Nationalist People's Coalition

Nationalist People's Coalition
Nationalist People's Coalition
Leader	Mark Cojuangco
President	Jack Duavit
Chairman	Tito Sotto
Spokesperson	Mark Enverga
Secretary-General	Mark Llandro Mendoza
Founder	Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.
Founded	1992; 32 years ago
Split from	Nacionalista
Headquarters	808 Building, Meralco Avenue, San Antonio, Pasig, 1605 Metro Manila
Newspaper	NPC Herald
Ideology	Conservatism ; Social conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Nationalist People's Coalition (1995); LAMMP (1998); PPC (2001); K4 (2004); TEAM Unity (2007); Team PNoy (2013); PGP (2016); Hugpong ng Pagbabago (2019); UniTeam (2022);
Colors	Green, red, white
Seats in the Senate	5 / 24
Seats in the House of Representatives	38 / 316
Provincial governorships	9 / 82
Provincial vice governorships	6 / 82
Provincial board members	90 / 1,023
Website
	npc-party.org
	Politics of the Philippines; Political parties; Elections;

The Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) is a conservative political party in the Philippines which was founded in 1992 by presidential candidate Danding Cojuangco.

History

The NPC was founded in 1992 after members of the Nacionalista Party, led by Rizal governor Isidro Rodriguez, left the party after disagreements with party leader and vice president Salvador Laurel before the 1992 presidential elections. Members of civil society (including the business sector) who called themselves "Friends of Danding" invited tycoon Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, a former associate of Ferdinand Marcos,^[7] to run as president with Senator Joseph Estrada as vice president. Cojuangco lost the presidential race, finishing third, and Estrada won the vice presidency in a landslide.^[10]

The NPC was a member of the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP), the political vehicle of vice president Joseph Estrada in the 1998 presidential elections.^[11] It left the LAMMP after Estrada was removed from power in January 2001.^[11] When Gloria Macapagal Arroyo assumed the presidency, her People Power Coalition (led by the Lakas–CMD party) became the dominant group in Congress.^[12] The 75-member Lakas party led the "Sunshine Coalition," which included the 61-member NPC, members of the Liberal Party, and several other minor parties.^[12] The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) party led the 20-member opposition bloc.^[12]

In 2004, the LDP and NPC backed businessman Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco as a potential presidential candidate in that year's elections.^[11] Cojuangco, the NPC chair, withdrew from the campaign. Although the NPC had no seats in the Senate, the party had 53 seats in the House of Representatives after the election.^[13] The United States Department of State said in its October 2006 Background Note: Philippines, "Members of the Congress tend to have weak party loyalties and change party affiliation easily. There is no clear majority in the Senate, which changed its President in 2006."^[12]^{[failed verification]}

1995 election

The NPC fielded a 12-person Senatorial slate in the 1995 elections as an opposition party to the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos. They ran against the administration-backed Lakas–Laban Coalition.

Candidate	Party	Occupation
Rose Marie Arenas	Nationalist People's Coalition	Businesswoman
Gaudencio Beduya	Nationalist People's Coalition	Former representative from Cebu
Anna Dominique Coseteng^[a]	Nationalist People's Coalition	Senator
Amanda T. Cruz	Nationalist People's Coalition	Businesswoman
Ramon Fernandez	Nationalist People's Coalition	Professional basketball player
Gregorio Honasan^[a]	Independent	Former colonel
Bongbong Marcos	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	Representative from Ilocos Norte, son of Ferdinand Marcos
Adelisa A. Raymundo	Nationalist People's Coalition	Former labor sectoral representative
Manuel C. Roxas	Nationalist People's Coalition	Lawyer
Almarin C. Tillah	Nationalist People's Coalition	Chair of the Bangsamoro National Congress
Arturo Tolentino	Nationalist People's Coalition	Senator
Miriam Defensor-Santiago^[a]	People's Reform Party	Former Bureau of Immigration and Deportation commissioner, 1992 presidential candidate

^ ^a ^b ^c Elected.

2007 election

In the 2007 elections, the party won 26 seats:

Mark Cojuangco
Faustino Dy Jr.
Giorgidi B. Aggabao
Michael John Duavit
Mark Mendoza
Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr.
Vicente Sotto III
Ace Durano
Avelino Razon Jr.
Anthony Golez
Ernesto Maceda
Estelito Mendoza
Darlene Antonino Custodio
Daisy Avance-Fuentes
Sixto Brillantes
Loren Legarda
Anna Dominique Coseteng
Sherwin T. Gatchalian
Francis Nepomuceno
Vic Amante
Evelio Leonardia
Joan V. Alarilla
Angelito Gatlabayan
Luis Asistio
Ding Roman
Enrique Murphy Cojuangco
Claude Bautista
Emmanuel "Manny" Piñol
Pedro Acharon
Juan Ponce "Jack" Enrile Jr.
Eleanor Bulut-Begtang
Arnulfo P. Fuentebella
Crisanto S. Rances
Felix William B. Fuentebella
Elizabeth "Tita Beth" A. Delarmente
Francis "Chiz" Escudero
Tom P. Bongalonta, Jr.

