Trade Union Congress Party

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Trade Union Congress Party
IdeologyTrade unionism
Laborism
ColorsBlue
Seats in the House of Representatives
1 / 61
(Party-list seats only)
Website
tucp.org.ph
  • Politics of Philippines
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  • Elections

Trade Union Congress Party is a party-list in the Philippines, set up by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines as its electoral wing.[1] The party contested the 2004 legislative elections, mustering 201,396 votes nationwide (1.58%). The list failed to win any seat.[2] The Supreme Court declared TUCP, as well as a few other party-list organizations, as winners in the 2007 legislative elections by virtue of the Philippine Constitution.

Electoral performance[]

Electoral History
Election Congress Votes % Seats Won Representatives
2001 12th 103,273 0.68 0 Raymond Mendoza
2004 13th 201,396 1.58 0 Raymond Mendoza
2007 14th 162,647 1.02 1 Raymond Mendoza
2010 15th 245,031 0.82 1 Raymond Mendoza
2013 16th 368,883 1.35 1 Raymond Mendoza
2016 17th 467,275 1.44 1 Raymond Mendoza
2019 18th 256,059[3] 0.92 1 Raymond Mendoza

Note: Competed in 2001 as Trade Union Congress of the Philippines.

Party-list nominees[]

For the 2019 elections, only the first nominee of the party won a seat, Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza.[4] He is one of the 70 representatives who prevented the renewal of the ABS-CBN franchise at the committee level thus making sure the bill did not reach the plenary.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Trade Union Congress of the Philippines Archived 2006-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "COMELEC Election Results". Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
  3. ^ "2019 National Elections Partylist Canvass Report" (PDF). Commission on Elections. May 13, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  4. ^ Bueza, Michael. "18th Congress, by the numbers". Rappler. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  5. ^ Perez-Rubio, Bella. "List of lawmakers who voted for and against ABS-CBN franchise renewal". Philstar.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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