16th Congress of the Philippines

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.

16th Congress of the Philippines
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Overview
Term	July 22, 2013 – June 6, 2016
President	Benigno Aquino III
Vice President	Jejomar Binay
Senate
Members	24
President	Franklin Drilon
President pro tempore	Ralph Recto
Majority leader	Alan Peter Cayetano
Minority leader	Juan Ponce Enrile (until July 28, 2014) Tito Sotto (acting, July 28, 2014 – August 24, 2014) Juan Ponce Enrile (from August 24, 2014)
House of Representatives
Members	293
Speaker	Feliciano Belmonte Jr.
Deputy Speakers	Henedina Abad Giorgidi Aggabao Sergio Apostol Pangalian Balindong Carlos Padilla Roberto Puno
Majority leader	Neptali Gonzales II
Minority leader	Ronaldo Zamora

Leaders

Senate

• President: Franklin Drilon (Liberal)
• President pro tempore: Ralph Recto (Liberal)
• Majority Floor Leader: Alan Peter Cayetano (Nacionalista)
• Minority Floor Leader:
  • Juan Ponce Enrile (PMP), until July 28, 2014
  • Tito Sotto (NPC), acting, July 28, 2014 – August 24, 2015
  • Juan Ponce Enrile (PMP), from August 24, 2015

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Feliciano Belmonte Jr. (Quezon City–4th, Liberal)
• Deputy Speakers:
  • Henedina Abad (Batanes, Liberal)
  • Giorgidi Aggabao (Isabela–4th, NPC)
  • Sergio Apostol (Leyte–2nd, Liberal)
  • Pangalian Balindong (Lanao del Sur–2nd, Liberal)
  • Carlos Padilla (Nueva Vizcaya, Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Neptali Gonzales II (Mandaluyong, Liberal)
• Minority Floor Leader: Ronaldo Zamora (San Juan, Nacionalista)

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 ending	Bloc	Registered in
Sonny Angara		LDP	1	2019	Majority	Baler, Aurora
Bam Aquino		Liberal	1	2019	Majority	Quezon City
Nancy Binay		UNA	1	2019	Minority	Makati
Alan Peter Cayetano		Nacionalista	2	2019	Majority	Taguig
Pia Cayetano		Nacionalista	2	2016	Majority	Taguig
Miriam Defensor Santiago		PRP	2	2016	Minority	Quezon City
Franklin Drilon		Liberal	1	2016	Majority	Iloilo City
JV Ejercito		PMP	1	2019	Minority	San Juan
Francis Escudero		Independent	2	2019	Majority	Sorsogon City, Sorsogon
Jinggoy Estrada[a]		PMP	2	2016	Majority	San Juan
TG Guingona		Liberal	1	2016	Majority	Malaybalay, Bukidnon
Gregorio Honasan		UNA	2	2019	Minority	Marikina
Lito Lapid		Independent	2	2016	Majority	Porac, Pampanga
Loren Legarda		NPC	2	2019	Majority	Malabon
Bongbong Marcos		Nacionalista	1	2016	Majority	Batac, Ilocos Norte
Serge Osmeña		Independent	1	2016	Majority	Makati
Koko Pimentel		PDP–Laban	1	2019	Majority	Cagayan de Oro
Grace Poe		Independent	1	2019	Majority	San Juan
Juan Ponce Enrile[b]		PMP	2	2016	Minority	Aparri, Cagayan
Ralph Recto		Liberal	1	2016	Majority	Lipa, Batangas
Bong Revilla[c]		Lakas	2	2016	Majority	Imus, Cavite
Tito Sotto		NPC	1	2016	Majority	Quezon City
Antonio Trillanes		Nacionalista	2	2019	Majority	Caloocan
Cynthia Villar		Nacionalista	1	2019	Minority	Las Piñas

Current composition

Per party Party Majority Minority Total % Nacionalista 5 0 5 21% UNA 0 5 5 21% Liberal 4 0 4 17% NPC 1 1 2 8% Lakas 1 0 1 4% LDP 1 0 1 4% PDP–Laban 1 0 1 4% PRP 1 0 1 4% Independent 4 0 4 16% Total 18 6 24 100%

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.

