The Butil Farmers Party (Butil), formerly the Luzon Farmers Party, is a political party in Luzon, Philippines. Butil is the electoral wing of the National Farmers Supreme Council (SANDUGO).Philippines : Gov.Ph : News : Major farmers' group endorses GMA's Presidential bid (Printer friendly version)
In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives, the party got 429,259 votes (3.3742%)COMELEC Election Results and one seat (Benjamin A. Cruz). In the previous congress, the party had two seats, Benjamin A. Cruz and Leonila V. Chavez ('Ka Nellie').
The party supported the candidacy of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the 2004 election.
Cruz died on October 15, 2004. His seat was filled by Chavez.Makati Business Club: CongressWatch In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won one seat in the nationwide party-list vote.
Electoral performance
Election Votes % Seats1st representative2nd representative3rd representative1998 215,643 2.36% 1Benjamin Cruz——2001 330,282 2.18% 2Benjamin CruzLeonila Chavez—2004 429,259 3.37% 1Benjamin CruzLeonila Chavez——2007 409,160 2.57% 2Leonila ChavezAgapito Guanlao2010 506,703 1.67% 1Agapito Guanlao——2013 438,601 1.60% 1Agapito Guanlao——2016 395,011 1.22% 1Cecilia Leonila Chavez——2019 163,927 0.59% 0———2022 87,305 0.24% 0———
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