Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino

For the political party created in 2020, see Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino.

Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino
Leader	Fernando Poe Jr. Loren Legarda
Chairman	Grace Poe
Founder	Fernando Poe Jr.
Founded	2003 2025 (revival)
Dissolved	2004
Preceded by	Puwersa ng Masa
Succeeded by	Genuine Opposition
Headquarters	Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
National affiliation	PDP–Laban PMP LDP NPC (Maceda wing)
Colors	Blue
Politics of the Philippines Political parties Elections

The Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (English: Coalition of United Filipinos), also known as the United Opposition, was the electoral alliance of the dominant opposition in the Philippines during the 2004 Philippine general election. The KNP was composed of Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan and Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino.^[1]

The main core of the KNP was the Angara wing of the LDP, which split in late 2003 over the issue of who would be its standard bearer. Majority of LDP members led by Senator Edgardo Angara supported the presidential bid of actor Fernando Poe Jr. The other major party under the coalition was the PMP of deposed president Joseph Estrada.

The KNP fielded Poe and Loren Legarda as its candidates for president and vice president in the 2004 Philippine presidential election.^[1] After the 2004 elections, the KNP was replaced by Jejomar Binay-led Genuine Opposition as the main opposition coalition.

KNP Senatorial Slate

Name	Party	Occupation	Elected
Boots Anson-Roa	PMP	movie and TV personality
Didagen Dilangalen	PMP	Representative from Maguindanao
Juan Ponce Enrile	PMP	former Senator, former Minister of National Defense
Salvador Escudero	Independent	former Representative from Sorsogon, former Secretary of Agriculture and former Minister of Agriculture and Food
Jinggoy Estrada	PMP	Mayor of San Juan, Metro Manila and son of former President Joseph Estrada
Ernesto Herrera	Independent	former Senator
Alfredo Lim	Independent	former Secretary of the Interior and Local Government, 1998 Liberal Presidential nominee (lost to Joseph Estrada), former mayor of Manila, former Director of the National Bureau of Investigation
Ernesto Maceda	NPC	former Senator
Jamby Madrigal	LDP	former Presidential Adviser on Children's Affairs and former Undersecretary of Social Welfare and Development
Aquilino Pimentel Jr.	PDP–Laban	Senator
Amina Rasul	PDP–Laban	medical doctor, former Chairperson of the National Youth Commission and daughter of former Senator Nina Rasul
Francisco Tatad	Independent	Former senator and 1998 PRP Vice presidential candidate

Election results

Presidential and vice presidential elections

Year	Presidential election			Vice presidential election
	Candidate	Vote share	Result	Candidate	Vote share	Result
2004	Fernando Poe Jr.	36.51%	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Lakas–CMD)	Loren Legarda	46.89%	Noli de Castro (Independent)

Legislative elections

Congress of the Philippines
House of Representatives			Senate
Year	Seats won	Result	Year	Seats won	Ticket	Result
2004[n 1]	75 / 261	Lakas/K-4 plurarity	2004	5 / 24	Single party ticket	K-4 win 7/12 seats

Notes

1. Nationalist People's Coalition (53), Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (15), Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (5), PDP–Laban (2)

Senatorial race

5 out of 12 candidates won the possible 12 seats in the Senate namely: (in order of votes received)

• Juan Ponce Enrile
• Jinggoy Estrada
• Alfredo Lim
• Jamby Madrigal
• Aquilino Pimentel Jr.

See also

• Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow), the KNP's rival coalition in the 2004 national elections.
• Fernando Poe Jr. 2004 presidential campaign, the presidential campaign backed by the coalition
• Puwersa ng Masa (Force of the Masses), the opposition's coalition during the 2001 midterm elections.
• Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (Struggle of Patriotic Filipino Masses), the opposition's coalition during the 1998 Philippine national elections.

External links

• Opposition questions Melo's appointment as poll chief - 26 January 2008

References

1. "United Opposition names FPJ as presidential bet". Sunstar Network Online. December 11, 2008. Archived from the original on December 12, 2003. Retrieved April 3, 2017.