List of political parties in the Philippines

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.

Evolution of political parties.

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,[1][2] 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

There are two major coalitions for the upcoming 2019 Philippine general election:[3]

1. PDP–Laban, the ruling party, leads the Coalition for Change. Most of the coalition's members are also part of the Hugpong ng Pagbabago.
2. Liberal Party leads the Oposisyon Koalisyon, together with Akbayan and Aksyon Demokratiko, which will serve as the opposition bloc.

Five major parties are listed below:[4]

Philippine name	English name	Abbreviation and color	Leader	Founded	Ideology	International	Status	Seats in the lower house	Seats in the upper house
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan	Philippine Democratic Party-People's Power	PDP-Laban	Aquilino Pimentel III	1983	Democratic socialism[5][6]	none	In government	65 / 304	5 / 24
Nacionalista Party	Nationalist Party	NP	Manuel Villar, Jr.	1907	Conservatism[7][8]	none	In coalition	42 / 304	4 / 24
Nationalist People's Coalition		NPC	Giorgidi B. Aggabao	1992	Liberal conservatism	none	In coalition	35 / 304	3 / 24
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats	Power-Christian Muslim Democrats	Lakas–CMD	Ferdinand Romualdez	2008	Christian democracy[9][10]	CDI	In coalition	17 / 304	1 / 24
Partido Liberal	Liberal Party	LP	Francis Pangilinan	1946	Liberalism[11]	LI, CALD	In opposition	17 / 304	3 / 24

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
National Unity Party		NUP	Elpidio Barzaga Jr.	2011	Social conservatism	none	45 / 304	0 / 24
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	Fight of Democratic Filipinos	LDP	Sonny Angara	1988	Fiscal conservatism	CDI	2 / 304	1 / 24
Akbayan	Citizens' Action Party	Akbayan	Risa Hontiveros	1998	Progressivism	PA	0 / 304	1 / 24
United Nationalist Alliance		UNA	Gregorio Honasan	2012	Right libertarianism	none	0 / 304	1 / 24
Bagumbayan-Volunteers for a New Philippines	New Nation-Volunteers for a New Philippines	Bagumbayan-VNP	Richard Gordon	2009	Voluntarism	none	0 / 304	1 / 24
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas	Federal Party of the Philippines	PFP	Jesus Hinlo Jr.	2018	Federalism	none	5 / 304	0 / 24
Aksyon Demokratiko	Democratic Action	Aksyon	Vico Sotto	1997	Social democracy	none	1 / 304	0 / 24
Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines		CDP	Rufus Rodriguez	2010	Centrism	none	1 / 304	0 / 24
People's Reform Party		PRP	Narciso Santiago Jr.	1991	Reformism	none	1 / 304	0 / 24
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	Force of the Filipino Masses	PMP	Joseph Estrada	1991	Populism	none	1 / 304	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 election, 2019 (party-list).

Philippine name	English translation	Abbr. and color	Ideology/sector	Seats in the lower house (PL only)
Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support Partylist		ACT-CIS	Counterterrorism	3 / 59
Bayan Muna		Bayan Muna	Democratic socialism	3 / 59
Ako Bicol Political Party	I am Bicol Political Party	AKB	Bicolano ethnic interests	2 / 59
One Patriotic Coalition of Marginalized Nationals		1-PACMAN	Filipino nationalism	2 / 59

Other national parties

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
Alliance for Barangay Concerns		ABC	James Marty Lim
Ang Kapatiran	The Brotherhood or Alliance for the Common Good	KPTRAN	Reynaldo Pacheco	Christian democracy
Bangon Pilipinas	Rise Up Philippines	BP	Perfecto Yasay	Christian left
Bigkis Pinoy Movement	Bind Filipinos Movement	BIGKIS	Amando Ocampo
Buklod	Unite	BUKLOD	Benjamin Punongbayan	Social democracy
Democratic Party of the Philippines		DPP	Baldomero Falcone	Popular democracy
Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino	Society/Association 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
Ladlad	Coming out or LGBT Party	LADLAD	Danton Remoto	LGBT interests
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 Lakas ng Masa	Party of the Laboring Masses	PLM	Sonny Melencio	Socialism
Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas	Nationalist Party of the Philippines	PNP	Susan Ople	Fiscal conservatism
Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma	Party for Democratic Reform	PDR	Renato de Villa	Social conservatism
Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka	Workers' and Farmers' Party	PMM	Hermogenes Ebdane	Labor movement
Philippine Green Republican Party		PGRP	Felix Cantal	Green politics
Probinsya Muna Development Initiative	Provinces First Development Initiative	PROMDI	Achilles Cañete	Grassroots democracy
Rizalist Party		RIZALIST	Gregorio Maunahan	Rizal-styled federalism
Sanlakas		SANLAKAS	Fr. Max Abalos, SVD	Progressivism
Social Justice Society		SJS	Samson Alcantara	Conservatism

