Philippine House of Representatives legislative districts

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electoral district legislative district system

The Philippine House of Representatives legislative districts are the geographic constituencies across the Philippines that each elect a representative to the lower house of the national Congress.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
House of Representatives of the Philippines legislative districts	2
Laguna provincial legislative districts	1
Legislative districts of Nueva Ecija	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electoral district ⓘ legislative district system ⓘ
abbreviation	legislative districts ⓘ
administeredBy	Commission on Elections NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	Metropolitan Manila NERFINISHED ⓘ all provinces of the Philippines ⓘ highly urbanized cities ⓘ independent component cities ⓘ
basisOfRepresentation	geographic area ⓘ population ⓘ
canBeAbolishedBy	act of Congress ⓘ
canBeCreatedBy	act of Congress ⓘ
canBeModifiedBy	act of Congress ⓘ
category	Electoral districts of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
electionFrequency	every 3 years ⓘ
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
elects	district representatives ⓘ members of the House of Representatives ⓘ
excludes	party-list seats ⓘ
firstElectionUnderCurrentConstitution	1987 ⓘ
geographicScope	nationwide ⓘ
governedBy	1987 Constitution of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	single-member districts ⓘ
includes	city districts ⓘ districts of Metro Manila ⓘ districts of highly urbanized cities ⓘ districts of independent component cities ⓘ districts of provinces ⓘ provincial districts ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ
legislativeChamber	House of Representatives of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
lowerHouse	House of Representatives of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
minimumPopulationRule	each district should have at least 250,000 inhabitants ⓘ
partOf	Congress of the Philippines electoral system ⓘ
redistrictingAuthority	Congress of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulatedBy	Philippine election law ⓘ
relatedTo	Commission on Elections (COMELEC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine cities ⓘ Philippine general elections ⓘ Philippine party-list representation ⓘ Philippine provinces ⓘ
representationType	single-member representation ⓘ
termLengthOfElectedMembers	3 years ⓘ
termLimitOfElectedMembers	3 consecutive terms ⓘ
usedFor	election of members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
votingSystem	plurality voting ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Navotas → belongsTo → Philippine House of Representatives legislative districts ⓘ

Batong Malake → belongsToElectoralDistrict → Philippine House of Representatives legislative districts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Laguna provincial legislative districts

Second District of Capiz → isPartOf → Philippine House of Representatives legislative districts ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Representatives of the Philippines legislative districts

First District of Nueva Ecija → partOf → Philippine House of Representatives legislative districts ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Representatives of the Philippines legislative districts

Fourth District of Nueva Ecija → partOf → Philippine House of Representatives legislative districts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative districts of Nueva Ecija