List of political parties in the Philippines

Evolution of political parties.

There are many and diverse political parties in the Philippines. Most party membership consists primarily of political figures and leaders, with little or no grassroots membership.

The Philippines has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments for political expediency and convenience. Since no political parties have sustaining membership to which party leaders are developed, most of the political parties have the rise-and-fall-and-rise character.

There are three types of parties in the Philippines. These are: (a) major parties, which typically correspond to traditional political parties; (b) minor parties or party-list organizations, which rely on the party-list system to win Congressional seats; and (c) regional or provincial parties, which correspond to region-wide or province-wide organizations, respectively.

National parties in office

Major parties

The Commission on Elections identified three types of national parties for the 2016 general election:

1. Dominant majority party (Liberal Party)
2. Dominant minority party (United Nationalist Alliance)
3. Ten major parties

The twelve parties are listed below:^[1][2][3][4]

Philippine name	English name	Abbr. and colour	Leader	Founded	Ideology	International	Seats in the lower house	Seats in the upper house	Notes
Aksyon Demokratiko	Democratic Action	Aksyon	Lorna Kapunan	1997	Social liberalism	none	1 / 292	0 / 24	Allied with the Liberal Party
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	New Society Movement	KBL	Larry Gadon	1978	National conservatism	none	1 / 292	0 / 24	Offshoot of the Nacionalista Party
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats	People Power-Christian Muslim Democrats	Lakas	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	1991 (original), 2008 (current)	Christian right	Centrist Democrat International	14 / 292	1 / 24	Formerly known as Lakas Kampi CMD; merged from original Lakas–CMD and KAMPI
Liberal Party		LP	Benigno Aquino III	1946	Social liberalism	Liberal International, Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats	110 / 292	4 / 24	Originally part of the Nacionalista Party; member of the Aquino-Laurel UNIDO (1986)
Nacionalista Party	Nationalist Party	NP	Cynthia Villar	1903	Filipino nationalism	none	21 / 292	5 / 24	Oldest political party in the Philippines
Nationalist People's Coalition		NPC	Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr.	1991	Social conservatism	none	38 / 292	2 / 24	Offshoot of the Nacionalista Party; formerly known as Partido Pilipino
National Unity Party		NUP	Elpidio Barzaga	2011	Christian democracy	none	27 / 292	0 / 24	Offshoot of the Lakas Kampi CMD
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan	Philippine Democratic Party-People's Power	PDP Laban	Aquilino Pimentel III	1982	Left-wing populism	none	0 / 292	1 / 24	Former member of Corazon Aquino's UNIDO (1986)
People's Reform Party		PRP	Miriam Defensor Santiago	1991	Reformism	none	0 / 292	1 / 24
United Nationalist Alliance		UNA	Toby Tiangco	2012 (coalition), 2015 (party)	Compassionate conservatism	none	8 / 292	5 / 24	Formerly an electoral alliance of the PMP and the PDP-Laban

Parties represented in Congress

Philippine name	English name	Abbr. and colour	Leader	Founded	Ideology	International	Seats in the lower house	Seats in the upper house	Notes
Akbayan	Citizens' Action Party	Akbayan	Risa Hontiveros	1998	Social democracy	Progressive Alliance	2 / 292	0 / 24	Allied with the Liberal Party
Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines		CDP	Rufus Rodriguez	2012	Centrism	none	1 / 292	0 / 24	Offshoot of Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	Struggle of Democratic Filipinos	LDP	Sonny Angara	1998	Liberal conservatism	Centrist Democrat International	2 / 292	1 / 24	Former member of Corazon Aquino's UNIDO (1986)
Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan	Patriotic Alliance for the People	Makabayan	Satur Ocampo	2009	Filipino communism	International Newsletter	7 / 292	0 / 24	Offshoot of the Communist Party of the Philippines
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino		PMP	Joseph Estrada	1991	Welfare state	none	0 / 292	0 / 24

Party-lists represented in Congress

These parties won more than 2% of the vote. For the complete list, see Philippine House of Representatives party-list election, 2013.

