16th Congress of the Philippines

16th Congress of the Philippines
July 22, 2013 – June 6, 2016
President	Benigno Aquino III (LP)
Vice President	Jejomar Binay (UNA)
Senate
Senate President	Franklin Drilon (LP)
Senate President; pro tempore	Ralph Recto (LP)
Majority leader	Alan Peter Cayetano (NP)
Minority leader	Juan Ponce Enrile ; Tito Sotto (NPC/UNA); Acting, July 28, 2014 – August 2015
House of Representatives
House Speaker	Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (LP)
Deputy Speakers	Henedina Abad (LP); Sergio Apostol (LP); Pangalian Balindong (LP); Carlos Padilla (NP); Giorgidi Aggabao (NPC); Roberto Puno (NUP);
Majority leader	Neptali Gonzales II (LP)
Minority leader	Ronaldo Zamora (NP/Magdiwang)
	◄ 15th (2010) 17th (2016) ►

The 16th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalabing-anim na Kongreso ng Pilipinas) composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 22, 2013, until June 6, 2016, during the last three years of Benigno Aquino III's presidency. The convening of the 16th Congress followed the 2013 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

Leaders

Senate

Senate President:
- Franklin Drilon (Liberal), since July 22, 2013
Senate President pro tempore:
- Ralph Recto (Liberal), since July 22, 2013
Majority Floor Leader:
- Alan Peter Cayetano (Nacionalista), since July 22, 2013
Minority Floor Leader:
- Juan Ponce Enrile (UNA/PMP), since July 22, 2013; on leave from July 28, 2014, to August 2015 due to hospital arrest
- Tito Sotto (NPC/UNA) from July 28, 2014, to August 2015, in an acting capacity

House of Representatives

Speaker:
- Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (Quezon City-4th, Liberal), since July 22, 2013
Deputy Speakers:
- Henedina Abad (Batanes, Liberal), since July 22, 2013
- Giorgidi Aggabao (Isabela-4th, NPC), since July 22, 2013
- Sergio Apostol (Leyte-2nd, Liberal), since July 22, 2013
- Pangalian Balindong (Lanao del Sur-2nd, Liberal), since July 22, 2013
- Carlos M. Padilla (Nueva Vizcaya, Nacionalista), since July 22, 2013
- Roberto Puno (Antipolo-1st, NUP), since July 22, 2013
Majority Floor Leader:
- Neptali Gonzales II (Mandaluyong, Liberal), since July 22, 2013
Minority Floor Leader:
- Ronaldo Zamora (San Juan, Nacionalista/Magdiwang), since July 22, 2013

Sessions

First regular session: July 22, 2013 – June 9, 2014
Second regular session: July 28, 2014 – May 25, 2015
Third regular session: July 27, 2015 – May 24, 2016

Members

Per party total:

Senate (24 seats)

House of Representatives (292 seats)

Per bloc total

Senate (24 seats)

House of Representatives (292 seats)

Senate

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:

For senators elected on May 10, 2010: June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016
For senators elected on May 13, 2013: June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2019

Senator	Party	Term	Term expiry	In office	Bloc	City/municipality of registration
1.Sonny Angara	LDP	1	2019	2013–present	Majority	Baler, Aurora
2.Bam Aquino	Liberal	1	2019	2013–2019	Majority	Quezon City
3.Nancy Binay	UNA	1	2019	2013–present	Minority	Makati
4.Alan Peter Cayetano	Nacionalista	2	2019	2007–2017	Majority	Taguig
5.Pia Cayetano	Nacionalista	2	2016	2004–2016	Majority	Taguig
6.Miriam Defensor Santiago	PRP	2	2016	2004–2016	Majority	Quezon City
7.Franklin Drilon	Liberal	1	2016	2010–2022	Majority	Iloilo City
8.JV Ejercito	PMP	1	2019	2013–2019	Minority	San Juan
9.Juan Ponce Enrile^[a]	PMP	2	2016	2004–2016	Minority	Aparri, Cagayan
10.Francis Escudero	Independent	2	2019	2007–2019	Majority	Sorsogon City, Sorsogon
11.Jinggoy Estrada^[b]	PMP	2	2016	2004–2016	Minority	San Juan
12.TG Guingona	Liberal	1	2016	2010–2016	Majority	Malaybalay, Bukidnon
13.Gregorio Honasan	UNA	2	2019	2007–2019	Minority	Marikina
14.Lito Lapid	Independent	2	2016	2004–2016	Majority	Porac, Pampanga
15.Loren Legarda	NPC	2	2019	2007–2019	Majority	Malabon
16.Bongbong Marcos	Nacionalista	1	2016	2010–2016	Majority	Batac, Ilocos Norte
17.Serge Osmeña	Independent	1	2016	2010–2016	Majority	Makati
18.Koko Pimentel^[c]	PDP–Laban	2	2019	2011–present	Majority	Cagayan de Oro
19.Grace Poe	Independent	1	2019	2013–present	Majority	San Juan
20.Ralph Recto	Liberal	1	2016	2010–2022	Majority	Lipa, Batangas
21.Bong Revilla^[d]	Lakas	2	2016	2004–2016	Majority	Imus, Cavite
22.Tito Sotto	NPC	1	2016	2010–2022	Majority	Quezon City
23.Antonio Trillanes	Nacionalista	2	2019	2007–2019	Majority	Caloocan
24.Cynthia Villar	Nacionalista	1	2019	2013–present	Majority	Las Piñas

