 Makati was still a municipality then, first gained separate representation in 1984, when it returned one representative to the Regular Batasang Pambansa.The municipality continued to constitute a separate congressional district under the new Constitution proclaimed on February 11, 1987; it elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.Upon its cityhood, Makati was divided into two congressional districts by virtue of Section 52 of Republic Act No.