Butil Farmers Party

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The Butil Farmers Party (Butil) is a party-list 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 1 seat in the nationwide party-list vote.

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