Legislative districts of Manila#2nd District

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,{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=409|title=An Act to Revise the Charter of the City of Manila, and for Other Purposes|author=Congress of the Philippines|date=June 18, 1949|access-date=June 13, 2016|url=http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno409.html}} 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{{cite web|title=1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines-ordinance/|access-date=June 13, 2016}} which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987. It elected members 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 six seats in Congress. The city's current congressional delegation composes of three members of Lakas-CMD, two members of the National Unity Party, amd one member of the Nationalist People's Coalition; five members are also members of the Asenso Manileño local party. All six representatives are part of the majority bloc in the 19th Congress.

class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em auto; font-size:100%; line-height:20px; text-align:center" |+Legislative districts and representatives of Manila ! rowspan="2" |District ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Current Representative ! colspan="4" |Party ! rowspan="2" |Constituent LGUs ! rowspan="2" |Area ! rowspan="2" |Population (2020) ! rowspan="2" |Map
colspan="2" |Local ! colspan="2" |National
1st |150x150px | style="text-align:left;" |Ernesto M. Dionisio Jr. (since 2022) | rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color|none}};" | | rowspan="1" width="10%"| | style="background:{{party color|Lakas–CMD}};" | | Lakas | {{Collapsible list|Western Tondo|1-146 }} |4.57 km2 |441,282{{Cite web |title=Philippine Statistics Authority {{!}} Republic of the Philippines |url=https://psa.gov.ph/population-and-housing/node/165670 |access-date=June 16, 2022 |website=psa.gov.ph}} | 150x150px
2nd |150x150px | style="text-align:left;" |Rolando M. Valeriano (since 2019) | rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|Asenso Manileño}};" | | rowspan="5" width="10%"|Asenso Manileño | style="background:{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}};" | |NUP | {{Collapsible list|Gagalangin|147-267 }} |4.08 km2 |212,938 | 150x150px
3rd |150x150px | style="text-align:left;" |Joel R. Chua (since 2022) | style="background:{{party color|Lakas-CMD}};" | | Lakas | {{Collapsible list|Binondo, Quiapo, San Nicolas, Santa Cruz|268-394 }} |6.24 km2 |220,029 | 150x150px
4th |150x150px | style="text-align:left;" |Edward Michael V.P. Maceda (since 2016) | style="background:{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}};" | |NPC | {{Collapsible list|Sampaloc|395-586 }} |5.14 km2 |388,305 | 150x150px
5th |150x150px | style="text-align:left;" |William Irwin C. Tieng (since 2022) | style="background:{{party color|Lakas-CMD}};" | | Lakas | {{Collapsible list|Ermita, Intramuros, Malate, Port Area, San Andres, south Paco|including Manila South Cemetery|649-828 }} |11.56 km² |395,065 | 150x150px
6th |150x150px | style="text-align:left;" |Bienvenido M. Abante Jr. (since 2019) | style="background:{{party color|National Unity Party (Philippines)}};" | |NUP | {{Collapsible list | north Paco, Pandacan, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Santa Mesa | 587-648; 829-905 }} |7.79 km² |300,186 | 150x150px

Notes

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• encompasses Manila province

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:40%;"
width="40%"| Period ! Representatives
rowspan="4"| Malolos Congress 1898–1899 | Teodoro Gonzales Leaño
Felix Ferrer y Pascual
Arsenio Cruz Herrera
Mariano Limjap

• includes Quezon City and the following municipalities from Rizal: Caloocan, Makati, Mandaluyong, Parañaque, Pasay, San Juan

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width="40%"| Period ! Representatives
rowspan="2"| National Assembly 1943–1944 | Leon G. Guinto (ex officio)
Alfonso E. Mendoza

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