Current composition

Per bloc
Bloc	Total	%
Majority	18	75%
Minority	6	25%
Total	24	100%

Composition history

Date	Event	Party(Majority/minority bloc/independent) (Shading indicates party has members in the majority bloc)									Total

		LDP	Lakas	LP	NP	NPC	PDP	PRP	UNA	Ind		Vacant
End of 15th Congress		1 / 0	2 / 1	4 / 0	2 / 3	2 / 0	2 / 0	1 / 0	3 / 0	2 / 0	23	1
Election result		1	2	4	5	2	1	1	5	3	24	0
July 22, 2013	Senate presidential election	1 / 0	2 / 0	4 / 0	5 / 0	1 / 1	1 / 0	0/0/1	0 / 5	3 / 0	24	0
July 23, 2013	Santiago accepted into the majority	1 / 0	2 / 0	4 / 0	5 / 0	1 / 1	1 / 0	1 / 0	0 / 5	3 / 0	24	0

House of Representatives

The term of office of the members of the House of Representatives will be from June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2016.

District representatives

Province/City	District		Party	Term	Bloc
Abra	Lone	Maria Jocelyn Bernos	Liberal	2	Majority
Agusan del Norte	1st	Lawrence Fortun	Liberal	1	Majority
Agusan del Norte	2nd	Erlpe John Amante	Kusug Agusanon	1	Majority
Agusan del Sur	1st	Maria Valentina Plaza	NUP	2	Majority
Agusan del Sur	2nd	Bebs Mellana	NUP	2	Majority
Aklan	Lone	Ted Haresco Jr.	Independent	2	Majority
Albay	1st	Edcel Lagman Jr.	Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Al Francis Bichara	Nacionalista	3	Majority
	3rd	Fernando V. Gonzalez	Liberal	2	Majority
Antipolo	1st	Roberto Puno	NUP	3	Majority
Antipolo	2nd	Romeo Acop	Liberal	2	Majority
Antique	Lone	Paolo Javier	Liberal	2	Majority
Apayao	Lone	Eleanor Bulut Begtang	NPC	2	Majority
Aurora	Lone	Bella Angara	LDP	1	Minority
Bacolod	Lone	Evelio Leonardia	NPC	1	Majority
Baguio	Lone	Nicasio Aliping Jr.	Independent	1	Majority
Basilan	Lone	Jim Hataman Salliman	Liberal	2	Majority
Bataan	1st	Herminia Roman	Liberal	3	Majority
Bataan	2nd	Tet Garcia^[e]	NUP	1	Majority
Batanes	Lone	Henedina Abad	Liberal	2	Majority
Batangas	1st	Eileen Ermita-Buhain	Lakas	1	Majority
	2nd	Raneo Abu	Nacionalista	1	Majority
	3rd	Nelson Collantes	Liberal	2	Majority
	4th	Mark Llandro Mendoza	NPC	3	Majority
Benguet	Lone	Ronald Cosalan	Liberal	2	Majority
Biliran	Lone	Rogelio Espina	Liberal	2	Majority
Bohol	1st	Rene Relampagos	Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd	Erico Aristotle Aumentado	NPC	1	Majority
	3rd	Arthur Yap	NPC	2	Majority
Bukidnon	1st	Malou Acosta-Alba	Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Florencio Flores	Nacionalista	2	Minority
	3rd	Jose Zubiri III	Liberal/BPP	3	Majority
	4th	Oneil Roque	NPC	1	Majority
Bulacan	1st	Victoria Sy-Alvarado	NUP	3	Majority
	2nd	Apol Pancho	NUP	1	Independent minority
	3rd	Jonjon Mendoza	Liberal	2	Majority
	4th	Linabelle Villarica	Liberal	2	Majority
Cagayan	1st	Sally Ponce Enrile	NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Baby Aline Vargas-Alfonso	NUP	1	Majority
	3rd	Randolph Ting	NUP	2	Majority
Cagayan de Oro	1st	Rolando Uy	Liberal	1	Majority
Cagayan de Oro	2nd	Rufus Rodriguez	CDP	3	Majority
Caloocan	1st	Enrico Echiverri	NPC	1	Majority
Caloocan	2nd	Edgar Erice	Liberal	1	Majority
Camarines Norte	1st	Cathy Barcelona-Reyes	NUP	1	Majority
Camarines Norte	2nd	Elmer Panotes^[f]	Lakas	2	Majority
Camarines Sur	1st	Rolando Andaya Jr.	Lakas	2	Majority
