The Cooperative NATCCO Party (Coop-NATCCO) is a party-list in the Philippines which serves as the electoral wing of the National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO). Coop-NATCCO has represented the Philippine co-operative sector in the Philippine 11th Congress since 1998 when the party won a seat in the House of Representatives in the first ever national party-list election held in the country that year. Coop-NATCCO has continued to win a seat in Congress in the succeeding party-list elections.
Coop-NATCCO representatives have included Cong. Jose R. Ping-ay in the 14th and 15th Congress. During his term as chairperson in 2008, NATCCO reached the landmark first billion in assets. NATCCO became a secondary federation in 2004.Cong. Cresente C. Paez in the 11th Congress and Cong. Guillermo P. Cua in the 13th Congress and the 14th Congress. Despite its winning votes, Coop-NATCCO had no representative in the 12th Congress because of a disqualification case brought against the party by another party-list. The disqualification issue dragged for almost the whole length of the 12th Congress. In December 2003, the Commission on Election (COMELEC) upheld Coop-NATCCO as a qualified party-list but by that time, it was too late for Coop-NATCCO to have a Congress Representative proclaimed for the party.
Creation Coop-NATCCO Party-List was created by NATCCO leaders who viewed the party-list system as an opportunity to go beyond mere dependence on traditional politicians to push forward the co-operative's legislative agenda.
On July 27, 1997, the NATCCO board met at Cauayan, Isabela, and approved the network's participation in the party-list election. On November 12, 1997, the board met again and commissioned Atty. Edmund Lao to prepare the party's manifestation to participate in the election and to draft the by-laws of Coop-NATCCO Network Party-List.
Coop-NATCCO Party-List was registered with the COMELEC on November 11, 1997. On February 7, 1998, a COMELEC promulgation disqualified the party. Atty. Edmund Lao filed a motion for reconsideration. Meanwhile, the party still proceeded to come up with its list of 5 nominees.
Electoral performance Election Votes % Seats Representative #1 Representative #2 Representative #31998 189,802 2.07% 1 Cresente Paez — —2001 Disqualified2004 270,950 2.13% 1 Guillermo Cua — —2007 409,987 2.12% 2 Jose Ping-ay Cresente Paez —2010 944,864 3.14% 2 Jose Ping-ay Cresente Paez —2013 642,005 2.32% 2 Cresente Paez Antonio Bravo —2016 671,699 2.07% 2 Antonio Bravo Sabiniano Canama — 2019 417,285 1.50% 1 Sabiniano Canama — —2022 346,341 0.94% 1 Felimon Espares — —2025 509,913 1.22% 1 Felimon Espares — —
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