Philippine name	English translation	Abbr. and colour	#1 nominee	Ideology/sector	Seats in the lower house (PL only)	Notes
1st Consumers Alliance for Rural Energy		1-CARE	Edgardo Masongsong	Energy sector	2 / 98
Abono	Fertilizer	Abono	Conrado Estrella III	Farmer's rights	2 / 58
Advocacy for Teacher Empowerment Through Action, Cooperation and Harmony Towards Educational Reforms		A TEACHER	Mariano Piamonte, Jr.	Education reform	2 / 58
Agricultural Sector Alliance of the Philippines		AGAP	Nicanor Miral Briones	Land reform	2 / 58
Ako Bicol Political Party	I am Bicol Political Party	AKB	Christopher Co or Emilio Ubaldo, Jr.	Bicolano ethnic interests	2 / 58
An Waray	The Waray [people]	An Waray	Neil Benedict Montejo	Waray ethnic interests	2 / 58
Bayan Muna	Nation First	Bayan Muna	Neri Colmenares	Left-wing nationalism	2 / 58	Member of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan
Buhay Hayaan Yumabong	Let Life Prosper	Buhay	Michael Velarde, Jr.	Pro-life	3 / 58
Citizens' Battle Against Corruption		CIBAC	Sherwin Tugna or Luis Lokin, Jr.	Anti-Corruption	2 / 58
Cooperative NATCCO Network Party		Coop-NATCCO	Cresente Paez	Cooperative sector	2 / 58
GABRIELA Women's Party		GABRIELA	Luzviminda Ilagan	Marxist feminism	2 / 58	Member of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan
Magdalo para sa Pilipino	Magdalo for the Filipino	Magdalo	Gary Alejano	Filipino nationalism	2 / 58
OFW Family Club		OFW Family or OFWFC	Roy Señeres	OFW rights	2 / 58

Other national parties

These are the other national parties that contested the 2013 elections. COMELEC classifies "national" parties as parties that are not restricted to one locality (province/district/city/municipality).

Philippine name	English name	Abbr. and colour	Leader	Ideology	Notes
Ang Kapatiran	The Brotherhood or Alliance for the Common Good	KPTRAN	Reynaldo Pacheco	Christian Democracy
Democratic Party of the Philippines		DPP	Baldomero Falcone	Popular democracy
Bagumbayan-Volunteers for a New Philippines	New Nation-Volunteers for a New Philippines	Bagumbayan or B-VNP	Richard Gordon	Voluntarism	Party with members that ran under the UNA banner
Bangon Pilipinas Party	Rise Up Philippines Party	BP	Perfecto Yasay	Christian democracy
Social Justice Society		SJS	Samson Alcantara	Conservatism
Ladlad	Coming out or LGBT Party	Ladlad	Danton Remoto	LGBT rights
Partido Lakas ng Masa	Party of the Laboring Masses	PLM	Sonny Melencio	Socialism
Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka	Workers' and Farmers' Party	PMM	Hermogenes Ebdane	Labor movement
Sanlakas		Sanlakas	Fr. Max Abalos, SVD	Progressivism

Other parties

Philippine name	English name	Abbr. and colour	Leader	Ideology	Notes
Probinsya Muna Development Initiative	Provinces First Development Initiative	PROMDI	Archilles Canete	Grassroots democracy
Alliance for Barangay Concerns		ABC	James Marty Lim
Asenso Pilipino Party		APP	Manny Villar
Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino	Society of Democratic Filipinos	KDP	Antonio A.S. Valdez
Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago	Movement for National Renewal	Bago	Eduardo Bondoc
Laban para sa Kapayapaan, Katarungan at Kaunlaran	Struggle for Peace, Progress and Justice	KKK	Rafaelito Garayblas
National Alliance for Democracy		NAD	Joel Pontillas
Organized Support for the Movement to Enhance the National Agenda		OSMEÑA	John Henry Osmeña
Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas	Philippine Democratic Socialist Party	PDSP	Norberto Gonzales	Democratic Socialism
Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas	Nationalist Party of the Philippines	PNP	Susan Ople
Partido ng Demokratikong Reporma	Party for Democratic Reform	PDR	Renato de Villa
Philippine Green Republican Party		PGRP	Felix Cantal	Green
Rizalist Party		Rizalist	Gregorio Maunahan
United Bangsamoro Justice Party		UBJP	Murad Ibrahim	Moro self-determinism	Part of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front

