Butil Farmers Party

The Butil Farmers Party (Butil), formerly the Luzon Farmers Party, 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 one seat in the nationwide party-list vote.

Electoral performance

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ElectionVotes%Seats1st representative2nd representative3rd representative
1998215,6432.36%1Benjamin Cruz
2001330,2822.18%2Benjamin CruzLeonila Chavez
2004429,2593.37%1Benjamin Cruz[a]
Leonila Chavez
2007409,1602.57%2Leonila Chavez[a]Agapito Guanlao
2010506,7031.67%1Agapito Guanlao
2013438,6011.60%1Agapito Guanlao
2016395,0111.22%1Cecilia Leonila Chavez
2019163,9270.59%0
202287,3050.24%0
  1. ^ a b Died in office

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