	2nd	Dato Arroyo	Lakas	3	Independent minority
	3rd	Leni Robredo	Liberal	1	Majority
	4th	Felix William Fuentebella	NPC	1	Majority
	5th	Salvio Fortuno	Liberal	2	Majority
Camiguin	Lone	Xavier Jesus Romualdo	NPC	1	Majority
Capiz	1st	Antonio Del Rosario	Liberal	3	Majority
Capiz	2nd	Fredenil Castro	NUP	1	Majority
Catanduanes	Lone	Cesar Sarmiento	Liberal	2	Majority
Cavite	1st	Francis Abaya	Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Lani Mercado	Lakas	2	Independent minority
	3rd	Alex Advincula	Liberal	1	Majority
	4th	Elpidio Barzaga Jr.	NUP	3	Majority
	5th	Roy Loyola	Liberal	2	Majority
	6th	Luis Ferrer IV	NUP/Magdalo	1	Independent minority
	7th	Abraham Tolentino	Liberal	1	Majority
Cebu	1st	Samsam Gullas	Nacionalista	1	Majority
	2nd	Wilfredo Caminero	Liberal	1	Majority
	3rd	Gwendolyn Garcia	UNA/1-Cebu	1	Majority
	4th	Benhur Salimbangon	NUP/1-Cebu	3	Majority
	5th	Ace Durano	Liberal	1	Majority
	6th	Luigi Quisumbing	Liberal	2	Majority
Cebu City	1st	Raul del Mar	Liberal/BOPK	1	Majority
Cebu City	2nd	Bebot Abellanosa	Liberal/BOPK	1	Majority
Compostela Valley	1st	Maria Carmen Zamora	Liberal	2	Majority
Compostela Valley	2nd	Rommel Amatong	Aksyon Demokratiko	3	Majority
Cotabato	1st	Jesus Sacdalan	Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd	Nancy Catamco	Liberal	2	Majority
	3rd	Jose Tejada	Nacionalista	1	Minority
Davao City	1st	Karlo Nograles	NUP	2	Majority
	2nd	Mylene Garcia-Albano	Liberal	2	Majority
	3rd	Isidro Ungab	Liberal	3	Majority
Davao del Norte	1st	Anthony del Rosario	Liberal	2	Majority
Davao del Norte	2nd	Antonio Lagdameo Jr.	NUP	3	Majority
Davao del Sur	1st	Mercedes Cagas	Nacionalista	1	Majority
Davao del Sur	2nd	Franklin Bautista	Liberal	3	Majority
Davao Oriental	1st	Nelson Dayanghirang	Nacionalista	3	Majority
Davao Oriental	2nd	Thelma Almario	Lakas	3	Majority
Dinagat Islands	Lone	Kaka Bag-ao	Liberal	2	Majority
Eastern Samar	Lone	Ben Evardone	Liberal	2	Majority
Guimaras	Lone	Joaquin Carlos Rahman Nava	Liberal	3	Majority
Ifugao	Lone	Teddy Baguilat	Liberal	2	Majority
Iligan	Lone	Vicente Belmonte Jr.	Liberal	3	Majority
Ilocos Norte	1st	Rodolfo Fariñas	Nacionalista	2	Majority
Ilocos Norte	2nd	Imelda Marcos	KBL	2	Independent minority
Ilocos Sur	1st	Ronald Singson	Nacionalista	3	Majority
Ilocos Sur	2nd	Eric Singson	Liberal	1	Majority
Iloilo	1st	Oscar Garin Jr.	Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Arcadio Gorriceta	Liberal	1	Majority
	3rd	Arthur Defensor Jr.	Liberal	2	Majority
	4th	Hernan Biron Jr.	UNA	1	Majority
	5th	Niel Tupas Jr.	Liberal	3	Majority
Iloilo City	Lone	Jerry Treñas	Liberal	2	Majority
Isabela	1st	Rodolfo Albano III	NPC	1	Minority
	2nd	Ana Cristina Go	Nacionalista	2	Minority
	3rd	Napoleon Dy	NPC	2	Majority
	4th	Giorgidi Aggabao	NPC	3	Majority
Kalinga	Lone	Manuel Agyao	Liberal	3	Majority
La Union	1st	Victor Francisco Ortega	Lakas	3	Independent minority
La Union	2nd	Eufranio Eriguel	NPC	2	Majority
Laguna	1st	Danilo Fernandez	Liberal	3	Majority
	2nd	Jun Chipeco	Liberal	1	Majority
	3rd	Sol Aragones	UNA	1	Majority
	4th	Benjie Agarao Jr.	Liberal	1	Majority
Lanao del Norte	1st	Imelda Dimaporo	NPC	2	Independent minority
