Article 5p. 5

OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE ELECTION LAWS, RULES AND PROCEDURES

In case there are certificates of canvass which have

not been submitted to the Speaker of the Batasang

Pambansa on account of missing election returns, a

proclamation may be made if the missing certificates will

not affect the results of the election.

In case the certificates of canvass which were not

submitted on account of missing election returns will

affect the results of the election, no proclamation shall be

made. The Speaker shall immediately instruct the boards

of canvassers concerned to obtain the missing election

returns from the boards of election inspectors or, if the

returns have been lost or destroyed upon prior authority

from the Commission, to use any authentic copy of said

election

returns

for

the

purpose of conducting the

canvass, and thereafter issue the certificates of canvass.

The

certificates

of

canvass

shall

be

immediately

transmitted to the Speaker of the Batasang Pambansa.

Proclamation shall be made only upon submission of

all certificates of canvass or when the missing certificates

of canvass will not affect the results of the election.

ARTICLE III ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE

BATASANG PAMBANSA

Section 21. Regular election of Members of the

Batasang Pambansa. — The regular election of the

Members of the Batasang Pambansa shall be held on the

second Monday of May, Nineteen hundred and ninety

(1990) and on the same day every six years thereafter.

Section 22 Special election for Members of the

Batasang Pambansa. — In case a vacancy arises in the

Batasang Pambansa eighteen months or more before a

regular election, the Commission shall call a special

election to be held within sixty days after the vacancy

occurs to elect the Member to serve the unexpired term.

The Batasang Pambansa through a duly approved

resolution or an official communication of the Speaker

when it is not in session shall certify to the Commission

the existence of said vacancy.

Section

23.

Composition

of

the

Batasang

Pambansa.

—

The

Batasang

Pambansa

shall

be

composed of not more than two hundred Members

elected from the different provinces of the Philippines

with their component cities, highly urbanized cities and

districts of Metropolitan Manila, those elected or selected

from

various

sectors

as

provided herein, and those

chosen by the President from the members of the

Cabinet.

Section 24. Apportionment of representatives. —

Until a new apportionment shall have been made, the

Members

of

the

Batasang

Pambansa

shall

be

apportioned in accordance with the Ordinance appended

to the Constitution, as follows:

National Capital Region:

Manila, 6;

Quezon City, 4;

Caloocan, 2;

Pasay, 1;

Pasig and Marikina, 2;

Las Piñas and Parañaque, 1;

Makati, 1;

Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela, 2;

San Juan and Mandaluyong, 1;

Taguig, Pateros and Muntinlupa, 1.

Region I:

Abra, 1;

Benguet, 1;

Ilocos Norte with Laoag City, 2;

Ilocos Sur, 2;

La Union, 2;

Mountain Province, 1;

Pangasinan with the cities of Dagupan and San

Carlos, 6;

Baguio City, 1.

Region II:

Batanes, 1;

Cagayan, 3;

Ifugao, 1;

Isabela, 3;

Kalinga-Apayao, 1;

Nueva Vizcaya, 1;

Quirino, 1.

Region III:

Bataan, 1;

Bulacan, 4;

Nueva Ecija with the cities of Cabanatuan, Palayan

and San Jose, 4;

Pampanga with Angeles City, 4;

Tarlac, 2;

Zambales, 1;

Olongapo City, 1.

Region IV:

Aurora, 1;

Batangas with the cities of Batangas and Lipa, 4;

Cavite with the cities of Cavite, Tagaytay and Trece

Martires, 3;

Laguna with San Pablo City, 4;

Marinduque, 1;

Occidental Mindoro, 1;

Oriental Mindoro, 2;

Palawan with Puerto Princesa City, 1;

Quezon with Lucena City, 4;

Rizal, 2;

Romblon, 1.

Region V:

Albay with Legaspi City, 3;

Camarines Norte, 1;

Camarines Sur with the cities of Iriga and Naga, 4;

Catanduanes, 1;

Masbate, 2;

Sorsogon, 2.

Region VI:

Aklan, 1;

Antique, 1;

Capiz with Roxas City;

Iloilo with Iloilo City, 5;

Negros Occidental with the cities of Bacolod, Bago,

Cadiz, La Carlota, San Carlos and Silay, 7.

Region VII:

Bohol with Tagbilaran City, 3;

Cebu with the cities of Danao, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue

and Toledo, 6;

Negros Oriental with the cities of Bais, Canlaon and

Dumaguete, 3;

Siquijor, 1;

Cebu City, 2.

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