[3] The district consists of the city of Ormoc and adjacent municipalities of Albuera, Isabel, Kananga, Matag-ob, Merida and Palompon since 1987.

It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Richard Gomez of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP).

[4][5] Until 1931, the district consisted of the northeastern municipalities of Alangalang, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, and Tolosa.

[6] MacArthur, Mahaplag, and Mayorga were later established after the district's re-creation in 1945.

Following the creation of Southern Leyte in 1959, these areas under this district were reapportioned to the first district, and the district was redefined to consist of the city of Ormoc and the western municipalities of Albuera, Bato, Baybay, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Kananga, and Matalom, all previously from the second district, from 1961 until its second dissolution in 1972.