# Asenso Manileño

Asenso Manileño Movement (lit. transl. Progress for Manilans) is a local political party in Manila. It is the city's ruling party since 2019, being in dominion through the administrations of mayors Isko Moreno and Honey Lacuna.

## History

The party was established in 2005 by Moreno's mentor, Danny Lacuna, the vice mayor of Manila at that time. The party's signature hand gesture is pointing the index finger upward which means "God first", the party's slogan. The party managed Moreno's successful vice mayoral campaign in the 2013 election, despite carrying then Mayor Joseph Estrada's United Nationalist Alliance ticket. In 2018, Moreno decided to challenge Estrada for the mayoralty in the 2019 elections. Moreno won the election and his allies then controlled a majority of seats in the Manila City Council.
The National Unity Party then took on the party as its local affiliate in August 2019, with Moreno being named as one of its vice chairmen. In 2021, the party changed its national affiliation to the progressive Aksyon Demokratiko with Moreno being named its national president.
In the 2022 elections, the party attained a historic success. It won 34 of the 36 elective seats in the city council, as well as maintaining the mayoralty and vice mayoralty. Additionally, all six congressional elections were won by candidates allied with the party.
In 2024, incumbent Mayor Honey Lacuna succeeded Isko Moreno as party leader of Asenso Manileño after he left to pursue a comeback run for mayor in 2025, which was later confirmed. Lacuna later joined the Lakas–CMD and formalized her re-election bid for mayor in 2025, eventually running against Moreno and 9 others.

## Electoral performance
### Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections

| Year | Mayoral election | Mayoral election | Mayoral election | Mayoral election | Vice mayoral election | Vice mayoral election | Vice mayoral election | Vice mayoral election |
| Year | Candidate | Votes | % | Result | Candidate | Votes | % | Result |
| 2007 | Danny Lacuna | 143,517 | 27.9% | Lost | Isko Moreno | 176,215 | 34.29% | Won |
| 2010 | None | None | None | — | Isko Moreno | 498,609 | 79.86% | Won |
| 2013 | None | None | None | — | Isko Moreno | 395,156 | 62.78% | Won |
| 2016 | None | None | None | — | Honey Lacuna | 268,969 | 37.91% | Won |
| 2019 | Isko Moreno | 357,925 | 50.15% | Won | Honey Lacuna | 394,766 | 57.28% | Won |
| 2022 | Honey Lacuna | 538,595 | 63.63% | Won | Yul Servo | 586,766 | 73.67% | Won |
| 2025 | Honey Lacuna | | | | Yul Servo | | | |

### City Council elections

| Year | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Result |
| Year | Seats won | % | Change | Votes | % | Swing | Result |
| 2013 | 0 / 36 | 0.00% | — | 1,467 | 0.05% | — | Lost |
| 2016 | 24 / 36 | 66.67% | 24 | 1,611,970 | 41.11% | 41.06 pp | Majority |
| 2019 | 16 / 36 | 44.44% | 8 | 1,281,855 | 35.36% | 5.75 pp | Majority |
| 2022 | 34 / 36 | 94.44% | 18 | 2,950,976 | 68.56% | 33.2 pp | Majority |

### House of Representatives elections

| Election | Seats allocated for Manila | Outcome of election |
| 2013 | 0 / 6 | Did not participate |
| 2016 | 2 / 6 | Joined the majority |
| 2019 | 3 / 6 | Split between the majority and minority blocs |
| 2022 | 6 / 6 | Joined the majority |

#### Notes

* ↑ Moreno's running mate was Alfredo S. Lim of the Liberal Party. But other members supported Avelino Razon of Nationalist People's Coalition.
* ↑ Moreno's party in the ballot was Nacionalista Party.
* ↑ Moreno's running mate was Joseph Ejercito Estrada of United Nationalist Alliance.
* ↑ Moreno's party in the ballot was United Nationalist Alliance.
* ↑ Lacuna's running mate was incumbent Joseph Ejercito Estrada of Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino.

## List of leaders

| Name | Term Start | Term End | Deputy |
| Danny Lacuna | 2005 | 2005 | Isko Moreno |
| Isko Moreno | 2005 | 2024 | Honey Lacuna |
| Honey Lacuna Pangan | 2024 | present | Yul Servo |

## Slogan

* God first (until August 2024)
* Kalinga sa Maynila (from August 2024)