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Legislative districts of Cebu


The Legislative Districts of Cebu are the representations of the province of Cebu in the of the Philippines. The province, including the highly urbanized city of Mandaue, are currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh districts of Cebu.

The highly urbanized cities of Cebu and Lapu-Lapu last formed part of the province's representation in 1972 and 2010, respectively.

Cebu was divided into seven representative districts in 1907. 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 tenth 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. Cebu City, being a chartered city, was represented separately in this short-lived legislative body. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province retained its seven pre-war representative districts.


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