Trade Union Congress Party

Trade Union Congress Party is a party-list in the Philippines, set up by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines as its electoral wing.[1] The list contested the 2004 legislative elections, mustering 201,396 votes nationwide (1.58%). The list failed to win any seat.[2] The Supreme Court declared TUCP, as well as a few other party-list organizations, as winners in the 2007 legislative elections by virtue of the Philippine Constitution.

Trade Union Congress Party
IdeologyTrade unionism
Laborism
ColorsBlue
Seats in the House of Representatives
1 / 303
Website
tucp.org.ph
  • Politics of Philippines
  • Political parties
  • Elections

Electoral Performance
Electoral History
Election Congress Votes % Seats Won Representatives
2001
12th
103,273
0.68
0
Raymond Mendoza
2004
13th
201,396
1.58
0
Raymond Mendoza
2007
14th
162,647
1.02
1
Raymond Mendoza
2010
15th
245,031
0.82
1
Raymond Mendoza
2013
16th
368,883
1.35
1
Raymond Mendoza
2016
17th
467,275
1.44
1
Raymond Mendoza
2019
18th
256,059[3]
0.92
1
Raymond Mendoza

Note: Competed in 2001 as Trade Union Congress of the Philippines.

Partylist Nominees

For the 2019 elections, only the first nominee of the partylist won a seat, Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza.[4] He is one of the 70 congressman who prevented the renewal of the ABS-CBN Franchise at the committee level thus making sure the bill not reaching the plenary.[5]

References=
  1. Trade Union Congress of the Philippines Archived 2006-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "COMELEC Election Results". Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
  3. "2019 National Elections Partylist Canvass Report" (PDF). Commission on Elections. May 13, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  4. Bueza, Michael. "18th Congress, by the numbers". Rappler. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  5. https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/07/10/2027049/list-lawmakers-who-voted-and-against-abs-cbn-franchise-renewal
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