Bohol's at-large congressional district

Bohol's at-large congressional district was the provincewide electoral district used to elect members of Philippine national legislatures in Bohol before 1987.[1]

Bohol first elected its representatives at-large during the 1943 Philippine legislative election for a seat in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.[2] Before 1943, the province was represented in the national legislatures through its first, second and third districts.[1] The province was also earlier represented in the Malolos Congress of the First Philippine Republic in 1898 by appointed delegates from Luzon.[3]

The three districts were restored in Bohol ahead of the 1941 Philippine House of Representatives elections whose elected representatives only began to serve following the dissolution of the Second Republic and the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945. An at-large district would not be used in the province again until the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election for three seats in the Batasang Pambansa. It became obsolete following the 1987 reapportionment under a new constitution that restored Bohol's three congressional districts.[1][4]

Representation history

#	Term of office		National Assembly		Seat A					Seat B					Seat C
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history		Member		Party	Electoral history		Member		Party	Electoral history
Bohol's at-large district for the Malolos Congress
District created June 18, 1898.[3][5]
–	September 15, 1898	March 23, 1901	1st			Tranquilino Arroyo	Independent	Appointed.			Pedro Tongio Liongson	Independent	Appointed.			Anastasio Pinson	Independent	Appointed.
#	Term of office		National Assembly		Seat A					Seat B				Seats eliminated
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history		Member		Party	Electoral history
Bohol's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)
District re-created September 7, 1943.[2]
–	September 25, 1943	February 2, 1944	1st			Vicente P. Bullecer	KALIBAPI	Elected in 1943.			Agapito Hontanosas	KALIBAPI	Appointed as an ex officio member.
District dissolved into Bohol's 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts.
#	Term of office		Batasang Pambansa		Seat A					Seat B					Seat C
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history		Member		Party	Electoral history		Member		Party	Electoral history
Bohol's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa
District re-created February 1, 1984.[6]
–	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986	2nd			Eladio I. Chatto	KBL	Elected in 1984.			Ramon M. Lapez	KBL	Elected in 1984.			David B. Tirol	KBL	Elected in 1984.
District dissolved into Bohol's 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts.

See also

• Legislative districts of Bohol

References

1. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
2. "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 16, 2021.
3. "The Malolos Congress: A Centennial publication on the inauguration of the Philippine Republic (January 23, 1899 - January 3, 1999)". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. 1999. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
4. "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
5. "Decree of June 18, 1898, establishing the Dictatorial Government" (PDF). Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 16, 2021.
6. "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Retrieved March 16, 2021.