Sixteenth Congress representation map of the Philippines

Province/City	District	Representative	Party		Term	Bloc
Abra	Lone	Joy Bernos		Liberal	2	Majority
Agusan del Norte	1st	Lawrence Fortun		Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Erlpe John Amante		Kusug Agusanon	1	Majority
Agusan del Sur	1st	Maria Valentina Plaza		NUP	2	Majority
	2nd	Evelyn Plaza-Mellana		NUP	2	Majority
Aklan	Lone	Teodorico Haresco Jr.		Independent	2	Majority
Albay	1st	Edcel Greco Lagman		Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Al Francis Bichara		Nacionalista	3	Majority
	3rd	Fernando Gonzalez		Liberal	2	Majority
Antipolo	1st	Roberto Puno		NUP	3	Majority
	2nd	Romeo Acop		Liberal	2	Majority
Antique	Lone	Paolo Everardo 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	Hadjiman Hataman Salliman		Liberal	2	Majority
Bataan	1st	Herminia Roman		Liberal	3	Majority
	2nd	Tet Garcia[d]		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	Sonny 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 C. Yap		NPC	1	Majority
Bukidnon	1st	Maria Lourdes Acosta-Alba		Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Florencio Flores Jr.		Nacionalista	2	Minority
	3rd	Jose Zubiri III		Liberal	3	Majority
	4th	Rogelio Neil Roque		NPC	1	Majority
Bulacan	1st	Victoria Sy-Alvarado		NUP	3	Majority
	2nd	Gavini 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	2	Majority
	3rd	Randolph Ting		NUP	2	Majority
Cagayan de Oro	1st	Rolando Uy		Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Rufus Rodriguez		CDP	3	Majority
Caloocan	1st	Enrico Echiverri		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Edgar Erice		Liberal	1	Majority
Camarines Norte	1st	Cathy Barcelona-Reyes		NUP	1	Majority
	2nd	Elmer Panotes[e]		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
	2nd	Fredenil Castro		NUP	1	Majority
Catanduanes	Lone	Cesar Sarmiento		Liberal	2	Majority
Cavite	1st	Francis Gerald 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	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	Majority
	4th	Benhur Salimbangon		NUP	2	Majority
	5th	Ace Durano		Liberal	1	Majority
	6th	Luigi Quisumbing		Liberal	2	Majority
Cebu City	1st	Raul del Mar		Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Rodrigo Abellanosa		Liberal	1	Majority
Compostela Valley	1st	Maria Carmen Zamora		Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd	Rommel Amatong		Aksyon	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	Antonio Rafael del Rosario		Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd	Antonio Lagdameo Jr.		NUP	3	Majority
Davao del Sur	1st	Mercedes Cagas		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	2nd	Franklin Bautista		Liberal	3	Majority
Davao Oriental	1st	Nelson Dayanghirang		Nacionalista	3	Majority
	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	JC 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
	2nd	Imelda Marcos		KBL	2	Independent minority
Ilocos Sur	1st	Ronald Singson		Lakas	3	Majority
	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	Anna 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
	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	Benjamin Agarao Jr.		Liberal	1	Majority
Lanao del Norte	1st	Imelda Dimaporo		NPC	2	Independent minority
	2nd	Abdullah Dimaporo		NPC	1	Independent minority
Lanao del Sur	1st	Ansaruddin Alonto Adiong		Liberal	1	Majority
	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 Jr.		Liberal	3	Majority
	4th	Lucy Torres-Gomez		Liberal	1	Majority
	5th	Jose Carlos Cari		Liberal	2	Majority
Maguindanao	1st	Bai Sandra Sema		Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd	Zajid Mangudadatu		Liberal	1	Majority
Makati	1st	Monique Lagdameo		UNA	2	Majority
	2nd	Abigail 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	2	Majority
	3rd	Zenaida Angping		NPC	3	Majority
	4th	Trisha Bonoan-David		Lakas	3	Majority
	5th	Amado Bagatsing		NUP	3	Majority
	6th	Rosenda Ann Ocampo		Liberal	2	Majority
Marikina	1st	Marcelino Teodoro		Liberal	3	Majority
	2nd	Miro Quimbo		Liberal	2	Majority
Marinduque	Lone	Regina Reyes Mandanas[f]		Liberal	1	Majority
		Lord Allan Velasco[g]		NUP	0	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
	2nd	Henry Oaminal		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Misamis Oriental	1st	Peter Unabia		Liberal	2	Majority
	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	2	Independent
Negros Occidental	1st	Julio Ledesma IV		NPC	3	Majority
	2nd	Leo Rafael Cueva		NUP	1	Independent minority
	3rd	Alfredo Benitez		Liberal	2	Majority
	4th	Jeffrey Ferrer		NUP	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[h]		Nacionalista	1	Majority
		Raul Daza[i]		Liberal	0	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
	2nd	Reynaldo Umali		Liberal	2	Majority
Palawan	1st	Franz Alvarez		NUP	1	Majority
	2nd	Frederick Abueg		NUP	1	Majority
