Legislative districts of Davao del Norte

The Legislative districts of Davao del Norte are the representations of the province of Davao del Norte in the of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first and second districts.

Compostela Valley last formed part of its representation in 1998.

Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Davao del Norte were represented under the Department of Mindanao and Sulu (1917–1935) and the historical Davao Province (1935–1967). The enactment of Republic Act No. 4867 on 8 May 1967 split the old province into Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental. Per Section 4 of R.A. 4867, the incumbent Davao Province representative was to indicate which of the three new provinces he wished to continue to represent; Rep. Lorenzo Sarmiento chose to represent Davao del Norte. Davao del Sur (grouped together with Davao City) and Davao Oriental were separately represented beginning in the second half of the 6th Congress after a special election was held on 14 November 1967 to fill their new congressional seats.

Davao del Norte (officially renamed to "Davao" in 1972) was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region XI from 1978 to 1984, and returned three representatives, elected at-large to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. The province was reapportioned into three congressional districts under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on 11 February 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

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