MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, on Wednesday, May 22, proclaimed 51 winners in the 2019 party-list elections.

Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) topped the race, gaining the maximum 3 seats allowed. 

Bayan Muna came in next, also gaining 3 seats.

Six other organizations gained two seats each, while the other 43 won one seat each.

Here is the complete list of winning party-list groups, according to their rank:

1. ACT-CIS – 3 seats 
2. Bayan Muna – 3 seats 
3. AKO Bicol – 2 seats 
4. Citizens’ Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC) – 2 seats 
5. Ang Probinsyano – 2 seats 
6. 1PACMAN – 2 seats 
7. Marino – 2 seats 
8. Probinsyano Ako – 2 seats 
9. Senior Citizens – 1 seat
10. Magsasaka – 1 seat
11. Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC) – 1 seat
12. Gabriela – 1 seat
13. An Waray – 1 seat
14. Cooperative Natcco Network (COOP-NATCCO) – 1 seat
15. ACT Teachers – 1 seat
16. Philippine Rural Electronic Cooperatives Association, Inc (PHILRECA) – 1 seat
17. Ako Bisaya – 1 seat
18. Tingog Sinirangan – 1 seat
19. Abono – 1 seat
20. Buhay – 1 seat
21. Duterte Youth – 1 seat
22. Kalinga – 1 seat
23. Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) – 1 seat
24. Alliance of Organizations, Networks and Associations of the Philippines (ALONA) – 1 seat
25. Rural Electronic Consumers and Beneficiaries of Development and Advancement, Inc (RECOBODA) – 1 seat
26. Bagong Henerasyon – 1 seat
27. Bahay – 1 seat
28. Construction Workers’ Solidarity (CWS) – 1 seat
29. Abang Lingkod – 1 seat
30. A Teacher – 1 seat
31. Barangay Health Wellness (BHW) – 1 seat
32. Sagip – 1 seat
33. Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP) – 1 seat
34. Magdalo – 1 seat
35. Galing sa Puso Party (GP) – 1 seat
36. Manila Teachers – 1 seat
37. Rebolusyonaryong Alyansang Makabansa (RAM) – 1 seat
38. Anakalusugan – 1 seat
39. Ako Padayon – 1 seat
40. AAMBIS-OWA – 1 seat
41. Kusug Tausug – 1 seat
42. Dumper Philippines Taxi Drivers Association, Inc (Dumper-PTDA) – 1 seat
43. Talino at Galing ng Pinoy (TGP) – 1 seat
44. Public Safety Alliance for Transformation and Rule of Law, Inc (PATROL) – 1 seat
45. Anak Mindanao (AMIN) – 1 seat
46. Agricultural Sector Alliance of the Philippines (AGAP) – 1 seat
47. LPG Marketers Association, Inc (LPGMA) – 1 seat
48. OFW Family – 1 seat
49. Kabayan – 1 seat
50. Diwa – 1 seat
51. Kabataan – 1 seat

Winning groups will fill 61 seats allotted for party-list groups in the House of Representatives.

A total of 134 party-list groups ran in the 2019 midterm polls. Among those that failed to keep their seats in Congress are Akbayan and Makabayan bloc member Anakpawis.

With their exit comes the debut of other groups like ACT-CIS, Ang Probinsyano, and Duterte Youth, whose members are staunch supporters of the Duterte administration.

Duterte Youth aggressively joined the government’s crackdown against the Left as it asked students to fight leftist groups and called on the administration to revoke state scholarships of “rebellious students.” It vowed to push for the reimposition of the death penalty, which is backed by President Rodrigo Duterte.

Despite government efforts to label them as communist fronts and players in a bid to oust Duterte, Makabayan bloc members Bayan Muna, Gabriela, ACT Teachers, and Kabataan won in the party-list elections.

During the campaign period for the May polls, poll watchdogs continuously called out how nearly half of the party-list groups failed to represent the marginalized sector, which Republic Act No. 7941 or the Party-list System Act originally intended.

Throughout the years, the system has instead become a backdoor or shortcut to the House for those who cannot run in the district elections. – Rappler.com