	3rd	Douglas Hagedorn		NPC	1	Majority
Pampanga	1st	Yeng Guiao		NUP	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	Carmen Cojuangco		NPC	2	Majority
	6th	Marlyn Primicias-Agabas		NPC	2	Majority
Parañaque	1st	Eric Olivarez		Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Gustavo Tambunting		UNA	1	Majority
Pasay	Lone	Imelda Calixto-Rubiano		Liberal	2	Majority
Pasig	Lone	Roman Romulo		Liberal	3	Majority
Quezon	1st	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 Calalay		Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Winston Castelo		Liberal	2	Majority
	3rd	Jorge Banal Jr.		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 Duavit		NPC	2	Majority
	2nd	Isidro Rodriguez Jr.		NPC	2	Majority
Romblon	Lone	Eleandro Jesus Madrona		Nacionalista	3	Majority
Samar	1st	Mel Senen Sarmiento[j]		Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd	Milagrosa Tan		NPC	2	Majority
San Jose del Monte	Lone	Arthur Robes		Liberal	3	Majority
San Juan	Lone	Ronaldo Zamora		UNA	1	Minority
Sarangani	Lone	Manny Pacquiao		UNA	1	Majority
Siquijor	Lone	Marie Anne Pernes		Liberal	1	Majority
Sorsogon	1st	Evelina Escudero		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Deogracias Ramos Jr.		Liberal	2	Majority
South Cotabato	1st	Pedro Acharon Jr.		Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd	Ferdinand Hernandez		NPC	1	Majority
Southern Leyte	Lone	Damian Mercado		NUP	1	Majority
Sultan Kudarat	1st	Raden Sakaluran		Independent	2	Majority
	2nd	Arnulfo Go		NUP	3	Majority
Sulu	1st	Tupay Loong		NUP	2	Majority
	2nd	Maryam Arbison		Liberal	1	Majority
Surigao del Norte	1st	Francisco Matugas		Liberal	3	Majority
	2nd	Guillermo Romarate Jr.		Liberal	3	Majority
Surigao del Sur	1st	Philip Pichay[k]		Lakas	3	Independent minority
		Mary Elizabeth Ty-Delgado[l]		Liberal	0	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	Henry Cojuangco[m]		NPC	2	Majority
	2nd	Susan Yap		NPC	2	Majority
	3rd	Noel Villanueva		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Ruby Sahali		Liberal	1	Majority
Valenzuela	1st	Win Gatchalian		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Magi Gunigundo		Liberal	3	Majority
Zambales	1st	Jeffrey Khonghun		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Cheryl Deloso-Montalla		Liberal	1	Majority
Zamboanga City	1st	Celso Lobregat		LDP	1	Majority
	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
	2nd	Aurora E. Cerilles		NUP	2	Majority
Zamboanga Sibugay	1st	Belma Cabilao		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	2nd	Dulce Ann Hofer		Liberal	1	Majority
Party-list		Silvestre Bello III		1-BAP	1	Minority
		Edgardo Masongsong		1-CARE	1	Majority
		Michael Angelo Rivera		1-CARE	2	Majority
		Erlinda Santiago		1-SAGIP	1	Majority
		Mariano Piamonte Jr.		A TEACHER	3	Majority
		Julieta Cortuna		A TEACHER	2	Majority
		Sharon Garin		AAMBIS-Owa	2	Majority
		Jonathan dela Cruz		ABAKADA	1	Independent minority
		Maximo Rodriguez Jr.		ABAMIN	2	Majority
		Joseph Stephen Paduano		Abang Lingkod	1	Majority
		Conrado Estrella III		Abono	1	Majority
		Francisco Ortega III		Abono	2	Majority
		Catalina Leonen-Pizarro		ABS	2	Majority
		Antonio Tinio		ACT Teachers	2	Minority
		Samuel Pagdilao		ACT-CIS	1	Majority
		Nicanor Briones		AGAP	3	Majority
		Rico Geron		AGAP	1	Majority
		Patricio Antonio		Agbiag	2	Majority
		Delphine Gan Lee		AGRI	1	Majority
		Christopher Co		AKB	2	Majority
		Rodel Batocabe		AKB	2	Majority
		Walden Bello[n]		Akbayan	2	Majority
		Barry Gutierrez		Akbayan	1	Majority
		Angelina Katoh[o]		Akbayan	0	Majority
		Wes Gatchalian		Alay Buhay	2	Majority
		Lorna Velasco		AMA	1	Majority
		Sitti Djalia Hataman		AMIN	1	Majority
		Neil Benedict Montejo		An Waray	2	Majority
		Victoria Isabel Noel		An Waray	1	Majority
		Jose Panganiban Jr.		ANAC-IP	1	Majority
		Fernando Hicap		Anakpawis	1	Minority
		Leah Paquiz		Ang Nars	1	Minority
		Jesulito Manalo		Angkla	1	Majority
		Pablo Nava III		Append	1	Majority
		Eulogio Magsaysay		AVE	2	Majority
		Neri Colmenares		Bayan Muna	2	Minority
		Carlos Isagani Zarate		Bayan Muna	1	Minority
		Mike Velarde Jr.		Buhay	3	Majority
		Lito Atienza		Buhay	1	Independent minority
		Irwin Tieng		Buhay	3	Majority
		Agapito Guanlao		Butil	2	Majority
		Sherwin Tugna		CIBAC	2	Majority
		Cinchona Cruz-Gonzales		CIBAC	3	Majority
		Cresente Paez		Coop-NATCCO	2	Majority
		Antonio Bravo		Coop-NATCCO	1	Majority
		Emmeline Aglipay-Villar		DIWA	2	Majority
		Luzviminda Ilagan		Gabriela	3	Minority
		Emmi de Jesus		Gabriela	2	Minority
		Terry Ridon		Kabataan	1	Minority
		Abigail Faye Ferriol		Kalinga	2	Majority
		Arnel Ty		LPGMA	2	Minority
		Gary Alejano		Magdalo	1	Majority
		Francisco Ashley Acedillo		Magdalo	1	Majority
		Roy Señeres[p]		OFW	1	Majority
		Johnny Revilla		OFW	1	Majority
		Raymond Mendoza[q]		TUCP	0	Majority
		Carol Jane Lopez		YACAP	3	Minority

