Nueva Ecija constituted
Nueva Ecija into a
single assembly district for the
Malolos Congress, wherein it was represented by
three delegates, from 1898 to 1899.
Philippine Commission Act No. 1582 later revived the district for the
first elections to the
lower chamber of the bicameral
Philippine Legislature in 1907. The province was later divided into two districts with the enactment of Act No. 3336 on December 7, 1926; their separate representatives were first elected in the
1928 elections. When seats for the
upper house of the
Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the
third senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate. During the
Japanese occupation of the Philippines in the
Second World War,
two delegates represented Nueva Ecija in the unicameral
National Assembly of the
Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an
ex officio member), while the other was indirectly elected through local conventions of
KALIBAPI party members. The pre-war two-representative district configuration was restored upon the re-establishment of the
Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, and lasted until the disbandment of
Congress in 1972 as a result of the declaration of
Martial Law. Two chartered cities created during this period —
Cabanatuan (1950) and
Palayan (1965) — remained part of the
second congressional district of Nueva Ecija, by virtue of Republic Act No. 526 (§90) and Republic Act No. 4475 (§42), respectively. Nueva Ecija was represented in the
Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of
Region III from 1978 to 1984, and elected
four representatives, at large, to the
Regular Batasang Pambansa in
1984. The province was reapportioned into four
congressional districts under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting
that same year. == Current Districts ==