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An Waray
An Waray
Founded	2001
Ideology	Waray regionalism
Colors	Green
Seats in the House of Representatives	0 / 63 (Party-list seats only)
	Politics of the Philippines; Political parties; Elections;

An Waray is a party-list in the Philippines, mainly based on the islands of Leyte, Samar and Biliran.^[1]

In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives An Waray got 268,164 votes (2.1079% of the nationwide vote)^[2] and one seat (Florencio Noel). An Waray Party List is a democratic multi-sectoral party-list organization that envisions a just, progressive and peaceful Filipino society characterized by its principles katilingban (sense of community), kahimyang (peace) and kauswagan (progress) through the adoption of a community-based and peace oriented development agenda.^[1]

An Waray had its registration cancelled by the Commission on Elections for letting its second nominee assume office in 2013 despite being entitled to only a seat, violating the Party-List System Act. The ruling was affirmed on August 14, 2023, by the commission en banc;^[3] and was upheld by the Supreme Court in a decision promulgated on August 6, 2024.^[4]^[5]

Electoral performance

Election	Votes	%	Seats
2004	268,164	2.11%	1
2007	321,516	2.01%	1
2010	712,405	2.39%	2
2013	540,906	1.97%	1
2016	590,895	1.82%	1
2019	440,228	1.59%	1
2022	385,460	1.05%	1

Representatives to Congress

Period	1st Representative	2nd Representative	3rd Representative
12th Congress 2004–2007	Bem Noel	—	—
13th Congress 2007–2010	Bem Noel	—	—
14th Congress 2010–2013	Bem Noel	Neil Montejo	—
16th Congress 2013–2016	Neil Montejo	Victoria Noel Unrecognized^[a]	—
16th Congress 2016–2019	Victoria Noel	—	—
18th Congress 2019–2022	Bem Noel	—	—
19th Congress 2022–2025	Bem Noel Removed on September 27, 2023^[8]^[10]	—	—

Notes

^ An Waray was initially entitled to two seats following the 2013 election. However after a re-computation ordered by the Supreme Court it was determined that An Waray only secured one seat.^[6] Victoria Noel assumed position as An Waray's second representative without a proclamation from the Commission on Election.^[7]^[8] She was the third nominee, with second nominee Philip Jude Acidre resigning from the role.^[9]