Current composition

Current party standing. Party list seats are denoted by black and gray boxes to the left; Metro Manila seats are magnified on the inset at the right.

Per party

Party		Majority	Ind. & Ind. minority	Minority	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
	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)

Senate committees

Main article: List of Philippine Senate committees

House of Representatives committees

Main article: List of Philippine House of Representatives committees

Legislation

Laws passed by the 16th Congress:

Main article: Laws of the 16th Congress of the Philippines

Notes

1. Jinggoy Estrada was detained on June 23, 2014 on plunder charges related to the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam.
2. Juan Ponce Enrile was detained on July 3, 2014 on plunder charges related to the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam.
3. Bong Revilla was detained on June 20, 2014 on plunder charges related to the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam.
4. Tet Garcia died on June 13, 2016.^[1]
5. Elmer Panotes died on September 16, 2015.^[2]
6. Regina Reyes Mandanas' election was annulled on January 12, 2016, due to American citizenship and lack of residency.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}
7. Lord Allan Velasco won an electoral protest on January 12, 2016, replacing Regina Reyes Mandanas. Velasco took office on February 1, 2016.
8. Harlin Abayon's election was annulled on February 3, 2016 after an electoral protest on claims of electoral fraud. Abayon was reinstated by the Supreme Court on May 3, 2016, but his reinstatement was not implemented.^[8][9][10]
9. Raul Daza won an electoral protest on February 3, 2016, replacing Harlin Abayon. Daza took office on May 23, 2016.
10. Mel Senen Sarmiento resigned on September 12, 2015, upon appointment as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government.^[11]
11. Philip Pichay was disqualified on January 26, 2016, by the Supreme Court due to his libel conviction.^[12][8][9]
12. Mary Elizabeth Ty-Delgado won an electoral protest on January 26, 2016, replacing Philip Pichay. Ty-Delgado took office on May 23, 2016.
13. Henry Cojuangco died on May 12, 2015.^[13]
14. Walden Bello resigned on March 19, 2015.
15. Angelina Katoh took office on May 13, 2015, succeeding Walden Bello.
16. Roy Señeres died on February 8, 2016.
17. Raymond Mendoza took office on July 30, 2013.^[14]