Legislative districts of Cotabato

The Legislative Districts of Cotabato, namely the first, second districts and third districts are the representations of the Province of Cotabato in the Philippine House of Representatives.

Cotabato was part of the representation of Mindanao and Sulu from 1916 to 1935, after which it was organized as a lone district.

During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, the province sent two representatives to the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province continued to comprise a lone district. This lone district represented South Cotabato until 1965, and the provinces of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat until 1972.

The province became part of the representation of Region XII from 1978 to 1984. It regained its own representations in the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984 where it elected 2 assemblymen at-large. Cotabato was divided into two congressional districts under the new Constitution which took effect on February 7, 1987, and each elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

On September 14, 2012 president Benigno Aquino III signed into law Republic Act 10177 which reapportioned the province into three legislative districts.^[1] The representatives for the newly reapportioned districts were first elected in the 2013 elections.

1st District

• Municipality: Alamada, Aleosan, Libungan, Midsayap, Pigcawayan, Pikit
• Population (2010): 445,013

Period	Representative
16th Congress 2013–2016	Jesus N. Sacdalan

1987—2013

• Municipality: Alamada, Aleosan, Banisilan, Carmen, Kabacan, Libungan, Midsayap, Pigcawayan, Pikit

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Rodrigo B. Gutang
9th Congress 1992–1995	Anthony P. Dequiña
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Emmylou J. Taliño-Mendoza
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Jesus N. Sacdalan

2nd District

• City: Kidapawan City
• Municipality: Antipas, Arakan, Magpet, Makilala, President Roxas
• Population (2010): 360,963

Period	Representative
16th Congress 2013–2016	Nancy A. Catamco

1987—2013

• City: Kidapawan City
• Municipality: Antipas, Arakan, Magpet, Makilala, Matalam, M'lang, President Roxas, Tulunan

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Gregorio A. Andolana
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Gregorio T. Ipong
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Bernardo F. Piñol, Jr.
15th Congress 2010–2013	Nancy A. Catamco

3rd District

• Municipality: Banisilan, Carmen, Kabacan, Matalam, M'lang, Tulunan
• Population (2010): 420,332

Period	Representative
16th Congress 2013–2016	Jose I. Tejada

Lone District (defunct)

Period	Representative/Assemblyman
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Datu Balabaran Sinsuat
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941	Ugalingan Piang
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946	Ugalingan Piang
1st Congress 1946–1949	Gumbay Piang
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Datu Blah T. Sinsuat
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Luminog Datu Mangelen
4th Congress 1957–1961	Salipada K. Pendatun
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969
7th Congress 1969–1972

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representative/Assemblyman
National Assembly 1943–1944	Alfonso A. Pablo
	Menandang Piang
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Tomas B. Baga, Jr.
	Carlos B. Cajelo

See also

• Legislative districts of Mindanao and Sulu
• Legislative districts of Maguindanao
• Legislative district of South Cotabato
• Legislative district of Sultan Kudarat

References

1. "Cotabato split into 3 districts". Retrieved 2012-09-16.

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library