Local parties

Name	Abbr.	Location	Leader	Notes
Buklod Capampangan		Pampanga and Angeles	Estelito Mendoza
Bileg Ti La Union		La Union	Joaquin Ortega
Christian Muslim Independent Party		Zamboanga del Norte	Tiburcio Pasquil
Move Makati		Makati	Romulo de Guzman
Lapiang Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija	BALANE	Nueva Ecija	Tomas Joson	affiliated with Nationalist People's Coalition
Partido Magdalo		Cavite	Victor Remulla	affiliated with Nacionalista Party
Malay Democrats of the Philippines	MDP	Quezon City	Bayan Dela Cruz
Bicol Saro		Bicol Region	Ma. Corazon Imperial
Kabalikat ng Bayan sa Kaunlaran	KABAKA	Manila's 5th and 6th congressional districts	Carlito Guang	supports Lito Atienza
Panaghuisa		Cebu and Cebu City	John Osmeña
Paglaum Sang Banwa		Negros Occidental	Alfredo Montelibano, Jr.
Sarangani Reconciliation and Reformation Organization	SARRO	Sarangani	Estelito Mendoza	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
Kusog Han Eastern Samar		Eastern Samar	Jaime Opinion
Philippine Christian Nationalist Party		Quezon City	Andres Genito
Retailers Party		Manila's 3rd congressional district	Estelito Mendoza
Islamic Party of the Philippines		Mindanao	Ebrahim Abdurrahman
Forward with Vitality for Reforms-Sigaw ng Kabite	FVR	Cavite	Franco Loyola
Liping Kalookan		Caloocan	Macario Asistio	formerly Grand Kalookan Coalition
People's Progressive Alliance for Peace and Good Government Towards Alleviation of Poverty and Social Advancement	Partido PAGASA	Western Visayas	Rene Juaneza
Lingap Lugud Capampangan Party		Pampanga	Lito Lapid	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
Bileg Ti Agkaykaysa nga Ilokano Party	BIAG	Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region	Joey Alangwawi
Pinag-isang Lakas Tungo sa Pagbabako	PINATUBO	Zambales and Olongapo	Philip Camara
Democratic Alliance of Mindanaoans for Good Government	DAMAGO	Davao Region and SOCCSKSARGEN	Fernando Toquillo
Pusyon Pilipino		Central Visayas	Casimiro Madarang, Jr.
Abante Anak Bisaya		Central Visayas	Geraldo Carillo
Muslim Reform Party	MRP	Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur	Kamar Mindalano
Katipunan ng Bagong Caloocan	KABACA	Caloocan	Gwendolyn Emnace
Ummah Party		Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur and Iligan	Geraldo Carillo
Bileg Ti Ilocano	BILEG	Ilocos Sur	Luis Singson
United Negros Alliance	UNA	Negros Occidental	Alfredo Marañon, Jr.	affiliated with Nationalist People's Coalition
Quezon Nationalist Democratic Party		Quezon and Lucena	Bienvenido Marquez, Jr.
Sama Sama Tarlac		Tarlac	Candido Guiam
Kasangga ng Bayan, Tao, Kalikasan at Kaunlaran	KABATAK	Parañaque	Joey Marquez
Democratic Alliance	DA	Central Luzon	Romeo Taruc
Barog Alang sa Kausawagan ug Demokrasya	BAKUD	Cebu's 5th congressional district	Ramon Durano III
Alayon Alang sa Kalambu-an ng Kalinaw	ALAYON	Central Visayas	John Osmeňa
Compostela Valley Rainbow Alliance	CORAL	Compostela Valley	Rogelio Sarmiento
Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	KDT	Taguig	Dante Tinga	affiliated with Liberal Party
Katig-buan Nortehanon		Northern Samar	Emil Ong
Cotabato United People's Movement		Cotabato	Emmanuel Piñol
Partido Pundok Biliranon		Biliran	Danilo Parilla
Pangkat Laguna		Laguna	Marito Mendoza
Partido Tapat		Taguig and Pateros	Edmundo de Borja	also known as Taguig-Pateros Action Team
Catanduanes Alliance for Reform and Democracy	CARD	Catanduanes	Dexter Francisco
People's Alliance Development of Romblon	PADER	Romblon	Natalio Beltran, Jr.
Aton Tamdon Utod Negros-anon	ATUN	Negros Occidental	Rafael Coscolluela
Kusi Uswag Sugbu	KUSUG	Cebu City	Alvin Garcia
People's Consultative (Mushawara) Party		Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Lanao del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur	Basher Caluato Edris
Caloocan Team for Action and Progress	CATAPAT	Caloocan	Bonifacio Alis
