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{{Infobox Parliament| name = House of Representatives of the Philippines | coa_pic = Phil HOR.png | coa-pic = | session_room = | house_type = Lower house | houses = House of Representatives | leader1_type = [Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives | leader1 = [Jose De Venecia, Jr. | party1 = [Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats | election1 = July 23, [ | leader2_type = Deputy Speakers | leader2 = [Arnulfo Fuentebella ''Luzon''
Raul V. del Mar ''Visayas''
Simeon A. Datumanong ''Mindanao''
Eric D. Singson ''Central Luzon''
Ma. Amelita C. Villarosa ''Women'' | party2 = | election2 = July 24, [ | members = Not more than 250 Representatives
currently, only 241 Representatives | p_groups = [Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats
[Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino
[Liberal Party (Philippines)
[Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
[Genuine Opposition
[Independent (politician)
[Partido ng Masang Pilipino
[Nacionalista Party (Philippines)
[Nationalist People's Coalition
[Coalition of the Administrative Party
[Minor political parties in the Philippines | election3 = May 14, [ | meeting_place = ''[Batasang Pambansa'', [Quezon City | website = http://www.congress.gov.ph -->The House of Representatives of the Philippines (Filipino language: Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas) is the lower chamber of the Congress of the Philippines of the Philippines. The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber. The House is often informally called the Congress. Members of the house are called Congressmen (mga kinatawan or mga konggresista) and their title is Representative. Congressmen are elected to a three-year term, and can be reelected to a maximum of consecutive three terms. A congressman may be a district representative, which represents a particular geographical area. There are 212 legislative districts in the country, each composed of about 250,000 people. In addition, there are Sectoral Representatives elected through the party-list system who constitute not more than twenty percent of the total number of Representatives.

The official headquarters of the House of Representatives is at the Batasang Pambansa (literally, national legislature) located at the Constitution Hill in Quezon City in Metro Manila. The building is often simply called Batasan.

History When the Philippines was under United States colonial rule, the legislative body was the Philippine Commission which existed from September 1900 to October 1907. The President of the United States appointed the members of the Philippine Commission.

The Philippine Bill of 1902 mandated the creation of a bicameral or a two-chamber Philippine Legislature with the Philippine Commission as the Upper House and the Philippine Assembly as the Lower House. This bicameral legislature was inaugurated in October 1907. Through the leadership of Speaker Sergio Osmeña and Floor Leader Manuel L. Quezon, the Rules of the 59th United States Congress was substantially adopted as the Rules of the Philippine Legislature.

In 1916, the Jones Law or the Philippine Autonomy Act changed the legislative system. The Philippine Commission was abolished and a new bicameral Philippine Legislature consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate of the Philippines was established. The legislative system was changed again in 1935. The 1935 Constitution of the Philippines established a unicameral National Assembly. But in 1940, through an amendment to the 1935 Constitution, a bicameral Congress of the Philippines consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate was adopted.

Upon the inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines in 1946, Republic Act No. 6 was enacted providing that on the date of the proclamation of the Republic of the Philippines, the existing Congress would be known as the First Congress of the Republic. The 1973 Constitution abolished the bicameral Congress and created a unicameral Batasang Pambansa parliamentary system of government.

The 1987 Constitution restored the presidential system of government together with a bicameral Congress of the Philippines.

The presiding officer is the Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Speakers of the House

Latest election District representation Main article: Legislative districts of the Philippines All Provinces of the Philippines and several Cities of the Philippines have at least one congressional/legislative district, whose residents vote for their own congressman. Each district covers a population of approximately 250,000 to 500,000 people. Provinces that have only one congressional/legislative district are divided into two provincial districts for the purpose of electing Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Council) members. For provinces that have more than one congressional/legislative district, the provincial districts are identical to the corresponding congressional/legislative district.

Congressional/legislative districts in provinces

Congressional/legislative districts in cities

Sectoral representation The party-list system is the name designated for the sectoral representation. Under the Constitution of the Philippines, the electorate can vote for certain party-list organizations in order to give voice to significant minorities of society that would otherwise not be adequately represented through geographical district. From 1987-1998, sectoral representatives were appointed by the President.

Since 1998, each voter votes for a single party-list organization. Organizations that garner at least 2% of the total number of votes are awarded one representative for every 2% up to a maximum of three representatives. Thus, there can be at most 50 sectoral representatives in Congress, though usually no more than 20 are elected because many organizations do not reach the required 2% minimum number of votes.

After the Philippine general election, 2007, in a controversial decision, COMELEC changed how it allocates the party-list seats. Under the new formula only one party will have the maximum 3 seats. It based its decision on a formula contained in a Supreme Court decision.

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