Buhay Party-List
Buhay Hayaan Yumabong | |
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Ideology |
Pro-life Christian right |
Political position | Right-wing |
National affiliation | none |
International affiliation | none |
Colors | Green |
Seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines |
3 / 287 |
House of Representatives party-list seats |
3 / 57 |
Buhay Hayaan Yumabong (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.
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 3 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
Election | Votes | % | Seats | Member |
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2001 | 290,760 | 1.92% | 0 | N/A |
2004 | 705,730 | 5.55% | 2 | Christian Señeres Rene Velarde |
2007 | 1,169,234 | 7.33% | 3 | Ma. Carissa Coscolluela Irwin Tieng Rene Velarde |
2010 | 1,249,555 | 4.19% | 2 | Mike Velarde, Jr. Irwin Tieng |
2013 | 1,255,808 | 4.62% | 3 | Mike Velarde, Jr. Lito Atienza Irwin Tieng |
2016 | 733,694 | Mike Velarde, Jr. Lito Atienza Mel Robles Mark Tieng Xavier Padilla Dr. Primitivo Chua Atty. Melchor Monsod |