Partido Batangueño		Batangas	Franklin Tabaquin, Jr.
Ugyon		Visayas	Franklin Drilon	affiliated with Liberal Party
Partido del Pilar		Bulacan	Manuel G. Roxas	affiliated with Liberal Party
Nagkakaisang Partido ng mga Kapampangan		Pampanga	Zenaide Ducut
Partido Navoteño	NAVOTENO	Navotas	Toby Tiangco	Affiliated with Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino and United Nationalist Alliance
Partido Dimasalang		Laguna	Teresita Lazaro	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
Timawa		Iloilo City	Rona Anape-Ganzon	affiliated with United Nationalist Alliance
Lanao People's Party		Lanao del Sur	Casan Macabanding
Reform Caloocan Party		Caloocan	Russel Ramirez
United Guardians Party	UGP	Western Visayas and Central Visayas	Clodualdo P. Dedicatoria
Siap Party		Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao	Aleem Abdul Matabalo Amerol
Economic Development and Social Advancement	EDSA	Central Visayas	Melchor Cubillo
Biskeg na Pangasinan Party	BISKEG	Pangasinan	Oscar Lambino	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
Padajon Surigao	PS	Surigao del Norte	Francisco Matugas	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
United Citizens of Caloocan Party	UCCP	Caloocan	Nilo Divina
Alliance of Bicolnon Party	ABP-BICOLNON	Bicol Region	Enrique Olonan
People's Champ Movement	PCM	General Santos and Sarangani	Manny Pacquiao	affiliated with United Nationalist Alliance
Ako Bicol Political Party	AKB	Bicol Region	Elizalde Co
Unang Sigaw-Partido ng Pagbabago	USPP	Nueva Ecija	Aurelio Umali	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
Partido Magdiwang		San Juan	Joseph Victor Ejercito	affiliated with Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino
Democracy of the Independent Liberal Conservative Party	DILC	Liloan, Cebu	Vincent Frasco
Partido Pagbabago ng Palawan	PPP	Palawan	Jose Alvarez	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
Kalapian ng mga Kaibigan ng Kaunlaran-Bayan ng Hagonoy	LAPIANG K	Hagonoy, Bulacan	Angel Cruz, Jr.
Sulong Palawan Party	SPP	Palawan and Puerto Princesa	Vincent Dennis Socrates
Ugyon Kita Capiz	UK CAPIZ	Capiz	Frenedil Castro	affiliated with United Nationalist Alliance
Democratic Tabula Tua		Cagayan	Delfin Telan Ting	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
Citizens Call for Action Party of Zamboanga City	CCA	Zamboanga City	Susan de los Reyes
Mindoro Sandugo Para sa Kaunlaran	SANDUGO	Oriental Mindoro	Agustin Cusi
One Cebu	1-CEBU	Cebu	Gwendolyn Garcia	affiliated with National Unity Party
Adelante Zamboanga Party	AZAP	Zamboanga City	Jose Lobregat
Aksyon Magsasaka-Partido ng Tinig ng Masa	AKMA-PTM	SOCCSKSARGEN	Ali Sangki
Lingkod Bayan-Sulong Taguig Coalition	LINGKOD TAGUIG	Taguig	Angelito Reyes
Partido Bagong San Pablo		San Pablo, Laguna	Arsenio Escuderro, Jr.
Kapanalig at Kambilan Ning Memalen Pampanga	KAMBILAN	Pampanga	Rosve Henson
Partido Malolenyo	PM	Malolos, Bulacan	Carolina Mangawang
Asenso Manileño Movement	AMM	Manila	Danilo Lacuna	affiliated with Nacionalista Party and Liberal Party, coalition partner with Kapayapaan, Kaunlaran at Katarungan
Achievers with Integrity Movement	AIM	South Cotabato	Adelbert Antonino
Partido Balikatan ng Bataan	BALIKATAN	Bataan	Enrique Garcia, Jr.
Kapayapaan, Kaunlaran at Katarungan	KKK	Manila	Alfredo Lim	affiliated with Liberal Party, coalition partner with Asenso Manileño Movement
Sulong Zambales Party	SZP	Zambales	Hermogenes Ebdane (Chairman) Jun Omar Ebdane (President)
Bando Osmeña - Pundok Kauswagan	BOPK	Cebu	Tomas Osmeña	affiliated with Liberal Party
Padayon Pilipino	PDP	Cagayan de Oro	Vicene Emano	affiliated with Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino
Partido ABE Kapampangan	PAK, ABE	Angeles City, Pampanga	Edgardo Pamintuan (chairman) Alex Cauguiran (president)	Founded March 28, 2012. [5]
Partido ng Masang Batangueno	PMB	Batangas	Nicanor Briones