Lanao del Norte	2nd	Abdullah Dimaporo	NPC	1	Independent minority
Lanao del Sur	1st	Ansaruddin Alonto Adiong	Liberal	1	Majority
Lanao del Sur	2nd	Pangalian Balindong	Liberal	3	Majority
Lapu-Lapu City	Lone	Aileen Radaza	Lakas	1	Majority
Las Piñas	Lone	Mark Villar	Nacionalista	2	Majority
Leyte	1st	Martin Romualdez	Lakas	3	Independent minority
	2nd	Sergio Apostol	Liberal	2	Majority
	3rd	Andres Salvacion	Liberal	3	Majority
	4th	Lucy Torres-Gomez	Liberal	2	Majority
	5th	Jose Carlos Cari	Liberal	2	Majority
Maguindanao	1st	Bai Sandra Sema	Liberal	2	Majority
Maguindanao	2nd	Zajid Mangudadatu	Liberal	1	Majority
Makati	1st	Monique Lagdameo	UNA	2	Majority
Makati	2nd	Abby Binay	UNA	3	Majority
Malabon	Lone	Josephine Lacson-Noel	NPC	3	Majority
Mandaluyong	Lone	Neptali Gonzales II	Liberal	3	Majority
Manila	1st	Benjamin Asilo	Liberal	3	Majority
	2nd	Carlo Lopez	Liberal/KABAKA	2	Majority
	3rd	Zenaida Angping	NPC	3	Majority
	4th	Trisha Bonoan-David	Liberal	3	Majority
	5th	Amado Bagatsing	NUP/KABAKA	3	Majority
	6th	Sandy Ocampo	Liberal/KABAKA	2	Majority
Marikina	1st	Marcelino Teodoro	Liberal	3	Majority
Marikina	2nd	Miro Quimbo	Liberal	2	Majority
Marinduque	Lone	Regina Reyes Mandanas^[g]	Liberal	1	Majority
Marinduque	Lone	Lord Allan Jay Velasco^[h]	NUP	1	Majority
Masbate	1st	Maria Vida Espinosa-Bravo	NUP	1	Majority
	2nd	Elisa Olga Kho	Lakas	1	Majority
	3rd	Scott Davies Lanete	NPC	2	Majority
Misamis Occidental	1st	Jorge Almonte	Liberal	2	Majority
Misamis Occidental	2nd	Henry Oaminal	Nacionalista	1	Majority
Misamis Oriental	1st	Peter Unabia	Liberal	2	Majority
Misamis Oriental	2nd	Juliette Uy	NUP	1	Independent minority
Mountain Province	Lone	Maximo Dalog	Liberal	2	Majority
Muntinlupa	Lone	Rodolfo Biazon	Liberal	2	Majority
Navotas	Lone	Toby Tiangco	UNA/Navoteño	2	Independent
Negros Occidental	1st	Jules Ledesma	NPC	3	Majority
	2nd	Leo Rafael Cueva	NUP	1	Independent minority
	3rd	Alfredo Benitez	Liberal	2	Majority
	4th	Jeffrey Ferrer	NUP/UNegA	3	Majority
	5th	Alejandro Mirasol	Liberal	2	Majority
	6th	Mercedes Alvarez	NPC	2	Majority
Negros Oriental	1st	Manuel Iway	Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	George Arnaiz	NPC	3	Majority
	3rd	Pryde Henry Teves	NPC	3	Majority
Northern Samar	1st	Harlin Abayon^[i]	Nacionalista	1	Majority
	1st	Raul Daza^[j]	Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd	Emil Ong	NUP	3	Majority
Nueva Ecija	1st	Estrellita Suansing	Unang Sigaw	1	Majority
	2nd	Joseph Gilbert Violago	Liberal	3	Majority
	3rd	Czarina Umali	Liberal	3	Majority
	4th	Magnolia Antonino-Nadres	NUP	1	Majority
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Carlos Padilla	Nacionalista	3	Majority
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Josephine Sato	Liberal	1	Majority
Oriental Mindoro	1st	Paulino Salvador Leachon	Liberal	1	Majority
Oriental Mindoro	2nd	Rey Umali	Liberal	2	Majority
Palawan	1st	Franz Joseph Alvarez	NUP	1	Majority
	2nd	Frederick Abueg	NUP/PPP	1	Majority
	3rd	Douglas Hagedorn	NPC	1	Majority
Pampanga	1st	Yeng Guiao	NUP/Kambilan	1	Majority
	2nd	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	Lakas	2	Independent minority
	3rd	Oscar Samson Rodriguez	Liberal	1	Majority
