Legislative districts of Davao del Norte

The legislative districts of Davao del Norte are the representation of the province of Davao del Norte 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 first and second congressional districts.

History

Further information: Legislative district of Mindanao and Sulu and Legislative district of Davao

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 May 8, 1967, split the old Davao Province into Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental.^[1] 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;^[1] 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 special elections were held on November 14, 1967, to fill their new congressional seats.

Davao del Norte — officially renamed to "Davao" in 1972^[2] — was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region XI from 1978 to 1984. The province returned three representatives, elected at-large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984.

Under the new Constitution^[3] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the province was reapportioned into three congressional districts; each district elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Apart from restoring the name of the province to Davao del Norte, the passage of Republic Act No. 8470^[4] and its subsequent ratification by plebiscite on March 7, 1998, separated the province's eleven eastern municipalities to create the new province of Compostela Valley (now named Davao de Oro). Per Section 3 of Republic Act No. 8470, Davao del Norte's own representation was reduced to two districts.^[4] The newly reconfigured districts elected their own representatives beginning in the 1998 elections.

1st District

• City: Tagum
• Municipalities: Asuncion, Kapalong, New Corella, Talaingod, San Isidro (established 2004)
• Population (2020): 542,642^[5]

Period	Representative[6]
11th Congress 1998–2001	Pantaleon D. Alvarez[a]
	vacant
12th Congress 2001–2004	Arrel R. Olaño
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Antonio Rafael G. Del Rosario
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019	Pantaleon D. Alvarez
18th Congress 2019–2022
19th Congress 2022–2025

Notes

1. Appointed Secretary of Transportation and Communications on January 24, 2001. Seat remained vacant until the end of the 11th Congress.^[6]

1987–1998

See also: Legislative districts of Davao de Oro

• Municipalities: Compostela, Maragusan (San Mariano), Montevista, Monkayo, New Bataan, Mawab, Nabunturan

Period	Representative[6]
8th Congress 1987–1992	Lorenzo S. Sarmiento
9th Congress 1992–1995	Rogelio M. Sarmiento
10th Congress 1995–1998

2nd District

• Cities: Panabo (became city 2001), Samal
• Municipalities: Braulio E. Dujali, Carmen, Santo Tomas
• Population (2020): 572,415^[5]

Period	Representative[6]
11th Congress 1998–2001	Antonio R. Floirendo, Jr.
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Antonio F. Lagdameo, Jr.
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019	Antonio R. Floirendo, Jr.
18th Congress 2019–2022	Alan R. Dujali
19th Congress 2022–2025

1987–1998

See also: Legislative districts of Davao de Oro

• Municipalities: Asuncion, Laak (San Vicente), Mabini, New Corella, Pantukan, Tagum (became city 1998), Maco

Period	Representative[6]
8th Congress 1987–1992	Baltazar A. Sator
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998

3rd District (defunct)

• Municipalities: Babak (annexed to Samal 1998), Carmen, Kapalong, Kaputian (annexed to Samal 1998), Panabo, Samal (Peñaplata) (became city 1998), Santo Tomas, Talaingod (established 1991), Braulio E. Dujali (established 1998)

Period	Representative[6]
8th Congress 1987–1992	Rodolfo P. Del Rosario
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998

Lone District (defunct)

• includes the present-day province of Davao de Oro

Period	Representative[6]
6th Congress 1965–1969	see Lone district of Davao
	Lorenzo S. Sarmiento[a]
7th Congress 1969–1972

Notes

1. Elected in 1965 as representative for the undivided province of Davao; served as Davao del Norte's own representative beginning in the second half of the 6th Congress after separate representatives for Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental took office.

At-Large (defunct)

• includes the present-day province of Davao de Oro

Period	Representatives[6]
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Rodolfo P. Del Rosario
	Rolando C. Marcial
	Rogelio M. Sarmiento

See also

• Legislative district of Mindanao and Sulu
• Legislative district of Davao
• Legislative districts of Davao de Oro