Not registered with the government

These are the national parties are not registered at the Commission on Elections:

Name	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Position	Notes
Philippine Libertarian Party	PHILIPA	Julius Apud (interim chairman, Technical Working Group)	Libertarianism	Libertarian	Emergent political party representing the local liberty movement; formerly an unregistered party list representing traders, innovators, and technologists for industrial modernization
Communist Party of the Philippines	CPP	Jose Maria Sison	Maoism	Far-left	Offshoot of the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930
Lakas Partido Komunista	LPK	Ban James Lumacad/John Wendell Lagazo/Jefferson Magbutay	Socialist	Far-left	Separate Youth Entity
Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930 Philippine Communist Party)	PKP-1930	Antonio Paris	Communism	Far-left	Established as Comintern Philippine branch
Marxist-Leninist Party of the Philippines (Marxista-Leninistang Partido ng Pilipinas)	MLPP	Caridad Magpantay	Communism	Far-left	Breakaway faction from the Communist Party of the Philippines established in 1997
Partido ng Manggagawang Pilipino - Pinagsanib (Filipino Workers Party)	PMP-Pinagsanib	Patricio Ramirez	Communism	Far-left	Breakaway faction from the Communist Party of the Philippines established in 2001
Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagagawa - Pilipinas (Revolutionary Workers' Party of the Philippines)	RPM-P	Arturo Tabara/Nilo dela Cruz	Communism	Far-left	Breakaway faction from the Communist Party of the Philippines established in 1998

Historical parties/coalitions

Parties

• Democratic Alliance
• Grand Alliance
• Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino
• KALIBAPI
• Lapiang Malaya
• Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats
• Nationalist Citizens' Party
  • Citizens' Party
• Progresista Party
• Progressive Party
  • Party for Philippine Progress
• Sakdalista
  • Ganap Party

Major coalitions

Election year	Administration	Opposition
Ferdinand Marcos (KBL) was the incumbent.
1986	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL)	United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO)
Marcos was declared winner but was overthrown at the People Power Revolution days later. His supporters were forced into opposition.
1987	United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO)	Grand Alliance for Democracy (GAD)
In 1992, UNIDO broke up and the Marcos loyalists coalesced with the other parties. Fidel V. Ramos (Lakas-NUCD) won the presidential election and his supporters became the administration coalition
1995	Lakas-Laban Coalition	Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC)
1998	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP)
In 2001, Joseph Estrada was overthrown at the 2001 EDSA Revolution; his supporters were forced into opposition.
2001	People Power Coalition (PPC)	Puwersa ng Masa (PnM)
2004	Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4)	Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP)
2007	TEAM Unity	Genuine Opposition (GO)
In 2010, the anti-Arroyo forces were split into different parties: Aquino defeated Estrada and eight others to lead the government under the Liberal Party.
2010	Lakas Kampi CMD	Liberal Party (LP) Nacionalista Party (NP) Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP)
In 2013, the main opposition party Lakas-CMD (formerly as Lakas-Kampi CMD), was weakened following the arrest of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, thus the Estrada-Binay group established the United Nationalist Alliance as the main opposition party.
2013	Team PNoy	United Nationalist Alliance (UNA)
2016	Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid (KDM)	United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) Partido ng Galing at Puso (PGP)

See also

• Politics of the Philippines
• List of political parties by country
• Liberalism in the Philippines

References

1. "LP declared as dominant minority (7:57 p.m.)". Sunstar Manila. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
2. http://www.interaksyon.com/article/57489/comelec-declares-lp-una-as-dominant-majority-and-minority-parties
3. [ http://www.mb.com.ph/comelec-declares-dominant-majority-minority-parties/ Comelec declares dominant majority, minority parties]. Manila Bulletin.
4. Dominant parties: LP, UNA to get more perks, Rappler.
5. COMELEC OKs Partido ABE Kapampangan