The Social Amelioration and Genuine Intervention on Poverty (SAGIP), also known as the SAGIP Partylist, is a political organization with party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines.
Background The Social Amelioration and Genuine Intervention on Poverty (SAGIP) organization was initially established as 1-SAGIP (The "1" was later dropped). It was approved as a partylist organization by the Commission on Elections to represent the urban poor sector. It took part in the 2013 elections with retired teacher and book distributor Erlinda Santiago as its first nominee. The group also had the endorsement of the Iglesia ni Cristo at least for that particular campaign. 1-SAGIP managed to secure a seat in the House of Representatives.
For the 2016 elections, SAGIP changed their first nominee to Rodante Marcoleta, a former representative of the Alagad partylist and a lawyer. SAGIP managed to retain their single seat in the 2016 and 2019 elections. It won an additional seat in the 2022 elections.
Electoral performance Election Votes % Party-list seats2013 287,739 1.04 2016 397,064 1.23 2019 257,313 0.92 2022 780,456 2.12 2025 405,297 0.97
Representatives to Congress Period1st Representative2nd Representative16th Congress2013–2016 Erlinda Santiago 17th Congress2016–2019 Rodante Marcoleta 18th Congress2019–2022 Rodante Marcoleta 19th Congress2022–2025 Caroline Tanchay Rodante Marcoleta20th Congress2025–present Paolo Marcoleta Note: A party-list group, can win a maximum of three seats in the House of Representatives.
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