Legislative district of Iloilo City

The Legislative District of Iloilo City, are the representations of the city of Iloilo in the of the Philippines. The city is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its lone district.

The territory of what is now Iloilo City initially formed part of the second district of Iloilo province in 1907. At the time of the passage of the Election Law (Act No. 1582) for the Philippine Legislature on January 9, 1907,Arevalo was a separate municipality, while the municipality of Iloilo was, by virtue of Act No. 719 of April 3, 1903, composed of the territories of the Spanish-era pueblos of Iloilo, Jaro, La Paz, Mandurriao and Molo. Jaro once again became a separate municipality by virtue of Executive Order No. 64 issued on December 24, 1907, while La Paz was re-established in 1920 by virtue of Executive Order No. 70 signed on October 11, 1919.

When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the then-municipalities of Arevalo, Iloilo (also encompassing Mandurriao and Molo), Jaro and La Paz — along with the rest of Iloilo province — formed part of the seventh senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate. When the City of Iloilo was created in 1936 by merging the municipalities of Arevalo, Iloilo and La Paz, the new city remained within the second district of Iloilo province. Jaro, also part of the second district, was annexed to the city later in 1940.

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