# Nationalist People's Coalition

The Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) is a conservative political party in the Philippines which was founded in 1992 by presidential candidate Danding Cojuangco.

## History
### 1992

The NPC was founded in 1991 after members of the Nacionalista Party, led by Rizal governor Isidro Rodriguez, left the party after disagreements with party leader and vice president Salvador "Doy" Laurel before the 1992 presidential elections. Members of civil society (including the business sector) who called themselves "Friends of Danding" invited tycoon Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, a former associate of Ferdinand Marcos, to run as president with Senator Joseph Estrada as vice president. Cojuangco lost the presidential race, finishing third, and Estrada won the vice presidency in a landslide.

### 1998

The NPC was a member of the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP), the political vehicle of vice president Joseph Estrada in the 1998 presidential elections. It left the LAMMP after Estrada was removed from power in January 2001.

### 2001

When Gloria Macapagal Arroyo assumed the presidency, her People Power Coalition (led by the Lakas–CMD party) became the dominant group in Congress. The 75-member Lakas party led the "Sunshine Coalition," which included the 61-member NPC, members of the Liberal Party, and several other minor parties. The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) party led the 20-member opposition bloc.

### 2003

In 2003, after the failure of impeachment filing in the House against Chief Justice Hilario Davide, rumors speculated that the coalition will go to abolishment, as pro-impeachment congressmen, mainly from the NPC disappointed in the failure of impeachment. The rumors spread, also saying that there is a faction that are lacking of satisfaction on de Venecia and will challenge his speakership. NPC later prompted to quit in the coalition for the 2004 elections, and later rumored to join the opposition.

### 2004

In 2003, the LDP and NPC backed businessman Danding Cojuangco as a potential presidential candidate in that year's elections. Cojuangco, the NPC chair, withdrew from the campaign. But before the end of the year, NPC was sending 'mixed signals' that possibly confuse the public whether they will stay on the administration camp or jump into the opposition. Although the NPC had no seats in the Senate, the party had 53 seats in the House of Representatives after the election.

### 2010

Two of its House stalwarts, Chiz Escudero and Gilbert Teodoro (a nephew of Cojuangco) left NPC for their presidential ambitions. Teodoro joined Lakas–Kampi and launched his presidential campaign there, while Escudero planned also to run for presidency, but later withdrawn his bid and launched NoyBi. NPC, led by its new chairman Faustino Dy Jr., forged a coalition with Manny Villar's Nacionalista to support the latter's presidential campaign with selection of Loren Legarda as running mate.

### 2013

With Tito Sotto's chairmanship assumption, NPC forged an alliance with the administration's Team PNoy.

### 2022

After Cojuangco's death in 2020, NPC supported the vice presidential campaign of its chairman Sotto. But, in the preferences of presidential candidates, majority of them supported either Bongbong Marcos, or Panfilo Lacson's campaign.

## 1995 election

The NPC fielded a 12-person Senatorial slate in the 1995 elections as an opposition party to the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos. They ran against the administration-backed Lakas–Laban Coalition.
| Candidate | Party | Occupation |
| Rose Marie Arenas | Nationalist People's Coalition | Businesswoman |
| Gaudencio Beduya | Nationalist People's Coalition | Former representative from Cebu |
| Anna Dominique Coseteng | Nationalist People's Coalition | Senator |
| Amanda T. Cruz | Nationalist People's Coalition | Businesswoman |
| Ramon Fernandez | Nationalist People's Coalition | Professional basketball player |
| Gregorio Honasan | Independent | Former colonel |
| Bongbong Marcos | Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | Representative from Ilocos Norte, son of Ferdinand Marcos |
| Adelisa A. Raymundo | Nationalist People's Coalition | Former labor sectoral representative |
| Manuel C. Roxas | Nationalist People's Coalition | Lawyer |
| Almarin C. Tillah | Nationalist People's Coalition | Chair of the Bangsamoro National Congress |
| Arturo Tolentino | Nationalist People's Coalition | Senator |
| Miriam Defensor-Santiago | People's Reform Party | Former Bureau of Immigration and Deportation commissioner, 1992 presidential candidate |
* 1 2 3 Elected.

## Candidates
### 2007 election

In the 2007 elections, the party won 26 seats:
* Mark Cojuangco
* Faustino Dy Jr.
* Giorgidi B. Aggabao
* Michael John Duavit
* Mark Mendoza
* Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr.
* Vicente Sotto III
* Ace Durano
* Avelino Razon Jr.
* Anthony Golez
* Ernesto Maceda
* Estelito Mendoza
* Darlene Antonino Custodio
* Daisy Avance-Fuentes
* Sixto Brillantes
* Loren Legarda
* Anna Dominique Coseteng
* Sherwin T. Gatchalian
* Francis Nepomuceno
* Vic Amante
* Evelio Leonardia
* Joan V. Alarilla
* Angelito Gatlabayan
* Luis Asistio
* Ding Roman
* Enrique Cojuangco
* Claude Bautista
* Emmanuel "Manny" Piñol
* Josemari Macasaquit
* Juan Ponce "Jack" Enrile Jr.
* Eleanor Bulut-Begtang
* Arnulfo P. Fuentebella
* Crisanto S. Rances
* Felix William B. Fuentebella
* Elizabeth "Tita Beth" A. Delarmente
* Francis "Chiz" Escudero
* Tom P. Bongalonta, Jr.

