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The House of Representatives of the Philippines ( Filipino: Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas; Kamara from the Spanish word cámara, meaning "chamber") is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house. The lower house is commonly referred to as Congress ...
The Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the legislature of the national government of the Philippines. It is bicameral , composed of an upper body, the Senate , and a lower body, the House of Representatives , [ 3 ] although colloquially, the term "Congress" commonly refers to just the latter .
The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower house of Congress. The House of Representatives has existed from 1945 to 1972, and since 1987. Whenever a bicameral system is used, a lower house has existed under the name of the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1934. When a unicameral system is in use, the sole house of the ...
The 19th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalabinsiyam na Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, convened on July 25, 2022. The 19th Congress is meeting during the first three years of Bongbong Marcos's presidency , and will end on June 6, 2025.
Speaker after. Lord Allan Velasco PDP–Laban. Martin Romualdez Lakas. The 2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections were the 36th lower house elections in the Philippines. The election of the House of Representatives was held on May 9, 2022. The election is held concurrently with the 2022 presidential, Senate and local elections.
The 17th Congress of the Philippines ( Filipino: Ikalabimpitong Kongreso ng Pilipinas ), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 25, 2016, until June 4, 2019, during the first three years of Rodrigo Duterte's presidency. The convening of the 17th Congress followed the 2016 general elections, which replaced ...
1st Congress: 15: Raul Leuterio Member for Mindoro: May 25 1946 July 4 1946 Liberal: 2nd Congress: House of Representatives of the Philippines (1946–1973) No. Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Term start Party Legislature Took office Left office (15) Raul Leuterio Member for Mindoro: July 4 1946 December 30 1949 Liberal: 1st Congress: December 30 ...
The Philippines uses parallel voting for its lower house elections. For this election, there are 317 seats in the House of Representatives; 254 of these are district representatives, and 63 are party-list representatives. [7] Philippine law mandates that there should be one party-list representative for every four district representatives.