Legislative districts of Ilocos Norte

The Legislative Districts of Ilocos Norte, namely the first and second districts, are the current representations of the Province of Ilocos Norte in the Philippine House of Representatives.

The province has been divided into two districts since 1907. The first and second districts of Ilocos Norte are among the original representative districts from 1907 which has never changed in territorial coverage, along with the first districts of Albay, Ilocos Sur and Iloilo.

Ilocos Norte was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region I from 1978 to 1984, and elected two representatives at-large to the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986. The province retained its two congressional districts under the new Constitution which took effect on February 7, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Roque R. Ablan Jr., represented the 1st Legislative district of Ilocos Norte for eight terms, making him the longest sitting Congressman of the Province of Ilocos Norte, as well as in the history of the Philippine Legislature.

1st District

• City: Laoag City
• Municipalities: Bacarra, Bangui, Pasuquin, Piddig, Sarrat (San Miguel), Vintar (re-established 1909), Burgos (Nagparitan) (re-established 1913), Pagudpud (established 1959), Adams (established 1983), Carasi (established 1983), Dumalneg (established 1983)
• Population (2010): 292,989

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Ireneo Javier
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Santiago A. Fonacier
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Vicente T. Llanes
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Ireneo Ranjo
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Severo Hernando
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Vicente T. Lazo
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935
1st National Assembly 1935–1938
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
1st Commonwealth Congress 1945–1946
2nd Commonwealth Congress 1946	Damaso T. Samonte
1st Congress 1946–1949
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Antonio V. Raquiza
3rd Congress 1953–1957
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969
	Roque R. Ablan, Jr.^1
7th Congress 1969–1972
8th Congress 1987–1992
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Rodolfo C. Fariñas
12th Congress 2001–2004	Roque R. Ablan, Jr.
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Rodolfo C. Fariñas
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019

^1 Elected through a special election held on November 14, 1967.
Republic of the Philippines, Commission on Elections (1969). Report of the Commission on Elections to the President of the Philippines and the Congress. Bureau of Print.

2nd District

• City: Batac City
• Municipalities: Badoc, Dingras, Paoay, San Nicolas (re-established 1909), Solsona (re-established 1909), Banna (Espiritu) (established 1913), Nueva Era (established 1919), Pinili (established 1919), Currimao (established 1920), Marcos (established 1963)
• Population (2010): 275,208

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Baldomero Pobre
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Lucas Paredes
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Teogenes Quiaoit
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Melchor Flor
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Faustino Adiarte
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Ramon Campos
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Mariano Marcos
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Emilio T. Medina
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Julio Nalundasan^1
1st National Assembly 1935–1938
	Ulpiano H. Arzadon^2
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
1st Commonwealth Congress 1941–1946	Rubio Conrado
1st Congress 1946–1949	Pedro A. Albano
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Ferdinand E. Marcos^3
3rd Congress 1953–1957
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965	Simeon M. Valdez
6th Congress 1965–1969
7th Congress 1969–1972
8th Congress 1987–1992	Mariano R. Nalupta, Jr.
9th Congress 1992–1995	Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
10th Congress 1995–1998	Simeon M. Valdez
11th Congress 1998–2001	Maria Imelda R. Marcos
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
15th Congress 2010–2013	Imelda R. Marcos
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019

^1 Assassinated before incumbency on September 20, 1935.

^2 Elected to complete the unexpired term of Julio Nalundasan.

^3 Elected to the Senate in 1959.

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representative
National Assembly 1943–1944	Emilio L. Medina
	Conrado Rubio
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Maria Imelda R. Marcos
	Antonio V. Raquiza

References

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library