Butil Farmers Party

Butil Farmers Party
AbbreviationKABAYAN
Founded2001
IdeologyAgrarianism
Political positionCentre-left
Colors  Green

The Butil Farmers Party (Butil), formerly the Luzon Farmers Party, is a political party in the Luzon, Philippines. Butil is the electoral wing of the National Farmers Supreme Council (SANDUGO).[1]

In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives got 429,259 votes (3.3742%)[2] and one seat (Benjamin A. Cruz). In the previous congress the party had two seats, Benjamin A. Cruz and Leonila V. Chavez ('Ka Nellie').[1]

The party supported the candidacy of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the 2004 election.[1]

Cruz died on October 15, 2004. His seat was filled by Chavez.[3] In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won one seat in the nationwide party-list vote.

Electoral performance

Election Votes % Seats 1st representative 2nd representative 3rd representative
1998 215,643 2.36% 1 Benjamin Cruz — —
2001 330,282 2.18% 2 Benjamin Cruz Leonila Chavez —
2004 429,259 3.37% 1 Benjamin Cruz[a]
Leonila Chavez 		— —
2007 409,160 2.57% 2 Leonila Chavez[a] Agapito Guanlao
2010 506,703 1.67% 1 Agapito Guanlao — —
2013 438,601 1.60% 1 Agapito Guanlao — —
2016 395,011 1.22% 1 Cecilia Leonila Chavez — —
2019 163,927 0.59% 0 — — —
2022 87,305 0.24% 0 — — —
  1. ^ a b Died in office

References

  1. ^ a b c Philippines : Gov.Ph : News : Major farmers' group endorses GMA's Presidential bid (Printer friendly version)
  2. ^ COMELEC Election Results Archived 2007-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Makati Business Club: CongressWatch Archived 2007-09-28 at archive.today


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