Local parties

Name	Abbr.	Location	Leader	Notes
Luzon
Move Makati		Makati	Romulo de Guzman
Malay Democrats of the Philippines	MDP	NCR	Bayan Dela Cruz	affiliated with National Economic Protectionism Association
Kabalikat ng Bayan sa Kaunlaran	KABAKA	Manila's 5th and 6th congressional districts	Carlito Guang	supports Lito Atienza
Philippine Christian Nationalist Party	PCNP	Quezon City	Andres Genito
Retailers Party		Manila's 3rd congressional district	Estelito Mendoza
Liping Kalookan		Caloocan	Macario Asistio	formerly Grand Kalookan Coalition
Katipunan ng Bagong Caloocan	KABACA	Caloocan	Gwendolyn Emnace
Kasangga ng Bayan, Tao, Kalikasan at Kaunlaran	KABATAK	Parañaque	Joey Marquez
Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig	KDT	Taguig	Dante Tinga	affiliated with Liberal Party
Caloocan Team for Action and Progress	CATAPAT	Caloocan	Bonifacio Alis
Partido Tapat		Taguig and Pateros	Edmundo de Borja	also known as Taguig-Pateros Action Team
Partido Navoteño	NAVOTENO	Navotas	Toby Tiangco	Affiliated with Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino and United Nationalist Alliance
Reform Caloocan Party		Caloocan	Russel Ramirez
United Citizens of Caloocan Party	UCCP	Caloocan	Nilo Divina
Partido Magdiwang		San Juan	Joseph Victor Ejercito	affiliated with Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino
Lingkod Bayan-Sulong Taguig Coalition	LINGKOD TAGUIG	Taguig	Angelito Reyes
Asenso Manileño	AMM	Manila	Danilo Lacuna	affiliated with National Unity Party
Kapayapaan, Kaunlaran at Katarungan	KKK	Manila	Alfredo Lim	affiliated with Liberal Party, coalition partner with Asenso Manileño Movement
Movement for Economic Transformation & Righteous Opportunities	METRO	National Capital Region	Rodolfo John O. Teope (Founder)
Bileg Ti La Union		La Union	Joaquin Ortega
Bileg Ti Ilocano	BILEG	Ilocos Sur	Luis Singson
Biskeg na Pangasinan Party	BISKEG	Pangasinan	Oscar Lambino	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
Democratic Tabula Tua		Cagayan	Delfin Telan Ting	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
Buklod Capampangan		Pampanga and Angeles	Estelito Mendoza
Lapiang Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija	BALANE	Nueva Ecija	Tomas Joson	affiliated with Nationalist People's Coalition and PDP–Laban
Lingap Lugud Capampangan Party		Pampanga	Lito Lapid	affiliated with [[Lakas Kampi CMD]
Pinag-isang Lakas Tungo sa Pagbabako	PINATUBO	Zambales and Olongapo	Philip Camara
Sama Sama Tarlac		Tarlac	Candido Guiam
Democratic Alliance	DA	Central Luzon	Romeo Taruc
Partido del Pilar		Bulacan	Manuel G. Roxas	affiliated with Liberal Party
Nagkakaisang Partido ng mga Kapampangan		Pampanga	Zenaide Ducut
Unang Sigaw-Partido ng Pangagago	USPP	Nueva Ecija	Aurelio Umali
Kalapian ng mga Kaibigan ng Kaunlaran-Bayan ng Hagonoy	LAPIANG K	Hagonoy, Bulacan	Angel Cruz, Jr.
Kapanalig at Kambilan Ning Memalen Pampanga	KAMBILAN	Pampanga	Rosve Henson
Partido Malolenyo	PM	Malolos, Bulacan	Carolina Mangawang
Sulong Zambales Party	SZP	Zambales	Hermogenes Ebdane (Chairman) Jun Omar Ebdane (President)
Partido ABE Kapampangan	PAK, ABE	Angeles City, Pampanga	Edgardo Pamintuan (chairman) Alex Cauguiran (president)	Founded March 28, 2012. [12]
Partido Balikatan ng Bataan	BALIKATAN	Bataan	Enrique Garcia, Jr.
Partido Magdalo		Cavite	Jonvic Remulla	affiliated with Nacionalista Party and the United Nationalist Alliance
Forward with Vitality for Reforms-Sigaw ng Kabite	FVR-Sigaw	Cavite	Franco Loyola
Quezon Nationalist Democratic Party	QNDP	Quezon and Lucena	Bienvenido Marquez, Jr.
Pangkat Laguna		Laguna	Marito Mendoza
Partido Dimasalang		Laguna	Teresita Lazaro	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
Partido Batangueño		Batangas	Franklin Tabaquin, Jr.
Partido ng Masang Batangueno	PMB	Batangas	Nicanor Briones
Union of Nationalist Democratic Filipino Organization	UNIDO	Region 4A	Josef Cea Maganduga (President/Convenor)
One Batangas Movement	One Batangas	Batangas	Vilma Santos-Recto	affiliated with Nacionalista Party
Partido Bagong San Pablo		San Pablo, Laguna	Arsenio Escuderro, Jr.
People's Alliance Development of Romblon	PADER	Romblon	Natalio Beltran, Jr.
