Legislative districts of Camarines Sur

The legislative districts of Camarines Sur are the representations of the province of Camarines Sur and the independent city of Naga in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province and the city are currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through their first, second, third, fourth, and fifth congressional districts.

History

Camarines Sur was represented as part of Ambos Camarines until it was granted its own representations in 1919. It was divided into two legislative districts until 1972. It was part of the representation of Region V from 1978 to 1984, and from 1984 to 1986, it elected 4 assemblymen at-large. In 1986, it was redistricted into four legislative districts.

The passage of Republic Act 9716

Noynoy Aquino challenged the controversial law in court, arguing its alleged unconstitutionality because the reapportionment creates a district that does not meet the 250,000 population requirement outlined in the Constitution.^[2] However, the Supreme Court deemed that the creation of a district not meeting the 250,000 population requirement in the constitution is a rule only applicable to cities, not provinces, and therefore ruled that the district is constitutional.^[3]

Current districts

Legislative districts and representatives of Camarines Sur
District		Party	Constituent LGUs	Population (2020)
1st	Hori Horibata (since 2022)	PDP-Laban	List Cabusao Del Gallego Lupi Ragay Sipocot	207,496^[4]
2nd	Luis Raymund Villafuerte (since 2016)	NUP	List Gainza Libmanan Milaor Minalabac Pamplona Pasacao San Fernando	343,942^[4]
3rd	Gabriel Bordado (since 2016)	Liberal	List Bombon Calabanga Camaligan Canaman Magarao Naga Ocampo Pili	554,323^[4]
4th	Arnulf Bryan Fuentebella (since 2019)	NPC	List Caramoan Garchitorena Goa Lagonoy Presentacion Sagñay San Jose Siruma Tigaon Tinambac	420,838^[4]
5th	Miguel Luis Villafuerte (since 2022)	PDP-Laban	List Baao Balatan Bato Buhi Bula Iriga Nabua	499,713^[4]

At-Large (defunct)

1943–1944

Period	Assemblymen
National Assembly 1943–1944	Jose T. Fuentebella
National Assembly 1943–1944	Andres T. Hernandez

1984–1986

Period	Assemblymen
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Ciriaco R. Alfelor
	Rolando R. Andaya
	Edmundo B. Cea
	Luis R. Villafuerte, Sr.

References

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.congress.gov.ph. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Noynoy asks SC to strike down law on new CamSur district
^ SC affirms new CamSur district Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 17, 2022.

[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). www.congress.gov.ph. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Noynoy asks SC to strike down law on new CamSur district

[SC-3] SC affirms new CamSur district Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[psa-4] "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 17, 2022.

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v t e Legislative districts of the Philippines
Luzon	Abra Albay Antipolo Apayao Aurora Baguio Bataan Batanes Batangas Benguet Biñan Bulacan Cagayan Calamba Caloocan Camarines Norte Camarines Sur Catanduanes Cavite Ifugao Ilocos Norte Ilocos Sur Isabela Kalinga La Union Laguna Las Piñas Malabon Makati Mandaluyong Manila Marikina Marinduque Masbate Mountain Province Muntinlupa Navotas Nueva Ecija Nueva Vizcaya Occidental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro Palawan Pampanga Pangasinan Parañaque Pasay Pasig Pateros & Taguig Quezon Quezon City Quirino Rizal Romblon San Jose del Monte San Juan Santa Rosa Sorsogon Taguig Tarlac Valenzuela Zambales
Visayas	Aklan Antique Bacolod Biliran Bohol Capiz Cebu Cebu City Eastern Samar Guimaras Iloilo Iloilo City Lapu-Lapu City Leyte Mandaue Negros Occidental Negros Oriental Northern Samar Samar Siquijor Southern Leyte
Mindanao	Agusan del Norte Agusan del Sur Basilan Bukidnon Cagayan de Oro Camiguin Cotabato Davao City Davao de Oro Davao del Norte Davao del Sur Davao Occidental Davao Oriental Dinagat Islands General Santos Iligan Lanao del Norte Lanao del Sur Maguindanao del Norte Maguindanao del Sur Misamis Occidental Misamis Oriental Sarangani South Cotabato Sultan Kudarat Sulu Surigao del Norte Surigao del Sur Tawi-Tawi Zamboanga City Zamboanga del Norte Zamboanga del Sur Zamboanga Sibugay
Defunct	Defunct districts Agusan Ambos Camarines Cavite City Dasmariñas Davao Kalinga-Apayao Lanao Las Piñas–Muntinlupa Las Piñas–Parañaque Maguindanao Malabon–Navotas Malabon–Navotas–Valenzuela Mindanao & Sulu Mindoro Misamis Olongapo Pasig–Marikina San Pablo San Juan–Mandaluyong Shariff Kabunsuan Surigao Taguig–Pateros–Muntinlupa Zamboanga
See also: Districts for the Senate (1916–1935)