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    The House of Representatives has two kinds of members: District Representatives and Party-List Representatives. District Representatives are elected directly from territorial units based on population, with reapportionment every three years after a census. Party-List Representatives are chosen indirectly through the political party they represent, with seats allocated based on the party's percentage of votes. Members must be at least 25 years old and have lived in their district for one year prior to the election. Their three-year term is limited to no more than three consecutive terms or nine years total.

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    The House of Representatives has two kinds of members: District Representatives and Party-List Representatives. District Representatives are elected directly from territorial units based on population, with reapportionment every three years after a census. Party-List Representatives are chosen indirectly through the political party they represent, with seats allocated based on the party's percentage of votes. Members must be at least 25 years old and have lived in their district for one year prior to the election. Their three-year term is limited to no more than three consecutive terms or nine years total.

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    The House of Representatives has two kinds of members: District Representatives and Party-List Representatives. District Representatives are elected directly from territorial units based on population, with reapportionment every three years after a census. Party-List Representatives are chosen indirectly through the political party they represent, with seats allocated based on the party's percentage of votes. Members must be at least 25 years old and have lived in their district for one year prior to the election. Their three-year term is limited to no more than three consecutive terms or nine years total.

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    Composition

    There are two kinds of members in the House of Representatives:

    The District Representatives and the Party-List Representatives.

    The District Representatives are elected directly and personally, from the territorial unit they seek to
    represent. To date, there are 238 members in the House of Representatives who were elected directly
    and personally from the territorial unit they represent. These units or legislative districts were created in
    accordance with their respective population and on the basis of a uniform and progressive ratio. The
    Constitution provides that there shall be a reapportionment of legislative districts within three years
    following the return of every census. When making a reapportionment, the legislature shall see to it that
    each city with a population of at least two hundred fifty thousand, and every province shall have at least
    one representative. In reapportionment, the Charter prohibits gerrymandering - the arrangement of
    districts in such a way as to favor the election of preferred candidates through the inclusion therein only
    of those areas where they expect to win, regardless of the resultant shape of such districts.
    Arrangement must be compact, contiguous and adjacent.

    The Party-List Representatives, on the other hand, are chosen indirectly, through the party they
    represent. The voters choose from the various parties listed in the Commission on Elections. The
    number of candidates to be elected from each party shall depend on the percentage or proportion of
    votes obtained by the party in the election. To date, there are 60 party-list representatives.

    House of Representatives
     Speaker: Pantaleon Alvarez (Davao del Norte–1st, PDP-Laban)
     Deputy Speakers:
     Eric Singson (Ilocos Sur–2nd, PDP-Laban)
     Mercedes Alvarez (Negros Occidental–6th, NPC)
     Fredenil Castro (Capiz–2nd, NUP)
     Raneo Abu (Batangas–2nd, Nacionalista)
     Miro Quimbo (Marikina–2nd, Liberal), Since July 25, 2016
     Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Pampanga–2nd, Lakas)
     Pia Cayetano (Taguig–2nd, Nacionalista)
     Gwendolyn Garcia (Cebu–3rd, PDP-Laban)
     Mylene Garcia-Albano (Davao City–2nd, PDP-Laban)
     Sharon Garin (party-list member of AAMBIS-OWA)
     Bai Sandra A. Sema (Maguindanao and Cotabato City-1st, Liberal)
    Since August 15, 2016

     Majority Leader: Rodolfo Fariñas (Ilocos Norte–1st, Liberal)


     Minority Leader: Danilo Suarez (Quezon–3rd, Lakas)
    Qualifications

    Members of the House of Representatives have the same qualifications with the members of House of
    Senate except for age and residency qualifications.

    The age qualification is lower (25 years old) as compared to the senators which is 35 years old. This
    might explain the relative impulsiveness of the House of Representatives.

    Residence for the members of the House of Representatives must be in the district they represent and is
    only for one year immediately before the election. In the case of the Senate, residency is two years
    before the election. The purpose of the residence requirement is to ensure familiarity with the
    conditions and problems of the constituency sought to be represented and consequent efficiency and
    concern in the discharge of legislative duties on its behalf. (Cruz, 2005).

    Term

    The term of the members of the House of Representatives is fixed for three years which begins at noon
    of the thirtieth day of June next following their election. They shall serve of not more than three
    consecutive terms or a total of nine (9) years only. One purpose in reducing the term to three years is to
    synchronize with the senatorial, vice-presidential and presidential elections.

    Voluntary renunciation of the office is not considered as an interruption in the continuity of a


    representative's service for the full term for which he was elected.

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