Areas now under the jurisdiction of Manila were initially represented as part of the
at-large district of the
province of Manila in the
Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1899; the district
elected four representatives. The city of Manila, chartered in 1901, first gained separate representation in 1907. It was initially divided into two
representative districts from 1907 to 1949. When seats for the
upper house of the
Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the city formed part of the
fourth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member Senate. In the disruption caused by the
Second World War, Manila was incorporated into the
City of Greater Manila on January 1, 1942, through
Manuel Quezon's Executive Order No. 400 as a wartime emergency measure. Greater Manila was represented by
two delegates in the
National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored
Second Philippine Republic: one was the city mayor (an
ex officio member), while the other was elected through a citywide assembly of
KALIBAPI members during the
Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of the
Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, Manila's pre-war two-district representation was retained; this remained so until 1949. By virtue of the
Revised Charter of the City of Manila, enacted on June 18, 1949, the city was divided into four congressional districts. The city elected four representatives from the
2nd Congress up to the
7th Congress. The city was represented in the
Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of
Region IV from 1978 to 1984, and elected
six representatives, at large, to the
Regular Batasang Pambansa in
1984. Manila was reapportioned into six
congressional districts under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987. It elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting
that same year. == Current districts ==