Meet Your Party-List Representatives: A Comprehensive Guide

What Is the Party-List System?

The party-list system allocates 20% of House seats to organizations representing labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous, women, youth, and other sectors. These groups advocate for policies benefiting their constituencies.

Major Party-List Groups (Multi-Seat Winners)

1. AKBAYAN

• Sector: Human rights and labor

• Seats: 5

• Nominees:

  • Chei Diokno

  • Percival Cendaña

  • Haima Kiram Ismula

2. DUTERTE YOUTH

• Sector: Youth empowerment

• Seats: 5

• Nominees:

  • Drixie Mae Suarez Cardema

  • Berlin Baday Lingwa

  • Ron Bawalan

3. TINGOG

• Sector: Eastern Visayas welfare

• Seats: 5

• Nominees:

  • Andrew Romualdez

  • Jude Acidre

  • Maria Josephine Diana Calatrava

4. 4PS

• Sector: Poor and marginalized

• Seats: 5

• Nominees:

  • Marcelino Libanan

  • Jonathan Abalos

  • Edward Cigres

5. ACT-CIS

• Sector: Anti-crime and terrorism

• Seats: 2

• Nominees: Edvic Yap & Jocelyn Tulfo

6. AKO BICOL

• Sector: Bicolano welfare

• Seats: 2

• Nominees: Elizaldy Co | Alfredo Garbin

Single-Seat Representatives (Key Sectors)

Regional & Ethnic Welfare

• USWAG ILONGGO (Ilonggo welfare) – James Ang Jr.

• SOLID NORTH PARTY (Northern Luzon) – Menche Bernos

• KUSUG TAUSUG (Tausug welfare) – Aiman Tan Tan

• AKO BISAYA (Visayan community) – Sonny Lagon

Labor & Livelihood

• TRABAHO (Workforce) – Johanne Bautista

• PINOY WORKERS (Workers’ rights) – Franz Legaspi

• KAMANGGAWA (Workers’ society) – Eli San Fernando

Farmers & Agriculture

• AGAP (Farmers’ welfare) – Nick Briones

• MAGBUBUKID (Farmers’ sector) – Ferdinand Beltran

Senior Citizens & Families

• SENIOR CITIZENS – Rodolfo Ordanes

• UNITED SENIOR CITIZENS – Milagros Aquino Magsaysay

• NANAY (Mothers’ welfare) – Florabel Yatco

Education & Teachers

• ACT TEACHERS – Antonio Tinio

• MANILA TEACHERS – Maria Laeson

Anti-Corruption & Governance

• CIBAC – Eduardo Cruz Villanueva

• LPGMA – Allan Ty

Health & Social Welfare

• KAPUSO PM (Health & livelihood) – Munir Arbison Jr.

• PUSONG PINOY (Poverty alleviation) – Jernie Nisay

Transport & Marginalized Workers

• 1-RIDER (Motorists) – Rodge Rodriguez

• DUMPER PTDA (Taxi drivers) – Claudine Bautista Lim

Other Notable Groups

• FPJ PANDAY BAYANIHAN (Civil groups) – Brian Poe Llamanzares

• ML (Diverse sectors) – Leila de Lima

• SSS-GSIS PENSYONADO (Beneficiaries) – Rolando Macasaet

Why This Matters

The party-list system amplifies voices often overlooked in traditional politics. These representatives push for laws on labor rights, regional development, anti-corruption, and social welfare.

Stay informed! Track their performance to ensure they deliver on their promises.

Sources: COMELEC, Official Party-List Publications  | Rappler Part-list