Buhay Party-List

Buhay Hayaan Yumabong (transl. Let Life Prosper), more popularly known as Buhay Party-List, is a party-list group in the Philippines founded by El Shaddai leader Mike Velarde, known primarily for its staunch opposition to abortion and its advocacy for the sanctity of life.

Buhay Hayaan Yumabong
IdeologyPro-life
Christian right
Political positionRight-wing
ColorsGreen
Seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
3 / 287
House of Representatives party-list seats
3 / 57

In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives, the party-list group got 705,730 votes (5.5473% of the nationwide party-list vote)[1] and two seats.[2] In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won three seats in the nationwide party-list vote. In the 2010 elections, 1,249,555 votes won for Buhay three seats. Buhay was number three among all elected party-lists in the 2010 elections, after Ako Bicol, which got 1,522,986 votes (winning three seats) and Senior Citizens, which got 1,292,182 votes (also winning three seats).

Electoral performance
ElectionVotes%SeatsMember
2001290,7601.92%0N/A
2004705,7305.55%2Christian Señeres
Rene Velarde
20071,169,2347.33%3Ma. Carissa Coscolluela
Irwin Tieng
Rene Velarde
20101,249,5554.19%2Mike Velarde, Jr.
Irwin Tieng
20131,255,8084.62%3Mike Velarde, Jr.
Lito Atienza
Irwin Tieng
2016760,9122Mike Velarde, Jr.
Lito Atienza
2019359,5681Lito Atienza

References
  1. Comelec Archived 2007-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Congress, Congress


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