Sultan Kudarat's at-large congressional district

Sultan Kudarat's at-large congressional district is an obsolete congressional district that encompassed the entire province of Sultan Kudarat in the Philippines. It was represented in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007 and earlier in the Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.[1] The province of Sultan Kudarat was created by the further division of Cotabato into three provinces in 1973 out of eleven southernmost municipalities of what remained of the former province.[2] Due to the absence of a legislature since the 1972 imposition of martial law, no electoral district was formed in the new province under its charter. When a national parliament known as the Batasang Pambansa was convened in 1978, Sultan Kudarat and four other provinces in Central Mindanao were collectively represented by eight delegates who were elected across Region XII. The first time a provincewide at-large district was used to elect representatives for Sultan Kudarat was during the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election for a seat in the Regular Batasang Pambansa.[3]

Sultan Kudarat continued to return one member from its at-large district to the restored House of Representatives beginning in 1987.[4] This district became obsolete following the 2006 reapportionment into two districts that took effect in the 2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections.[5]

Representation history

# Member Term of office Batasang
Pambansa 		Party Electoral history
Start End

Sultan Kudarat's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa

District created February 1, 1984.[6]
1 Benjamin C. Duque July 23, 1984 March 25, 1986 2nd KBL Elected in 1984.
# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history
Start End

Sultan Kudarat's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

District re-created February 2, 1987.[4]
2 Estanislao V. Valdez June 30, 1987 June 30, 1995 8th PDP–Laban Elected in 1987.
9th LDP Re-elected in 1992.
3 Angelo O. Montilla June 30, 1995 June 30, 2004 10th Lakas Elected in 1995.
11th NPC (LAMMP) Re-elected in 1998.
12th Lakas Re-elected in 2001.
4 Suharto T. Mangudadatu June 30, 2004 June 30, 2007 13th KAMPI Elected in 2004.
District dissolved into Sultan Kudarat's 1st and 2nd districts.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "Presidential Decree No. 341, s. 1973". Official Gazette (Philippines). 22 November 1973. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "Batas Pambansa Bilang 643". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "Republic Act No. 9357". Official Gazette (Philippines). 2 October 2006. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  6. ^ "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Retrieved March 4, 2021.