2007, the city was represented in congress with one representative for the city.
Representation HistoryEdit
| # | Member | Tenure | Congress | Party | Electoral history | Constituent LGUs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | |||||||
| District created 1987 | ||||||||
| 1 | Democlito J. Angeles | June 30, 1987 | June 30, 1992 | 8th | Unknown | Elected in 1987 |
1987-2007 Marikina City | |
| 2 | Romeo Candazo | June 30, 1992 | June 30, 2001 | 9th | Unknown | Elected in 1992 | ||
| 10th | Lakas-NUCD | Re-elected in 1995 | ||||||
| 11th | Liberal | Re-elected in 1998 | ||||||
| 3 | Del de Guzman | June 30, 2001 | June 30, 2007 | 12th | Lakas-CMD | Elected in 2001 | ||
| 13th | Re-elected in 2004 | |||||||
| District Divided December 15, 2006 | ||||||||
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.congress.gov.ph. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.congress.gov.ph. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "Population Counts by Legislative District (Based on the 2015 Census of Population)". Philippine Statistics Authority. Government of the Philippines. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2018.