List of political parties in the Philippines

Not to be confused with Party-list representatives.

Evolution of political parties.

Political parties in the Philippines are of diverse ideologies and are plentiful in number. Most of these parties do not have actual grassroots membership among ordinary voters but rather that of political figures and leaders.

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 and these are: major parties, who correspond typically to traditional political parties, minor parties or party-list organizations, who rely on the party-list system to win Congressional seats and regional or provincial parties, who corresponds to a region-wide or province-wide organization, respectively.

National parties in office

Major parties

The Commission on Elections identified three types of national parties for the 2013 general election:

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

The six parties are listed below:

Philippine name	English name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	International	Seats in the lower house	Seats in the upper house	Notes
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats	People Power-Christian Muslim Democrats	Lakas	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	2008	Centrist Democrat International	22 / 287	3 / 24	Formerly known as Lakas Kampi CMD; merged from original Lakas–CMD and KAMPI
Liberal Party		LP	Benigno Aquino III and Mar Roxas	1946	Liberal International, Alliance of Democrats, Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats	92 / 287	4 / 24	Originally the Nacionalista Party; member of the Aquino-Laurel UNIDO (1986)
Nacionalista Party	Nationalist Party	NP	Manny Villar	1903	none	18 / 287	5 / 24	Oldest political party in the Philippines
Nationalist People's Coalition		NPC	Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr.	1991	none	43 / 287	2 / 24	Offshoot of the Nacionalista Party; formerly known as Partido Pilipino
National Unity Party		NUP	Pablo P. Garcia	2011	none	30 / 287	0 / 24	Offshoot of the Lakas Kampi CMD
United Nationalist Alliance		UNA	Jejomar Binay, Joseph Estrada and Juan Ponce Enrile	2012	none	11 / 287	3 / 24	Electoral alliance of the PMP and the PDP-Laban

Parties represented in Congress

Philippine name	English name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	International	Seats in the lower house	Seats in the upper house	Notes
Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines		CDP	Rufus Rodriguez	2012	none	1 / 287	0 / 24
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	New Society Movement	KBL	Imelda Marcos	1978	none	1 / 287	0 / 24	Offshoot of the Nacionalista Party
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	Struggle of Democratic Filipinos	LDP	Edgardo Angara	1998	Centrist Democrat International	1 / 287	1 / 24	Former member of Corazon Aquino's UNIDO (1986)
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan	Philippine Democratic Party-People's Power	PDP Laban	Aquilino Pimentel III	none	1982	See UNA	2 / 24	Former member of Corazon Aquino's UNIDO (1986)
Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka	Workers' and Farmers' Party	PMM	Jose Malvar Villegas	1963	none	1 / 287	0 / 24	Formerly Lapiang Manggagawa (LM; Labor Party) and formerly under coalition with Partido Para sa Demokratikong Reporma (Reporma; Party for Democratic Reform)
People's Reform Party		PRP	Miriam Defensor Santiago	1991	none	0 / 287	1 / 24
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	Force of the Filipino Masses	PMP	Joseph Estrada	1991	none	See UNA

Other national parties

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These are the other national parties that contested the 2010 elections. COMELEC classifies "national" parties as parties that are not restricted to one locality (province/district/city/municipality).

Contested the presidential election

These are the national parties that contested the Philippine presidential election, 2010:

Name	Abbr.	Leader	Notes
Bagumbayan-Volunteers for a New Philippines (New Nation-Volunteers for a New Philippines)	Bagumbayan-VNP	Richard Gordon	Offshoot of Lakas Kampi CMD
Bangon Pilipinas Party (Rise Up Philippines Party)	BP	Perfecto Yasay

Contested the Senate election

These are the national parties that contested the Philippine Senate election, 2010:

Name	Abbr.	Leader	Notes
Ang Kapatiran (Alliance for the Common Good)	AKP	Reynaldo Pacheco
Gabaybayan	Gabaybayan	Francisco Tatad	Formerly the Grand Alliance for Democracy.

Contested the House elections

These are the national parties that contested the Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2010:

Name	Abbr.	Leader	Notes
Akbayan Citizens' Action Party	Akbayan	Archilles Canete	Contests the party-list election
Aksyon Demokratiko (Democratic Action)	Akyson	Sonia Roco
Alliance for Nationalism and Democracy	ANAD	Marcelo S. Pelisco	Contests the party-list election
Anakpawis	AP	Rafael V. Mariano	Part of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan umbrella; contests the party-list election
Bayani (Heroism)	Bayani	Guiling A. Mamondiong	Contests the party-list election
Bayan Muna (Nation First)	Bayan Muna	Reynaldo Lesaca	Part of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan umbrella; contests the party-list election
Bigkis Pinoy Movement	Bigkis	Amando D. Ocampo, Jr.	Contests the party-list election
Buhay Hayaan Yumabong (Allow Life to Prosper)	BUHAY	Melquiades Robles	Contests the party-list election
Buklod	Buklod	Benjamin R. Punongbayan
Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (Democratic Socialist Party of the Philippines)	PDSP	Norberto Gonzales
Kasosyo Producer-Consumer Exchange Asso., Inc.	KASOSYO	Jaime B. Tuanquin, Sr.	Contests the party-list election
Sulong Barangay Movement (Forward Barangay Movement)		Francisco Gomez, Jr.	Contests the party-list election

Other parties

Name	Abbr.	Leader	Notes
Abag PROMDI		Archilles Canete
Alliance for Barangay Concerns	ABC	James Marty Lim
Asenso Pilipino Party	APP	Manny Villar
Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines	CDP	Lito Monico Lorenzana Rufus Rodriguez
Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino (Society of Democratic Filipinos)		Antonio A.S. Valdez
Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago (Movement for National Renewal)	Bago	Eduardo Bondoc
Laban para sa Kapayapaan, Katarungan at Kaunlaran	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 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
Rizalist Party	Rizalist	Gregorio Maunahan
Sanlakas party-list	Sanlakas	Fr. Max Abalos, SVD
Social Justice Society	SJS	Samson Alcantara

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	Billy Bibit
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 Liberal Party
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|United Nationalist Alliance
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
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. Affiliated with Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino and United Nationalist Alliance.

Not registered with the government

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

Name	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Position	Notes
Communist Party of the Philippines	CPP	Jose Maria Sison	Maoism	Far-left	Offshoot of the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930
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 - 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
• Grand Alliance for Democracy
• 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
• United Nationalist Democratic Organization

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 was 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)-led coalition
1998	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP, Struggle of Patriotic Filipino Masses)
In 2001, Joseph Estrada was overthrown at the 2001 EDSA Revolution; his supporters was forced into opposition.
2001	People Power Coalition (PPC)	Puwersa ng Masa (PnM, Force of the Masses)
2004	Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow)	Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP, Coalition of United Filipinos)
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.
In 2013, the main opposition party Lakas-CMD (formerly as Lakas-Kampi CMD), has been weaken due to the arrest of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, thus the Estrada-Binay group established the United Nationalist Alliance as the main opposition party.
2013	Team PNoy (Liberal Coalition)	United Nationalist Alliance

See also

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