2010 election

2010

Loren Legarda – Vice-presidential candidate from the Nacionalista Party and LDP (lost)

Senate:

Miriam Defensor Santiago (under the PRP and guest candidate of Lakas Kampi CMD, LDP, Nacionalista Party and PMP) (won)
Rodolfo Plaza (guest candidate from Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino) (lost)
Tito Sotto (won)

2013

Senate:

Loren Legarda – guest candidate from Liberal Party (Philippines)/Team PNoy (won)
Jack Enrile – guest candidate from Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino/United Nationalist Alliance (lost)
Edward Hagedorn – independent (lost)

2016

President: Grace Poe (lost)
Vice President: Francis Escudero (lost)

Senate:

Win Gatchalian (won)
Tito Sotto (won)

2019

Senate:

Jinggoy Estrada (guest candidate, lost)
JV Ejercito (lost)
Lito Lapid (won)
Imee Marcos (guest candidate, won)
Grace Poe (guest candidate, won)
Bong Revilla (guest candidate, won)

2022

Vice President: Tito Sotto

Senate:

Electoral performance

Presidential and vice presidential elections

Year	Presidential election			Vice presidential election
Year	Candidate	Vote share	Result	Candidate	Vote share	Result
1992	Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.	18.17%	Fidel Ramos (Lakas–NUCD)	Joseph Estrada	33.00%	Joseph Estrada (NPC)
1998	None		Joseph Estrada (PMP)	None		Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Lakas–CMD)
2004	None^{[n 1]}		Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Lakas–CMD)	None^{[n 2]}		Noli de Castro (Independent)
2010	None^{[n 3]}		Benigno Aquino III (Liberal)	Loren Legarda	12.21%	Jejomar Binay (PDP–Laban)
2016	None^{[n 4]}		Rodrigo Duterte (PDP–Laban)	None^{[n 5]}		Leni Robredo (Liberal)
2022	None^{[n 6]}^[14]		Bongbong Marcos (PFP)	Vicente Sotto III	15.89%	Sara Z. Duterte (Lakas–CMD)

Legislative elections

Congress of the Philippines
Year	Seats won	Result	Year	Seats won	Ticket	Result
1992	30 / 200	LDP plurality	1992	5 / 24	Single party ticket	LDP win 16/24 seats
1995	22 / 204	Lakas / LDP majority	1995	1 / 12	Nationalist People's Coalition ticket	Lakas-Laban Coalition win 9/12 seats
1998^{[n 7]}	64 / 258	Lakas plurality	1998	1 / 12	LAMMP	LAMMP win 7/12 seats
2001	40 / 256	Lakas plurality	2001	Not participating		People Power Coalition win 8/13 seats
2004	53 / 261	Lakas plurality	2004	0 / 12	KNP	K4 win 7/12 seats
2007	28 / 270	Lakas plurality	2007	2 / 12	Split ticket	Genuine Opposition win 8/12 seats
2010	29 / 286	Lakas plurality	2010	1 / 12	Split ticket	Liberal Party win 4/12 seats
2013	42 / 292	Liberal Party plurality	2013	1 / 12	Split ticket	Team PNoy win 9/12 seats
2016	42 / 297	Liberal Party plurality	2016	1 / 12	Partido Galing at Puso	Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid win 7/12 seats
2019	37 / 304	PDP–Laban plurality	2019	1 / 12	Split ticket	Hugpong ng Pagbabago win 9/12 seats
2022	35 / 304	PDP–Laban plurality	2022	4 / 12	Split ticket	UniTeam win 6/12 seats

^ NPC endorsed Fernando Poe Jr. for president.
^ NPC endorsed Loren Legarda for president.
^ Legarda's running mate was Manuel Villar of the Nacionalista Party.
^ NPC endorsed Grace Poe for president.
^ NPC endorsed Chiz Escudero for president.
^ There are no official Presidential standard bearer even Sotto has running mate (Ping Lacson) who is independent.
^ Contested in an electoral alliance with LDP and PMP as LAMMP. Seat total consists of 55 LAMMP representatives and 9 NPC representatives elected outside the LAMMP alliance.

18th Congress

Senate

House of Representatives

District Representatives

Tyrone Agabas
Genaro Alvarez
Erico Aristotle Aumentado
Lorna Bautista-Bandigan
Gabriel Bordado
Elias Bulut, Jr.
Luis Campos, Jr.
Solomon Chungalao
Carlos Cojuangco
Faustino Michael Dy III
Ian Paul Dy
Michael John Duavit
Mark Enverga
Sandra Eriguel
Evelina Guevarra-Escudero
Bayani Fernando
Arnie Fuentebella
Weslie Gatchalian
Greg Gasataya
J. Veronique Lacson-Noel
Loren Legarda
Dahlia Ambayec-Loyola
Manuel Luis Lopez
Bernardita Ramos
Strike Revilla
Xavier Jesus Romualdo
Roman Romulo
Manuel Sagarbarria
Angelina "Helen" Tan
Josemari Macasaquit
Arnulfo Teves, Jr.
Gerardo Valmayor
Noel Villanueva
Victor Yap

Partylist Allied

Claudine Diana Bautista (Dumper PTDA)
Conrado Estrella III (ABONO)
Florencio Noel (An Waray)

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