Legislative districts of Negros Oriental

The legislative districts of Negros Oriental are the representations of the province of Negros Oriental 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, second, and third congressional districts.

History

Negros Oriental was divided into two congressional districts from 1907 to 1972, it was redistricted into three congressional districts in 1986. It was part of the representation of Region VII from 1978 to 1984, and from 1984 to 1986 it elected 3 assemblymen at-large. Siquijor was last represented as part of the province's second district in 1972.^[1]

Cities: Canlaon, Guihulngan (became city 2007)
Municipalities: Ayungon, Bindoy, Jimalalud, La Libertad, Manjuyod, Tayasan, Vallehermoso
Population (2020): 445,970^[2]

Municipalities: Amlan (Ayuquitan Nuevo), Bais (became city 1968), Dumaguete (became city 1948), Guihulngan, Tanjay, Tayasan, Manjuyod (re-established 1908), Jimalalud (re-established 1910), Sibulan (re-established 1910), Vallehermoso (re-established 1913), La Libertad (re-established 1918), Canlaon (established 1946, became city 1961), Bindoy (Payabon) (established 1949), Pamplona (established 1959), San Jose (established 1955), Mabinay (established 1959)

Municipalities: Bacong, Bayawan (Tolong Nuevo), Dauin, Larena, Lazi, Siaton, Siquijor, Valencia (Nueva Valencia, later Luzuriaga), Zamboanguita (established 1908), San Juan (re-established 1908), Maria (re-established 1909), Enrique Villanueva (Talingting) (established 1924), Santa Catalina (Tolong Viejo) (re-established 1947), Basay (established 1968)

Notes

^ Resigned in 1914 to become governor of the old unified Agusan province (now Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur).
^ Served the unexpired term of representative Teofisto Guingona Sr.

City: Bayawan (became city 2000)
Municipalities: Bacong, Basay, Dauin, Santa Catalina, Siaton, Valencia, Zamboanguita
Population (2020): 451,388^[2]

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Margarito B. Teves
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Herminio G. Teves
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Pryde Henry A. Teves
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019	Arnolfo A. Teves Jr.
18th Congress 2019–2022
19th Congress 2022–2023
19th Congress 2023–present	Vacant (Arnolfo A. Teves Jr. expelled) *House Speaker Martin Romualdez serves as legislative caretaker since August 2023.^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Provisional representative appointed by the Revolutionary Government.

Period	Representative
National Assembly 1943–1944	Julian L. Teves
National Assembly 1943–1944	Guillermo Z. Villanueva

^ Philippine Electoral Almanac: Revised and Expanded Edition. Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Office. 2015. ISBN 978-971-95551-6-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c Legislative districts psa.gov.ph
^ Panti, Lllanesca T. (November 8, 2023). "Speaker Romualdez named caretaker of Negros Oriental, Palawan districts". GMA Integrated News.