	4th	Juan Pablo Bondoc	Nacionalista	1	Majority
Pangasinan	1st	Jesus Celeste	NPC	2	Majority
	2nd	Leopoldo Bataoil	NPC	2	Majority
	3rd	Rose Marie Arenas	Liberal	1	Majority
	4th	Gina de Venecia	NPC	2	Majority
	5th	Kimi Cojuangco	NPC	2	Majority
	6th	Marlyn Primicias-Agabas	NPC	2	Majority
Parañaque	1st	Eric Olivarez	Liberal	1	Majority
Parañaque	2nd	Gus Tambunting	UNA	1	Majority
Pasay	Lone	Imelda Calixto-Rubiano	Liberal	2	Majority
Pasig	Lone	Roman Romulo	Liberal	3	Majority
Quezon	1st	Wilfrido Mark Enverga	NPC	3	Majority
	2nd	Vicente Alcala	Liberal	1	Majority
	3rd	Aleta Suarez	Lakas	1	Independent minority
	4th	Angelina Tan	NPC	1	Majority
Quezon City	1st	Francisco Boy Calalay	Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Winston Castelo	Liberal	2	Majority
	3rd	Bolet Banal	Liberal	2	Majority
	4th	Feliciano Belmonte Jr.	Liberal	2	Majority
	5th	Alfred Vargas	Liberal	1	Majority
	6th	Kit Belmonte	Liberal	1	Majority
Quirino	Lone	Dakila Cua	Liberal	2	Majority
Rizal	1st	Joel Roy Duavit	NPC	2	Majority
Rizal	2nd	Isidro Rodriguez Jr.	NPC	2	Majority
Romblon	Lone	Eleandro Jesus Madrona	Nacionalista	3	Majority
Samar	1st	Mel Senen Sarmiento^[k]	Liberal	2	Majority
Samar	2nd	Milagrosa Tan	NPC	2	Majority
San Jose del Monte	Lone	Arthur Robes	Liberal	3	Majority
San Juan	Lone	Ronaldo Zamora	UNA/Magdiwang	1	Minority
Sarangani	Lone	Manny Pacquiao	UNA	2	Majority
Siquijor	Lone	Marie Anne Pernes	Liberal	1	Majority
Sorsogon	1st	Evelina Escudero	NPC	1	Majority
Sorsogon	2nd	Deogracias Ramos Jr.	Liberal	2	Majority
South Cotabato	1st	Pedro Acharon Jr.	Liberal/AIM	2	Majority
South Cotabato	2nd	Ferdinand Hernandez	NPC/AIM	1	Majority
Southern Leyte	Lone	Damian Mercado	NUP	1	Majority
Sultan Kudarat	1st	Raden Sakaluran	Independent	2	Majority
Sultan Kudarat	2nd	Arnulfo Go	NUP	3	Majority
Sulu	1st	Tupay Loong	NUP	2	Majority
Sulu	2nd	Maryam Arbison	Liberal	1	Majority
Surigao del Norte	1st	Francisco Matugas	Liberal	3	Majority
Surigao del Norte	2nd	Guillermo Romarate Jr.	Liberal	3	Majority
Surigao del Sur	1st	Philip Pichay^[l]	Lakas	3	Independent minority
	1st	Mary Elizabeth Ty-Delgado^[m]	Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Florencio Garay	Liberal	3	Majority
Taguig–Pateros	1st	Arnel Cerafica	Liberal	2	Majority
Taguig	2nd	Lino Cayetano	PDP–Laban	1	Minority
Tarlac	1st	Enrique Cojuangco^[n]	NPC	2	Majority
	2nd	Susan Yap	NPC	2	Majority
	3rd	Noel Jesus Villanueva	Nacionalista	1	Majority
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Ruby Sahali	Liberal	1	Majority
Valenzuela	1st	Sherwin Gatchalian	NPC	1	Majority
Valenzuela	2nd	Magtanggol Gunigundo	Lakas	3	Majority
Zambales	1st	Jeffrey Khonghun	NPC	1	Majority
Zambales	2nd	Cheryl Deloso-Montalla	Liberal	1	Majority
Zamboanga City	1st	Celso Lobregat	LDP	1	Majority
Zamboanga City	2nd	Lilia Macrohon-Nuño	Nacionalista	1	Majority
Zamboanga del Norte	1st	Bullet Jalosjos	Nacionalista	2	Minority
	2nd	Rosendo Labadlabad	Liberal	3	Majority
	3rd	Isagani Amatong	Liberal	1	Majority
Zamboanga del Sur	1st	Victor Yu	NUP	3	Majority
Zamboanga del Sur	2nd	Aurora E. Cerilles	NUP	2	Majority
Zamboanga Sibugay	1st	Belma Cabilao	Nacionalista	1	Majority
Zamboanga Sibugay	2nd	Dulce Ann Hofer	Liberal	1	Majority

