Palawan's at-large congressional district

Palawan's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Palawan, formerly Paragua, for various national legislatures before 1987. The province elected its representatives province-wide at-large from its reorganization under Article 6 of the Decreto de 18 junio de 1898 y las instrucciones sobre el régimen de las provincias y pueblos for the Malolos Congress in 1898 until the creation of a first and second district on February 2, 1987. It was a single-member district throughout the ten legislatures of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands from 1907 to 1935, the three legislatures of the Philippine Commonwealth from 1935 to 1946, the seven congresses of the Third Philippine Republic from 1946 to 1972, and the national parliament of the Fourth Philippine Republic from 1984 to 1986.

Palawan has had two instances in its history where more than one member represented it in the national legislatures. The province, still separate from Calamianes and Balabac, sent two representatives to the National Assembly (Malolos Congress) of the First Philippine Republic from 1898 to 1901 and two representatives to the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from 1943 to 1944.

After 1986, all representatives were elected from its congressional districts.

Representation history
{| class=wikitable ! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | National Assembly ! colspan=4 | Seat A ! colspan=4 | Seat B !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * rowspan=2 |
 * rowspan=2 |
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" |

Paragua's at-large district for the Malolos Congress
! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | Legislature ! colspan=4 | Single seat !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" | District created June 18, 1898.
 * - style="height:3em"
 * style="text-align:center;" | –
 * September 15, 1898
 * March 23, 1901
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1st
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Felipe Calderón
 * Independent
 * Appointed.
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Domingo Colmenar
 * Independent
 * Appointed.
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Domingo Colmenar
 * Independent
 * Appointed.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * rowspan=22 colspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | Seats eliminated
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |

Palawan's at-large district for the Philippine Assembly
! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | Legislature ! colspan=4 | Single seat !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created January 9, 1907.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1
 * October 16, 1907
 * October 16, 1909
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1st
 * rowspan="3" |
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Santiago M. Patero
 * Independent
 * Elected in 1907.
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2
 * rowspan="2" | October 16, 1909
 * rowspan="2" | October 16, 1916
 * style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
 * rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * rowspan="2" | Manuel M. Sandoval
 * rowspan="2" | Nacionalista
 * Elected in 1909.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 3rd
 * Re-elected in 1912.
 * Elected in 1909.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 3rd
 * Re-elected in 1912.
 * Re-elected in 1912.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |

Palawan's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | National Assembly ! colspan=4 | Single seat !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * style="text-align:center;" | (2)
 * October 16, 1916
 * June 3, 1919
 * style="text-align:center;" | 4th
 * rowspan=7 |
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Manuel M. Sandoval
 * Nacionalista
 * Re-elected in 1916.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 3
 * June 3, 1919
 * June 6, 1922
 * style="text-align:center;" | 5th
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Román de Jesús
 * Nacionalista
 * Elected in 1919.
 * rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 4
 * rowspan="3" | June 6, 1922
 * rowspan="3" | June 2, 1931
 * style="text-align:center;" | 6th
 * style="background-color:#191970|
 * rowspan="3" | Patricio Fernández
 * Nacionalista Colectivista
 * Elected in 1922.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 7th
 * rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * rowspan="2" | Nacionalista Consolidado
 * Re-elected in 1925.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 8th
 * Re-elected in 1928.
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 5
 * rowspan="2" | June 2, 1931
 * rowspan="2" | September 16, 1935
 * style="text-align:center;" | 9th
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * rowspan="2" | Claudio R. Sandoval
 * Nacionalista Consolidado
 * Elected in 1931.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 10th
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Nacionalista Democrático
 * Re-elected in 1934.
 * Nacionalista Consolidado
 * Elected in 1931.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 10th
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Nacionalista Democrático
 * Re-elected in 1934.
 * Re-elected in 1934.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |

Palawan's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | National Assembly ! colspan=4 | Seat A ! colspan=4 | Seat B !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | (5)
 * rowspan="2" | September 16, 1935
 * rowspan="2" | December 30, 1941
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1st
 * rowspan=2 |
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * rowspan="2" | Claudio R. Sandoval
 * Nacionalista Democrático
 * Re-elected in 1935.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Nacionalista
 * Re-elected in 1938.
 * Nacionalista
 * Re-elected in 1938.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * rowspan=2 |
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" |

Palawan's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)
! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | Common wealth Congress ! colspan=4 | Single seat !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created September 7, 1943.
 * style="text-align:center;" | –
 * September 25, 1943
 * February 2, 1944
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1st
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Íñigo R. Peña
 * KALIBAPI
 * Elected in 1943.
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Patricio Fernández
 * KALIBAPI
 * Appointed as an ex officio member.
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Patricio Fernández
 * KALIBAPI
 * Appointed as an ex officio member.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * rowspan=22 colspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | Seats eliminated
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |

Palawan's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | Congress ! colspan=4 | Single seat !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created May 24, 1945.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 6
 * June 11, 1945
 * May 25, 1946
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1st
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Sofronio T. Española
 * Nacionalista
 * Elected in 1941.
 * Sofronio T. Española
 * Nacionalista
 * Elected in 1941.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |

Palawan's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | Batasang Pambansa ! colspan=4 | Single seat !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * style="text-align:center;" | (6)
 * May 25, 1946
 * December 30, 1949
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1st
 * rowspan=8 |
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Sofronio T. Española
 * Liberal
 * Re-elected in 1946.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 7
 * December 30, 1949
 * March 6, 1953
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Gaudencio E. Abordo
 * Nacionalista
 * Elected in 1949. Election annulled by House electoral tribunal after an electoral protest.
 * style="text-align:center;" | (6)
 * March 6, 1953
 * December 30, 1953
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Sofronio T. Española
 * Liberal
 * Declared winner of 1949 elections.
 * rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | (7)
 * rowspan="3" | December 30, 1953
 * rowspan="3" | December 30, 1965
 * style="text-align:center;" | 3rd
 * rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * rowspan="3" | Gaudencio E. Abordo
 * rowspan="3" | Nacionalista
 * Elected in 1953.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 4th
 * Re-elected in 1957.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 5th
 * Re-elected in 1961.
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 8
 * rowspan="2" | December 30, 1965
 * rowspan="2" | December 30, 1971
 * style="text-align:center;" | 6th
 * rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * rowspan="2" | Ramón Mitra Jr.
 * rowspan="2" | Liberal
 * Elected in 1965.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 7th
 * Re-elected in 1969. Resigned on election as senator.
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into the twenty-seat Region IV-A's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
 * rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * rowspan="2" | Ramón Mitra Jr.
 * rowspan="2" | Liberal
 * Elected in 1965.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 7th
 * Re-elected in 1969. Resigned on election as senator.
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into the twenty-seat Region IV-A's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into the twenty-seat Region IV-A's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into the twenty-seat Region IV-A's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |

Palawan's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa

 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created February 1, 1984.
 * - style="height:3em"
 * style="text-align:center;" | –
 * July 23, 1984
 * March 25, 1986
 * style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Ramón Mitra Jr.
 * PDP–Laban
 * Elected in 1984.
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into Palawan's 1st and 2nd districts.
 * colspan="5" |
 * }
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into Palawan's 1st and 2nd districts.
 * colspan="5" |
 * }
 * }