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The '''legislative districts of Basilan''' are the representations of the [[Provinces of the Philippines|province]] of [[Basilan]] in the [[List of legislatures of the Philippines|various national legislatures]] of the [[Philippines]]. The province is currently represented in the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|lower house]] of the [[Congress of the Philippines]] through its [[Basilan's at-large congressional district|lone congressional district]].

== History ==
{{further|Legislative district of Mindanao and Sulu|Legislative district of Zamboanga|Legislative district of Zamboanga del Sur}}
Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Basilan were represented under [[Zamboanga (province)|Zamboanga Province]] (1898–1899; 1935–1953), the [[Department of Mindanao and Sulu]] (1917–1935), [[Zamboanga del Sur]] (1953–1972) and [[Interim Batasang Pambansa#Regional Representatives|Region IX]] (1978–1984).

Even after separating from [[Zamboanga City]] and receiving its own charter on June 16, 1948, the city of Basilan remained part of the representations of the Province of Zamboanga (pursuant to Section 42 of Republic Act No. 288)<ref name=ra288>{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=288|url=http://laws.chanrobles.com/republicacts/3_republicacts.php?id=287|date=June 16, 1948|author=Congress of the Philippines|website=Chan Robles Virtual Law Library|access-date=November 19, 2017|title=An Act Creating the City of Basilan}}</ref> and of the Province of Zamboanga del Sur (pursuant to Section 7 of Republic Act No. 711).<ref name=ra711>{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=711|title= An Act to Create the Provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur|author=Congress of the Philippines|url=http://laws.chanrobles.com/republicacts/8_republicacts.php?id=715 |website=Chan Robles Virtual Law Library|access-date=November 27, 2017|date=June 6, 1952}}</ref>

The promulgation of Presidential Decree No. 356 on December 27, 1973, created the province of [[Basilan]] out of most of the territory of the former city of Basilan.<ref name=pd356>{{cite PH act|chamber=PD|number=356|title=Creating the Province of Basilan|url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1973/12/27/presidential-decree-no-356-s-1973/|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|access-date=November 19, 2017|location=Manila|date=December 27, 1973}}</ref> The city of Basilan itself was delimited only to the downtown area of present-day [[Isabela, Basilan|Isabela]]<ref name=pd356/> until P.D. 840 finally abolished the city on December 11, 1975;<ref name=pd840>{{cite PH act|chamber=PD|number=840|title= Reorganizing the political subdivision of the Province of Basilan, Converting Basilan City into the Municipality of Isabela, Appropriating funds therefor, and for other purposes|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1975/pd_840_1975.html|website=The LawPhil Project|access-date=February 5, 2017|location=Manila|date=December 11, 1975}}</ref> the former city's territory, along with the municipality of Malamawi, was merged into the [[Isabela, Basilan|municipality of Isabela]].<ref name=pd840/> The new province was represented in the [[Interim Batasang Pambansa]] as part of [[Interim Batasang Pambansa#Regional Representatives|Region IX]] from 1978 to 1984.

Basilan was granted separate representation for the first time in [[1984 Philippine parliamentary election|1984]], when it returned one representative, elected at large, to the [[Regular Batasang Pambansa]].

Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the province constituted a lone congressional district,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and elected its member to the restored [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]] starting [[1987 Philippine legislative election|that same year]].

== Current districts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em auto; font-size:100%; line-height:20px; text-align:center"
|+Legislative Districts and Congressional Representatives of [[Basilan]]
|-
!District
! colspan="3" | Current Representative
!Party
!Population (2015)
!Area
|-
![[Basilan's at-large congressional district|Lone]]
| style="background:{{party color|Basilan Unity Party}};" |
|[[File:Rep. Mujiv Hataman (18th Congress PH).jpg|150x150px]]
| style="text-align:left;" |'''[[Mujiv Hataman]]'''<br /><small>(since [[18th Congress of the Philippines|2019]])</small>
| Basilan Unity Party
| 203,828<ref name="psa">{{cite web |url=http://rsso03.psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/Philippines%2520-%2520Population%2520of%2520Legislative%2520Districts%2520by%2520Region_Province_and%2520Selected%2520Highly%2520Urbanized%2520or%2520Component%2520City.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405172113/http://rsso03.psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/Philippines%20-%20Population%20of%20Legislative%20Districts%20by%20Region_Province_and%20Selected%20Highly%20Urbanized%20or%20Component%20City.xlsx |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 5, 2022 |title=TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015 |publisher=[[Philippine Statistics Authority]] |accessdate=March 8, 2021 }}</ref>
|1327.23 km<sup>2</sup> 
|}

== See also ==
*[[Legislative district of Mindanao and Sulu]]
*[[Legislative district of Zamboanga]]
**[[Legislative districts of Zamboanga del Sur]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Legislative districts of the Philippines|Basilan]]
[[Category:Politics of Basilan]]