Partido Pagbabago ng Palawan	PPP	Palawan	Jose Alvarez	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
Sulong Palawan Party	SPP	Palawan and Puerto Princesa	Vincent Dennis Socrates
Mindoro Sandugo Para sa Kaunlaran	SANDUGO	Oriental Mindoro	Agustin Cusi
Bicol Saro		Bicol Region	Ma. Corazon Imperial
Catanduanes Alliance for Reform and Democracy	CARD	Catanduanes	Dexter Francisco
Alliance of Bicolnon Party	ABP-BICOLNON	Bicol Region	Enrique Olonan
Ako Bicol Political Party	AKB	Bicol Region	Elizalde Co
Visayas
Panaghiusa		Cebu and Cebu City	John Osmeña Mike Rama	succeeded by Partido Barug
Paglaum Party		Negros Occidental	Alfredo Montelibano, Jr.	affiliated with the Nacionalista Party
Kusog Han Eastern Samar		Eastern Samar	Jaime Opinion
People's Progressive Alliance for Peace and Good Government Towards Alleviation of Poverty and Social Advancement	Partido PAGASA	Western Visayas	Rene Juaneza
Pusyon Pilipino		Central Visayas	Casimiro Madarang, Jr.
Abante Anak Bisaya		Central Visayas	Geraldo Carillo
United Negros Alliance	UNA	Negros Occidental	Alfredo Marañon, Jr.	formerly affiliated with Nationalist People's Coalition, now with Liberal Party
Barug Alang sa Kauswagan ug Demokrasya	BAKUD	Cebu's 5th congressional district	Ramon Durano III
Alayon Alang sa Kalambu-an ng Kalinaw	ALAYON	Central Visayas	Eduardo Gullas
Katig-buan Nortehanon		Northern Samar	Emil Ong
Partido Pundok Biliranon		Biliran	Danilo Parilla
Aton Tamdon Utod Negros-anon	ATUN	Negros Occidental	Rafael Coscolluela
Kusi Uswag Sugbu	KUSUG	Cebu City	Alvin Garcia
Ugyon		Visayas	Franklin Drilon	affiliated with Liberal Party
Timawa		Iloilo City	Rona Anape-Ganzon	affiliated with United Nationalist Alliance
United Guardians Party	UGP	Western Visayas and Central Visayas	Clodualdo P. Dedicatoria
Economic Development and Social Advancement	EDSA	Central Visayas	Melchor Cubillo
Democracy of the Independent Liberal Conservative Party	DILC	Liloan, Cebu	Vincent Frasco
Ugyon Kita Capiz	UK CAPIZ	Capiz	Frenedil Castro	affiliated with United Nationalist Alliance
One Cebu	1-CEBU	Cebu	Gwendolyn Garcia	affiliated with National Unity Party
Bando Osmeña - Pundok Kauswagan	BOPK	Cebu City	Tomas Osmeña	affiliated with Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
Partido Barug	BARUG	Cebu City	Michael Rama	affiliated with PDP–Laban
Mindanao
Christian Muslim Independent Party	CMIP	Zamboanga del Norte	Tiburcio Pasquil
Aggrupation of Parties for Progress	APP	Zamboanga del Norte	Romeo Jalosjos	affiliated with Hugpong ng Pagbabago
Sarangani Reconciliation and Reformation Organization	SARRO	Sarangani	Estelito Mendoza	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
Islamic Party of the Philippines	IPP	Mindanao	Ebrahim Abdurrahman
Democratic Alliance of Mindanaoans for Good Government	DAMAGO	Davao Region and SOCCSKSARGEN	Fernando Toquillo
Muslim Reform Party	MRP	Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur	Kamar Mindalano
Ummah Party		Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur and Iligan	Geraldo Carillo
Compostela Valley Rainbow Alliance	CORAL	Davao de Oro	Rogelio Sarmiento
Cotabato United People's Movement		Cotabato	Emmanuel Piñol
Lanao People's Party		Lanao del Sur	Casan Macabanding
Siap Party		Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao	Aleem Abdul Matabalo Amerol
Padajon Surigao	PS	Surigao del Norte	Francisco Matugas	affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD
People's Champ Movement	PCM	General Santos and Sarangani	Manny Pacquiao	affiliated with United Nationalist Alliance
Citizens Call for Action Party of Zamboanga City	CCA	Zamboanga City	Susan de los Reyes
Adelante Zamboanga Party	AZAP	Zamboanga City	Jose Lobregat
Aksyon Magsasaka-Partido ng Tinig ng Masa	AKMA-PTM	SOCCSKSARGEN	Ali Sangki
Achievers with Integrity Movement	AIM	South Cotabato	Adelbert Antonino
Padayon Pilipino	PDP	Cagayan de Oro	Vicene Emano	affiliated with Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino
People's Consultative (Mushawara) Party		Bangsamoro, Lanao del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur	Basher Caluato Edris
Bukidnon Paglaum	BPP	Bukidnon	Jose Maria Zubiri Jr.
United Bangsamoro Justice Party	UBJP	Bangsamoro	Murad Ibrahim

