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The House of Representatives of the Philippines ( of the Philippines . The Senate is the upper chamber. The House is often informally called the ''Congress''. Members of the house are called ''congressmen'' (''mga kinatawan'' or ''mga kongresman'') and their title is ''Representative''. Congressmen are elected to a three-year term, and can be reelected to a maximum of three terms. A congressman can either be a district representative, which represents a particular geographical area, or a sectoral representative, which represents a significant minority of society. The official headquarters of the House of Representatives is at the '' Batasang Pambansa '' (literally ''national lawmaking place'') located at the Constitution Hill in Quezon City in Metro Manila . The building is often simply called ''Batasan''. LIST OF THE SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Revolutionary Government ''Revolutionary Congress (1898-1899)''
First Republic ''Assembly of Representatives (1899)''
Philippine Legislature ''Philippine Assembly (1907-1916)''
''House of Representatives (1916-1935)''
Commonwealth of the Philippines ''National Assembly (1935-1941)''
Second Republic ''National Assembly (1943-1945)''
Commonwealth (Restored) ''House of Representatives (1941-1946)''
Third Republic House of Representatives ''First Congress (1946-1949)''
''Second Congress (1949-1953)''
''Third Congress (1953-1957)''
''Fourth Congress (1957-1961)''
''Fifth Congress (1961-1965)''
''Sixth Congress (1965-1969)''
''Seventh Congress (1969-1972)''
Fourth Republic ''Interim Batasang Pambansa (1978-1984)''
''Batasang Pambansa (1984-1986)''
Fifth Republic House of Representatives ''Eighth Congress (1987-1992)''
''Ninth Congress (1992-1995)''
''Tenth Congress (1995-1998)''
''Eleventh Congress (1998-2001)''
''Twelfth Congress (2001-2004)''
''Thirteenth Congress (2004-Present)''
LATEST ELECTION DISTRICT REPRESENTATION All Provinces and several Cities have at least one congressional/legislative district, whose residents vote for their own congressman. Each district covers a population of approximately 250,000 to 500,000 people. Provinces that have only one congressional/legislative district are divided into two provincial districts. For provinces that have more than one congressional/legislative district, the provincial districts are identical to the corresponding congressional/legislative district. Congressional/Legislative Districts City and Municipality Districts
SECTORAL REPRESENTATION The party-list system is the name designated for the sectoral representation. Under the 1987 Constitution , the electorate can vote for certain party-list organizations in order to give voice to significant minorities of society that would otherwise not be adequately represented through geographical district. From 1987-1998, sectoral representatives were appointed by the President. Since 1998, Each voter votes for a single party-list organization. Organizations that garner at least 2% of the total number of votes are awarded one representative for every 2% up to a maximum of three representatives. Thus, there can be at most 50 sectoral representatives in Congress, though usually no more than 20 are elected because many organizations do not reach the required 2% minimum number of votes. SEE ALSO
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