Legislative districts of Makati#1st District

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{{color box|#46aaff}} Former barangays of the 2nd district now under the jurisdiction of Taguig following the Makati–Taguig boundary dispute]]

Areas now under the jurisdiction of Makati were initially represented as part of the at-large district of the province of Manila in the Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1899. The then-town was later incorporated to the province of Rizal, established in 1901, and was represented as part of the first district of Rizal from 1907 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1972. Then excluding the areas of present-day Embo barangays,{{cite map |author = |title = Map of the City of Manila |trans-title = |map = |map-url = |date = |year = 1942 |url =https://assets.isu.pub/document-structure/210327135441-504a42fce9e9c0dafe948e678988e3b0/v1/68eac8a829832842ad677a95008f9037.jpg |scale = 1:40,000 |series = |publisher = Division of Drafting and Surveys, Office of the City Engineer and Architect, City of Manila |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location = |language = |format = |isbn = |id = |access-date =August 29, 2022 |archive-url = |archive-date =}} Makati was incorporated to the City of Greater Manila during World War II and was represented as part of the at-large district of Manila from 1943 to 1944. Areas now under the jurisdiction of the aforementioned barangays, meanwhile, was part of the at-large district of Rizal during the war-time legislature. Makati was separated from Rizal on November 7, 1975 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824,{{cite PH act|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1975/pd_824_1975.html|chamber=PD|number=824|date=November 7, 1975|access-date=October 10, 2017|title=Creating the Metropolitan Manila and the Metropolitan Manila Commission and for Other Purposes}} and was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa along with other Metropolitan Manila municipalities and cities as part of Region IV from 1978 to 1984.

Makati first gained separate representation in 1984, when it returned one representative to the Regular Batasang Pambansa. The municipality continued to constitute a separate congressional district under the new Constitution{{cite web|title=1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance|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=October 9, 2017}} proclaimed on February 11, 1987; it elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Upon its cityhood, Makati was divided into two congressional districts by virtue of Section 52 of Republic Act No. 7854 (the City Charter of Makati),{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=7854|url=https://thecorpusjuris.com/legislative/republic-acts/ra-no-7854.php|title=An Act Converting the Municipality of Makati into a Highly Urbanized City to be Known as the City of Makati |date=July 19, 1994 |access-date=August 29, 2022}} enacted on January 2, 1995 and approved by plebiscite on February 4, 1995, the day Makati became a city. The districts first elected their separate representatives in the 1998 general elections.

{{further|Makati–Taguig boundary dispute}}

There was a dispute over which city has jurisdiction over lands encompassed within the former Fort McKinley U.S. Military Reservation (now Fort Bonifacio and its surrounding areas). Portions of two of Makati's barangays (Post Proper Northside and Post Proper Southside) were claimed by the neighboring city of Taguig as part of its own four barangays (Fort Bonifacio, Pinagsama, Western Bicutan, and Ususan). Residents of areas where Makati exercised de facto control vote as part of the 2nd congressional district, while residents of areas where Taguig exercised de facto control vote as part of its first congressional district for Ususan and its second congressional district for Fort Bonifacio, Pinagsama, and Western Bicutan.

In April 2023, the Supreme Court has decided to junk Makati's petition to overrule its earlier decision to side with Taguig in the case of the Embo barangays, effectively placing these barangays into the jurisdiction of Taguig.{{cite news|url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/3/taguig-lgu-lauds-sc-decision-over-fort-bonifacio-ownership|title=Taguig LGU lauds SC decision over Fort Bonifacio ownership|first=Jonathan|last=Hicap|date=April 3, 2023|work=Manila Bulletin}}{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/04/05/2256966/makati-raises-constitutional-issues-bgc-land-dispute|title=Makati raises 'constitutional' issues in BGC land dispute|first=Marc Jayson|last=Cayabyab|date=April 5, 2023|accessdate=April 6, 2023|work=The Philippine Star}} The Department of the Interior and Local Government released a memorandum circular dated October 26, 2023 transferring the control of the ten Embo barangays, including Post Proper Northside and Post Proper Southside, to Taguig.{{cite news |last=Caliwan |first=Christopher Lloyd |date=November 8, 2023 |title=DILG's Taguig office to take control of 10 EMBO villages |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1213248 |work=Philippine News Agency |access-date=November 13, 2023}} With this, the fate of Makati's 2nd district is uncertain as its remaining barangays of Guadalupe Nuevo, Guadalupe Viejo, and Pinagkaisahan do not fulfill altogether the constitutional requirement of 250,000 residents. Makati could be reduced back to a single district with Taguig–Pateros gaining a district,{{cite news |last1=Aurelio |first1=Julie |title=SC ruling opens issue on Taguig House seats |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1805272/sc-ruling-opens-issue-on-taguig-house-seats |access-date=23 July 2023 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=22 July 2023 |language=en}} but pending legislation, the status quo of its existence is expected to prevail.{{cite news |title=After SC ruling, Makati's congressional seat hangs in the balance |url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/after-supreme-court-ruling-land-dispute-makati-congressional-seat-hangs-balance/ |access-date=27 July 2023 |work=Rappler |date=26 July 2023}} On September 27, 2024, the Embo barangays were finally reapportioned between Taguig–Pateros's two existing districts.{{cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/comelec-allows-embo-residents-taguig-vote-congressman-2025/|title=Comelec allows EMBO residents in Taguig to vote for congressman in 2025|date=September 27, 2024|accessdate=September 28, 2024|work=Rappler|first=Dwight|last=de Leon}}

{{Main|Makati's at-large congressional district}}

The city was last redistricted in 1998, wherein the city gained a second seat in the House of Representatives.

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