Not registered with the government

These are national parties that are not registered with the Commission on Elections:

Name	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Position	Notes
Green Party of the Philippines	GPP		Green politics	Centre-left	Former member of Global Greens
Philippine Libertarian Party	PHILIPA	Julius Apud (interim chairman, Technical Working Group)	Right-libertarianism	Right-wing	Emergent political party representing the local liberty movement; formerly an unregistered party list representing traders, innovators, and technologists for industrial modernization
Libertarian Conservative Party of the Philippines	LCPP	Manuel Cababan	Libertarian conservatism	Right-wing	The political philosophy that seeks to enlighten and liberate the Filipinos.
Koalisyong Katoliko Kristiyano	KKK	Rizalito David	Christian democracy	Centre-right	Emergent political party that is the offshoot of the Ang Kapatiran
Communist Party of the Philippines	CPP	Jose Maria Sison	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism	Far-left	Offshoot of the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930
Lakas Partido Komunista	LPK	Ban James Lumacad / John Wendell Lagazo / Jefferson Magbutay	Marxism–Leninism	Far-left	Separate youth entity
Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930 (Philippine Communist Party)	PKP-1930	Antonio Paris	Marxism–Leninism	Far-left	Established as Comintern Philippine branch
Marxist-Leninist Party of the Philippines (Marxista-Leninistang Partido ng Pilipinas)	MLPP	Caridad Magpantay	Marxism–Leninism	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	Syndicalism	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	Marxism–Leninism	Far-left	Breakaway faction from the Communist Party of the Philippines established in 1998

Historical parties/coalitions

Parties

• Democratic Alliance
• Democratic Party
• Federalist Party
• Grand Alliance
• Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino
• KALIBAPI
• Lakas ng Bayan
• Lakas–CMD (1991)
• Lapiang Malaya
• Nationalist Citizens' Party
  • Citizens' Party
• Philippine Falange
• Progresista Party
• Progressive Party
  • Party for Philippine Progress
• Sakdalista
  • Ganap Party
• United Opposition

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) has 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) Coalition for Change
2019	Hugpong ng Pagbabago	Otso Diretso

See also

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

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