| Nacionalista Party Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas |
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| Leader | Manny Villar |
| President | Manny Villar |
| Secretary-General | Alan Peter Cayetano |
| Founded | April 29, 1907 |
| Headquarters | 2nd Level Starmall, EDSA corner Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City, Philippines |
| Youth wing | Nacionalista Party (NP) Youth Network |
| Ideology | Conservatism Filipino nationalism Neoliberalism |
| Political position | Center-right |
| International affiliation | None |
| Official colors | Green and Orange |
| Seats in the Senate |
4 / 24
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| Seats in the House of Representatives |
22 / 286
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| Provincial governorships |
10 / 79
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| Provincial vice governorships |
7 / 79
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| Provincial boards |
89 / 756
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| Official Website of the Nacionalista Party | |
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The Nacionalista Party (Spanish/Filipino: Partido Nacionalista) is the oldest political party in the Philippines today and was responsible for leading the country throughout the majority of the 20th century since its founding in 1907. The party began as the country's vehicle for independence, through the building of a modern nation-state, and through the advocacy of efficient self rule, dominating the Philippine Assembly (1907–1916), the Philippine Legislature (1916–1935) and the pre-war years of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935–1941). During the Japanese Occupation political parties were replaced by the KALIBAPI. By the second half of the century the party was one of the main political contenders for leadership in the country, in competition with the Liberals and the Progressives, during the decades between the devastation of World War II and the violent suppression of partisan politics of the Marcos dictatorship. In 1978, in a throwback to the Japanese Occupation, political parties were asked to merge into the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, although the Nacionalistas preferred to go into hibernation. Eventually, the party was revived during the late 1980s and early 1990s by the Laurel family, which has dominated the Party since the 1950s. It is now being reborn by party president Sen. Manuel Villar. Two of the other present parties, the Liberal Party and the Nationalist People's Coalition are breakaways from the Nacionalista Party.
The Nacionalista Party is also known as the NP. There are no results available of the last elections for the House of Representatives, but according to the website of the House, the party holds five out of 235 seats (state of the parties, June 2005). The party was, at the 2004 elections a member of the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow), the coalition that supported president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who won the 2004 presidential elections. In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won 6 seats.[2]
The Nacionalista Party was the ruling party from 1935-1944 (under President Manuel Quezon), 1944-1946 (under President Sergio Osmeña), 1953-1957 (under President Ramon Magsaysay), 1957-1961 (Under President Carlos P. Garcia), and 1965-1978 (under President Ferdinand Marcos).
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During the 2010 elections, the Nacionalista and the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) formed an alliance after it was approved by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) on April 12, 2010.[3] The Nacionalistas fielded Senator Manuel Villar, Jr. and running with fellow Senator Loren Legarda who is a member of the NPC. It became the dominant minority party after a resolution passed by the COMELEC. On April 21, however it was blocked by the Supreme Court after a suit filed by the rival Liberal Party.[4] On May 6, 2010, the Supreme Court nullified the merger and therefore giving the Liberal Party to be the dominant minority party. It was based on a resolution by the COMELEC giving political parties to be accredited by August 17, 2009.[5]
The coalition was made to help the Nacionalista Party to help boost the presidential campaign of Senator Villar and have a chance to be the dominant minority party by the Commission on Elections which give the rights to poll watchers during the canvassing of votes.[6] However it is being challenged by the Liberal Party calls the said alliance a "bogus" alliance, the Liberals are also seeking the same party status by the COMELEC.[7] As well, several local races are being challenged from both parties therefore causing confusion in those races.[6]
Electoral system:
| Election year |
President | Vice President | Senate | House of Representatives | |||||||||||||
