Legislative districts of Davao City#2nd District

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Except during the Second World War, areas now under the jurisdiction of Davao City were previously represented as part of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu (1917–1935), the historical Davao Province (1935–1967), Davao del Sur (1967–1972) and Region XI (1978–1984).

Being a chartered city, two delegates represented Davao City 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 an assembly of KALIBAPI members within the city during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. After the war Davao City reverted to its pre-war representation under the province of Davao, which lasted until 1967.

The enactment of Republic Act No. 4867 on May 8, 1967 split the old Davao Province into the new provinces of Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental, and provided each of them with separate representation.{{cite web|title=Republic Act No. 4867 - An Act Creating the Provinces of Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental|date=May 8, 1967|access-date=November 27, 2017|author=Congress of the Philippines|url=http://laws.chanrobles.com/republicacts/49_republicacts.php?id=4871|website=Chan Robles Virtual Law Library}} Per Section 5 of R.A. 4867, Davao City was grouped with Davao del Sur for the purposes of electing members of Congress; this was the arrangement from the second half of the 6th Congress until the end of the 7th Congress. The city was also represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region XI from 1978 to 1984.

By virtue of having been classified as a highly urbanized city on December 22, 1979 through Batas Pambansa Blg. 51,{{cite web|url=http://www.thecorpusjuris.com/legislative/batas-pambansa/bp-blg-51.php|title=Batas Pambansa Blg. 51 - An Act Providing for the Elective or Appointive Positions in Various Local Government and For Other Purposes|date=December 22, 1979|access-date=February 4, 2017|author=Batasang Pambansa|website=The Corpus Juris}} Davao City regained separate representation in the succeeding Regular Batasang Pambansa, electing two representatives, at-large, in 1984.

Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the city was reapportioned into three congressional districts;{{cite web|title=1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines-ordinance/|author=1986 Constitutional Commission|date=February 2, 1987|access-date=November 19, 2017}} each district elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

The city was last apportioned upon the proclamation of the 1987 Constitution, where it was granted three seats in Congress. The city's current congressional delegation composes of two members of Lakas-CMD and one member of National Unity Party. All three representatives are members of the Hugpong ng Pagbabago local party and part of the majority bloc in the 19th Congress.

• Legislative district of Mindanao and Sulu
• Legislative district of Davao
• Legislative district of Davao del Sur

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