Party-list representatives


Party	Representative	Term	Bloc
1 BANAT & AHAPO Party-list Coalition (1-BAP)	Silvestre Bello III	1	Minority
1st Consumer's Alliance for Rural Energy (1-CARE)	Edgardo Masongsong	1	Majority
1st Consumer's Alliance for Rural Energy (1-CARE)	Michael Angelo Rivera	1	Majority
Abakada-Guro Party List (Abakada)	Jonathan dela Cruz	1	Independent minority
Abante Mindanao (ABAMIN)	Maximo Rodriguez Jr.	2	Majority
Abang Lingkod	Joseph Stephen Paduano	1	Majority
Abono	Conrado Estrella III	3	Majority
Abono	Francisco Ortega III	3	Majority
Advocacy for Teacher Empowerment Through Action, Cooperation and Harmony Towards Educational Reforms (A TEACHER)	Mariano Piamonte, Jr.	3	Majority
	Julieta Cortuna	2	Majority
Agbiag! Timpuyog Ilocano (Agbiag)	Patricio Antonio	2	Majority
Agricultural Sector Alliance of the Philippines (AGAP)	Nicanor Briones	3	Majority
Agricultural Sector Alliance of the Philippines (AGAP)	Rico Geron	1	Majority
Agri-Agra na Reporma Para sa Magsasaka sa Pilipinas (Agri)	Delph Gan Lee	1	Majority
Akbayan Citizens' Action Party (Akbayan)	Walden Bello^[o]	3	Majority
	Barry Gutierrez	1	Majority
	Angelina Katoh ^[p]	1	Majority
Ako Bicol Political Party (AKB)	Christopher Co	2	Majority
Ako Bicol Political Party (AKB)	Rodel Batocabe	2	Majority
Alay Buhay	Wes Gatchalian	2	Majority
Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT Teachers)	Antonio Tinio	2	Minority
Alliance of Volunteer Educators (AVE)	Eulogio Magsaysay	2	Majority
An Waray	Neil Benedict Montejo	2	Majority
An Waray	Victoria Isabel Noel	1	Majority
Anakpawis	Fernando Hicap	1	Minority
Anak Mindanao (AMIN)	Sitti Djalia Turabin	1	Majority
Ang Asosasyon Sang Mangunguma Nga Bisaya-Owa Mangunguma (AAMBIS-Owa)	Sharon Garin	2	Majority
Ang Mata'y Aalagaan (AMA)	Lorna Velasco	1	Majority
Ang Nars	Leah Paquiz	1	Minority
Ang National Coalition of Indigenous People's Action Na! (ANAC-IP)	Jose Panganiban	1	Majority
Ang Partido ng mga Pilipinong Marino (ANGKLA)	Jesulito Manalo	1	Majority
Anti-Crime and Terrorism-Community Involvement and Support (ACT CIS)	Samuel Pagdilao	1	Majority
Append	Pablo Nava III	1	Majority
Arts, Business and Science Professionals (ABS)	Catalina Leonen-Pizarro	3	Majority
Bayan Muna	Neri Colmenares	3	Minority
Bayan Muna	Carlos Isagani Zarate	1	Minority
Buhay Hayaan Yumabong (BUHAY)	Mariano Michael Velarde Jr.	3	Majority
	Lito Atienza	1	Independent minority
	Erwin Tieng	2	Majority
Butil Farmers Party (BUTIL)	Agapito Guanlao	3	Majority
Citizens' Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC)	Sherwin Tugna	2	Majority
Citizens' Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC)	Cinchona Cruz-Gonzales	3	Majority
Cooperative NATCCO Network Party (COOP-NATCCO)	Cresente Paez	3	Majority
Cooperative NATCCO Network Party (COOP-NATCCO)	Antonio Bravo	1	Majority
Democratic Independent Workers' Association (DIWA)	Emmeline Aglipay	2	Majority
Gabriela Women's Party (GABRIELA)	Luzviminda Ilagan	3	Minority
Gabriela Women's Party (GABRIELA)	Emerenciana De Jesus	2	Minority
Kabataan Partylist (Kabataan)	Terry Ridon	3	Minority
Kalinga-Advocacy for Social Empowerment and Nation-Building Through Easing Poverty (KALINGA)	Abigail Faye Ferriol	2	Majority
LPG Marketers' Association (LPGMA)	Arnel Ty	2	Minority
Magdalo Para sa Pilipino (Magdalo)	Gary Alejano	1	Majority
Magdalo Para sa Pilipino (Magdalo)	Francisco Ashley Acedillo	1	Majority
OFW Family Club (OFW Family)	Roy Señeres^[q]	1	Majority
OFW Family Club (OFW Family)	Juan Johnny Revilla	1	Majority
Social Amelioration & Genuine Intervention on Poverty (1-SAGIP)	Erlinda Santiago	1	Majority
Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP)	Raymond Mendoza	3	Majority
You Against Corruption and Poverty (YACAP)	Carol Jane Lopez	2	Minority

