Legislative district of Tawi-Tawi

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The legislative district of Tawi-Tawi is the representation of the province of Tawi-Tawi in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its lone congressional district.

History

Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Tawi-Tawi were represented under the Department of Mindanao and Sulu (1917–1935), Sulu (1935–1972) and Region IX (1978–1984).

The enactment of Presidential Decree No. 302 on September 11, 1973 created the Province of Tawi-Tawi out of Sulu's western and southern municipalities.^[1] The new province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IX from 1978 to 1984.

Tawi-Tawi first gained separate representation in 1984 when it returned one representative, elected at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa.

Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the province constituted a lone congressional district,^[2] and elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Lone District

Population (2015): 390,715^[3]

Period	Representative^[4]
8th Congress 1987–1992	Alawadin T. Bandon, Jr.^[a] (de facto)
8th Congress 1987–1992	Romulo Espaldon^[b]
9th Congress 1992–1995	Nur G. Jaafar
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Soraya C. Jaafar
13th Congress 2004–2007	Anuar J. Abubakar^[c] (de facto)
13th Congress 2004–2007	Nur G. Jaafar^[d]
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016	Ruby M. Sahali-Tan
17th Congress 2016–2019	Ruby M. Sahali-Tan
18th Congress 2019–2022	Rashidin H. Matba
19th Congress 2022–2025	Dimszar M. Sali

Notes

^ Unseated after losing election protest to Romulo M. Espaldon on December 12, 1990.^[4]
^ Replaced Alawadin T. Bandon, Jr. after winning election protest on December 12, 1990.^[4]
^ Initially proclaimed winner in May 2004 election; unseated after victory proclamation annulled by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) on June 30, 2006. Motion for Reconsideration denied August 3, 2006.^[5]
^ Replaced Anuar Abubakar after being declared duly elected winner of May 2004 election by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on June 30, 2006.^[5]

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representative^[4]
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Celso J. Palma

References

^ Marcos, Ferdinand E. (September 27, 1973). "Presidential Decree No. 302 - Creating the Province of Tawi-Tawi". The LawPhil Project. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
^ 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved November 28, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Population of Population of Legislative Districts by Region, Province, and Selected Highly Urbanized/Component City: 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Supreme Court of the Philippines (March 7, 2007). "G.R. No. 173310 - Anuar J. Abubakar vs House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal and Nur G. Jaafar". The LawPhil Project. Retrieved February 6, 2017.

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See also: Districts for the Senate (1916–1935)

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Lone District

At-Large (defunct)

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