BAILIWICK & BALLOT

Party-list registration and representation across four elections, 2016 to 2025.

By Atty. Dexter S. CircaDisclaimer: This independent research and analysis is based on publicly available and documented sources. It does not constitute legal advice and should not be construed as an official government record or publication.

Registration & Delisting

18 December 2026The registration deadline A Friday. Section 6 of Resolution 11204 sets it as the last day to petition COMELEC for registration as a party-list intending to contest the 2028 elections, within regular working hours.
1 yearThe time the organization must already have existed at the time of filing.
41 of 183New groups accredited for 2025 COMELEC accredited 41 and rejected 142. In 2022 it accredited 70.

Party-lists by advocacy — 2016 to 2025

The population is the groups that appeared on the ballot — 115 in 2016, 134 in 2019, 177 in 2022 and 155 in 2025.

Growing Flat or shrinking — the opportunity set
Groups−60+21
Multi-sectoral Groups+21
Poverty Reduction/Urban and Rural Concerns+6
Regional Development+5
Women+5
Public Safety and Security+4
Electric Cooperatives and Electricity Consumers+3
National Political Parties+2
Indigenous Peoples+2
Transportation+2
Sports+2
Others (mostly nationalistic)+1
Senior Citizens and Retirees+1
Youth+1
Internet Connectivity+1
Tourism+1
Health0
Persons with Disabilities0
Farmers and Fisherfolk-1
Environment-1
Laborers and Professionals-2
SMEs and Consumer Rights-3
Overseas Filipino Workers-4
Education-6
21At risk for failure to participate.These groups were previously registered groups but did not appear on the ballot for both 2022 and 2025 elections.
38Lost in both 2022 and 2025Failure to obtain seats in either of these elections places these groups within one of two conditions for delisting, subject to official COMELEC order.
Thirty-EightComeback groups for 2028Contested 2022, but did not appear in the ballot for 2016, 2019, or 2025, and did not appear on the three published delisting orders.

Note. These figures are project-derived from COMELEC’s published election results and delisting orders. COMELEC has not formally classified these groups as at risk or cancelled their registrations on this basis.

Delisting Resolutions

Segmented by ground for delisting, with the groups that had won a seat earlier overlaid inside each band.

Failure to qualify Failure to participate Special ground Had won a seat earlier
010203040
Res. 1027319 Mar 2018
24
Res. 1069617 Feb 2021
39
Res. 110711 Oct 2024
42

All three orders · Failure to qualify: 79 · Failure to participate: 25 · Special ground: 1 — 32 had won a seat before

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Show as tables
Party-list, as the order names itGroundEarlier seat
1-AALALAYFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
1-ABILIDADFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
1-PABAHAYFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
ABANTE RETIREESFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
AGHAMFailure to qualifyWon a seat earlier
ALEFailure to qualifyWon a seat earlier
AMAFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
AMOR SEAMANFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
ANG KASANGGAFailure to qualifyWon a seat earlier
ANG PROLIFEFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
ARCAPPFailure to participateNo qualifying win located
ATING GUROFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
AWAT MINDANAOFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
BIDAFailure to participateNo qualifying win located
CHINOYFailure to participateNo qualifying win located
COCOFEDSpecial groundWon a seat earlier
DISABLED/PWDFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
MIGRANTEFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
MTM PHILSFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
PISTONFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
SABODFailure to participateNo qualifying win located
SANLAKASFailure to qualifyWon a seat earlier
UMALAB KAFailure to qualifyNo qualifying win located
WPIFailure to participateNo qualifying win located