Current composition

Per party
Party		Majority	Ind. & Ind. minority	Minority	None	Total	%
Party					None	Total	%
	Liberal	110	0	0	0	110	37.7%
	NPC	35	2	1	0	38	13.0%
	NUP	24	3	0	0	27	9.2%
	Nacionalista	16	0	5	0	21	7.2%
	Lakas	6	7	0	1	14	4.8%
	UNA	7	1	0	0	8	2.7%
	Buhay	2	1	0	0	3	1.0%
	1-CARE	2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
	A TEACHER	2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
	Abono	2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
	AGAP	2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
	AKB	2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
	Akbayan	2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
	An Waray	2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
	Bayan Muna	0	0	2	0	2	0.7%
	CIBAC	2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
	Coop-NATCCO	2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
	GABRIELA	0	0	2	0	2	0.7%
	LDP	1	0	1	0	2	0.7%
	Magdalo	2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
	OFW Family	2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
	1-BAP	0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
	1-SAGIP	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	AAMBIS-Owa	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	Abakada Guro	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
	ABAMIN	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	Abang Lingkod	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	ABS	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	ACT-CIS	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	ACT Teachers	0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
	Agbiag	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	Agri	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	Alay Buhay	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	AMA	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	ANAC-IP	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	Anakpawis	0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
	Anak Mindanao	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	ANGKLA	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	Ang Nars	0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
	Append	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	AVE	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	Bukidnon Paglaum (caucuses with Liberals)	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	Butil	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	CDP	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	DIWA	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	KABAKA (caucuses with UNA)	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	Kabataan	0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
	KALINGA	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	Kambilan	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	KBL	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
	Kusug Agusanon (caucuses with Liberals)	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	LPGMA	0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
	Magdiwang (caucuses with UNA)	0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
	PPPL	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	TUCP	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	Unang Sigaw	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	United Negros Alliance (caucuses with NUP)	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	YACAP	0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
	Independent	3	1	0	0	4	1.4%
Totals		253	17	19	1	290	99.3%

Per bloc
Bloc	Total	%
Majority	253	86.6%
Minority	19	6.5%
Independent minority (including 1 independent)	17	5.8%
None	1	0.3%
Vacancies	2	0.7%
Total	292	100%

Note: Representatives who voted for Romualdez in the speakership election are denoted as "independent minority". One representative who abstained in the speakership election is denoted as an "independent" and is included in the "independent minority" bloc for purposes of classification.