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| Votes | % | Result | % | Votes | Result | Votes | % | Seats won |
Total seats |
% | Result | Votes | % | Seats won |
% | Result | |
| 1946 | 1,129,996 | 45.71% | Lost | 1,051,243 | 47.38% | Lost | 7,454,074 | 41.2% | 7 | 15 | 58.3% | Lost | 908,740 | 37.84% | 35 | 35.71% | Lost |
| 1947 | No election | No election | 10,114,453 | 45.0% | 1 | 8 | 33.3% | Lost | No election | ||||||||
| 1949 | 1,318,330 | 37.22% | Lost | 1,184,215 | 46.08% | Lost | 8,900,568 | 36.6% | 0 | 4 | 16.7% | Lost | 1,178,402 | 34.05% | 33 | 33.00% | Lost |
| 1951 | No election | No election | 13,266,643 | 59.1% | 8 | 12 | 50.0% | Lost | No election | ||||||||
| 1953 | 2,912,992 | 68.90% | Won | 2,515,265 | 62.90% | Won | 9,813,166 | 39.8% | 5 | 13 | 54.2% | Won | 1,930,367 | 47.30% | 31 | 30.39% | Won |
| 1955 | No election | No election | 17,319,389 | 67.6% | 8 | 21 | 87.5% | Won | No election | ||||||||
| 1957 | 2,072,257 | 41.28% | Won | 1,783,012 | 37.91% | Lost | 13,273,945 | 47.2% | 6 | 20 | 83.3% | Won | 2,948,409 | 61.18% | 82 | 80.39% | Won |
| 1959 | No election | No election | 17,160,618 | 50.1% | 5 | 19 | 79.2% | Won | No election | ||||||||
| 1961 | 2,902,996 | 44.95% | Lost | 1,787,987 | 28.06% | Lost | 17,834,477 | 45.1% | 2 | 13 | 54.2% | Won | 3,923,390 | 61.02% | 74 | 71.15% | Lost |
| 1963 | No election | No election | 22,983,457 | 50.2% | 4 | 11 | 45.8% | Won | No election | ||||||||
| 1965 | 3,861,324 | 51.94% | Won | 3,531,550 | 48.48% | Won | 21,619,502 | 43.8% | 5 | 11 | 45.8% | Won | 3,028,224 | 41.76% | 38 | 36.54% | Won |
| 1967 | No election | No election | 30,704,100 | 62.8% | 6 | 16 | 66.7% | Won | No election | ||||||||
| 1969 | 5,017,343 | 61.47% | Won | 5,001,737 | 62.76% | Won | 32,726,305 | 60.8% | 6 | 18 | 75.0% | Won | 3,028,224 | 41.76% | 38 | 36.54% | Won |
| 1971 | No election | No election | 24,819,175 | 42.6% | 3 | 16 | 66.7% | Won | No election | ||||||||
| 1978 | No election | Abolished | Abolished | Took part as part of either the KBL or UNIDO. | |||||||||||||
| 1981 | 1,716,449 | 8.25% | Lost | Abolished | Abolished | No election | |||||||||||
| 1984 | No election | Abolished | Abolished | 2 | 1.09% | Lost | |||||||||||
| 1986 | Took part as member of UNIDO. | Member was candidate of UNIDO. | Abolished | No election | |||||||||||||
| 1987 | No election | No election | Took part as part of the GAD. | 1,444,399 | 7.19% | 4 | 2.00% | Lost | |||||||||
| 1992 | 770,046 | 3.40% | Lost | 255,730 | 1.25% | Lost | 14,499,923 | 5.3% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | Lost | 730,696 | 3.92% | 7 | 3.52% | Lost |
| 1995 | No election | No election | Did not took part. | 153,088 | 0.79% | 1 | 0.49% | Lost | |||||||||
| 1998 | Did not take part. | Did not take part. | Did not take part. | Did not take part. | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | No election | No election | 770,647 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | Lost | Did not took part. | ||||||||
| 2004 | Did not take part. | Did not take part. | Did not take part. | 2 | 0.96% | Lost | |||||||||||
| 2007 | No election | No election | 27,125,724 | 10.1% | 2 | 3 | 12.5% | Coalition | 11 | 4.06% | Coalition | ||||||
| 2010 | 5,573,835 | 15.42% | Lost | Guest candidate was from NPC. | 49,585,503 | 16.7% | 3 | 4 | 16.7% | Lost | 3,995,334 | 11.65% | 26 | 9.09% | Coalition | ||
Throughout their careers, many of the country's greatest politicians, statesmen, and leaders were, in whole or in part, Nacionalistas. Notable names include:
Philippine Presidents and Vice-Presidents who were affiliated with the NP
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Most of these individuals embody solid political traditions of economic and political nationalism are pertinent today, even with the party's subsequent decline.
Some members of the House of Representatives and Senate include, but are not limited to, the following:
| Term | Name |
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| 1907-1935 | House Speaker Sergio Osmeña |
| 1935-1944 | President Manuel L. Quezon |
| 1944-1953 | President Sergio Osmeña |
| 1953-1964 | Senator Eulogio Rodriguez |
| 1964-1980 | Senator Gil J. Puyat |
| 1980-1989 | Former House Speaker Jose B. Laurel, Jr. |
| 1989-2003 | Vice-President Salvador Laurel |
| 2003-present | Senator Manuel Villar, Jr. |
The Nacionalista Party in the Philippines corresponds somewhat to the Republican Party in the United States, along with the Lakas-CMD. It belongs to the conservative wing of Philippine politics, while its main opponent, the Liberal Party and the political parties belonging to the aggrupation of the People's Power government all belong to the liberal wing of Philippine politics somewhat corresponding to the Democratic Party in the United States. However, the differences between both parties have become more obscured and less evident over time as changing of party allegiance by individual politicians, especially prior to a major election has become a norm in Philippine politics.
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