Composition history

Shading indicates party has members in the majority bloc; italicization indicates party has members in the Minority bloc.

Date	Event	Party(Majority/minority bloc/unclassified) (Shading indicates party has members in the majority bloc)										Total

		Lakas	LP	NP	NPC	NUP	UNA	Other	Local	Ind	PL		Vacant
End of 15th Congress		28	91	16	43	27	11	4	1	4	56	281	6

Election result		14	112	18	42	24	10	4	4	6	54	288	4
July 2, 2013	Macrohon-Nuño (independent) joins the Nacionalista Party	14	112	19	42	24	10	4	4	5	54	288	4
July 22, 2013	Speakership election	7/0/7	109/1/2	16/4/0	32/1/5	22/0/4	8/1/1	2/1/1	4/0/0	3/0/1	41/11/2	288	4
July 24, 2013	Duavit accepted into the majority	7/0/7	110/1/2	15/4/0	33/1/4	22/0/4	8/1/1	2/1/1	4/0/0	3/0/1	41/11/2	288	4
July 29, 2013	Biazon accepted into the majority	7/0/7	111/1/1	15/4/0	33/1/4	22/0/4	8/1/1	2/1/1	4/0/0	3/0/1	41/11/2	288	4
July 31, 2013	Dy, Ocampo accepted into the majority; R.D. Mendoza sworn in	7/0/7	112/1	15/4/0	34/1/3	22/0/4	8/1/1	2/1/1	4/0/0	3/0/1	41/11/3	289	3
August 8, 2013	R.D. Mendoza accepted into the majority	7/0/7	112/1	15/4/0	36/1/1	22/0/4	8/1/1	2/1/1	4/0/0	3/0/1	42/11/2	289	3
May 28, 2014	Paduano sworn in	7/0/7	112/1	15/4/0	36/1/1	22/0/4	8/1/1	2/1/1	4/0/0	3/0/1	42/11/3	290	2
May 29, 2014	Paduano accepted into the majority	7/0/7	112/1	15/4/0	36/1/1	22/0/4	8/1/1	2/1/1	4/0/0	3/0/1	43/11/2	290	2
March 16, 2015	W. Bello's resignation	7/0/7	112/1	15/4/0	36/1/1	22/0/4	8/1/1	2/1/1	4/0/0	3/0/1	42/11/2	289	3
May 12, 2015	E. Cojuangco's death	7/0/7	112/1	15/4/0	35/1/1	22/0/4	8/1/1	2/1/1	4/0/0	3/0/1	42/11/2	288	4
May 13, 2015	Katoh sworn in	7/0/7	112/1	15/4/0	35/1/1	22/0/4	8/1/1	2/1/1	4/0/0	3/0/1	42/11/3	289	3
May 19, 2015	Katoh accepted into the majority	7/0/7	112/1	15/4/0	35/1/1	22/0/4	8/1/1	2/1/1	4/0/0	3/0/1	43/11/2	289	3
September 16, 2015	Panotes's death	6/0/7	112/1	15/4/0	35/1/1	22/0/4	8/1/1	2/1/1	4/0/0	3/0/1	42/11/3	288	4
September 29, 2015	M.S. Sarmiento's swearing in as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government	6/0/7	111/1	15/4/0	35/1/1	22/0/4	8/1/1	2/1/1	4/0/0	3/0/1	42/11/3	287	5

In this tally, congressmen who voted for Romualdez are unclassified.

Committees

Constitutional bodies

Committee	Senate				House of Representatives
Committee	Chairman		Minority leader		Chairman		District	Minority leader		District
Commission on Appointments		Franklin Drilon		Vicente Sotto III		Antonio del Rosario*	Capiz–1st		Rodolfo Albano III	Isabela–1st
Electoral tribunals		Bam Aquino		Nancy Binay		Franklin Bautista	Davao del Sur–2nd		Luzviminda Ilagan	Party-list
Judicial and Bar Council		Aquilino Pimentel III	—			Niel Tupas, Jr.	Iloilo–5th	—

*Replacement for resigned member Mel Senen Sarmiento (Liberal; Samar–1st)

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