### 2010
#### 2010 presidential elections

Loren Legarda – Vice-presidential candidate from the Nacionalista Party and LDP (lost)
Senate:
* Miriam Defensor Santiago (under the PRP and guest candidate of Lakas Kampi CMD, LDP, Nacionalista Party and PMP) (won)
* Rodolfo Plaza (guest candidate from Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino) (lost)
* Tito Sotto (won)

### 2013

Senate:
* Loren Legarda – guest candidate from Liberal Party/Team PNoy (won)
* Jack Enrile – guest candidate from Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino/United Nationalist Alliance (lost)
* Edward Hagedorn – independent (lost)

### 2016

* President: Grace Poe (lost)
* Vice President: Francis Escudero (lost)
Senate:
* Win Gatchalian (won)
* Tito Sotto (won)

### 2019

Senate:
* Jinggoy Estrada (guest candidate, lost)
* JV Ejercito (lost)
* Lito Lapid (won)
* Imee Marcos (guest candidate, won)
* Grace Poe (guest candidate, won)
* Bong Revilla (guest candidate, won)

### 2022

Vice President: Tito Sotto (lost)
Senate:
* Herbert Bautista (lost)
* Win Gatchalian (won)
* Loren Legarda (won)
* Francis Escudero (won)
* JV Ejercito (won)
* Manny Piñol (lost)

### 2025

Senate:
* Abby Binay
* Tito Sotto
* Lito Lapid
* Panfilo Lacson (Guest candidate albeit running Independent)

## Electoral performance
### Presidential and vice presidential elections

| Year | Presidential election | Presidential election | Presidential election | Vice presidential election | Vice presidential election | Vice presidential election |
| Year | Candidate | Vote share | Result | Candidate | Vote share | Result |
| 1992 | Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco Jr. | 18.17% | Fidel Ramos (Lakas–NUCD) | Joseph Estrada | 33.00% | Joseph Estrada (NPC) |
| 1998 | None | None | Joseph Estrada (PMP) | None | None | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Lakas–CMD) |
| 2004 | None | None | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Lakas–CMD) | None | None | Noli de Castro (Independent) |
| 2010 | None | None | Benigno Aquino III (Liberal) | Loren Legarda | 12.21% | Jejomar Binay (PDP–Laban) |
| 2016 | None | None | Rodrigo Duterte (PDP–Laban) | None | None | Leni Robredo (Liberal) |
| 2022 | None | None | Bongbong Marcos (PFP) | Vicente Sotto III | 15.89% | Sara Z. Duterte (Lakas–CMD) |

### Legislative elections

Congress of the Philippines :
| Year | Seats won | Result | Year | Seats won | Ticket | Result |
| 1992 | 30 / 200 | LDP plurality | 1992 | 5 / 24 | Single party ticket | LDP win 16/24 seats |
| 1995 | 22 / 204 | Lakas / LDP majority | 1995 | 1 / 12 | Nationalist People's Coalition ticket | Lakas-Laban Coalition win 9/12 seats |
| 1998 | 64 / 258 | Lakas plurality | 1998 | 1 / 12 | LAMMP | LAMMP win 7/12 seats |
| 2001 | 40 / 256 | Lakas plurality | 2001 | Not participating | Not participating | People Power Coalition win 8/13 seats |
| 2004 | 53 / 261 | Lakas plurality | 2004 | 0 / 12 | KNP | K4 win 7/12 seats |
| 2007 | 28 / 270 | Lakas plurality | 2007 | 2 / 12 | Split ticket | Genuine Opposition win 8/12 seats |
| 2010 | 29 / 286 | Lakas plurality | 2010 | 1 / 12 | Split ticket | Liberal Party win 4/12 seats |
| 2013 | 42 / 292 | Liberal Party plurality | 2013 | 1 / 12 | Split ticket | Team PNoy win 9/12 seats |
| 2016 | 42 / 297 | Liberal Party plurality | 2016 | 1 / 12 | Partido Galing at Puso | Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid win 7/12 seats |
| 2019 | 37 / 304 | PDP–Laban plurality | 2019 | 1 / 12 | Split ticket | Hugpong ng Pagbabago win 9/12 seats |
| 2022 | 35 / 304 | PDP–Laban plurality | 2022 | 4 / 12 | Split ticket | UniTeam win 6/12 seats |

#### Notes

* ↑ NPC endorsed Fernando Poe Jr. for president.
* ↑ NPC endorsed Loren Legarda for president.
* ↑ Legarda's running mate was Manuel Villar of the Nacionalista Party.
* ↑ NPC endorsed Grace Poe for president.
* ↑ NPC endorsed Chiz Escudero for president.
* ↑ There are no official Presidential standard bearer even Sotto has running mate (Ping Lacson) who is independent.
* ↑ Contested in an electoral alliance with LDP and PMP as LAMMP. Seat total consists of 55 LAMMP representatives and 9 NPC representatives elected outside the LAMMP alliance.

## 19th Congress
### Senate

* JV Ejercito
* Francis Escudero
* Win Gatchalian
* Lito Lapid
* Loren Legarda

### House of Representatives
#### District Representatives

* Tyrone Agabas
* Genaro Alvarez
* Erico Aristotle Aumentado
* Lorna Bautista-Bandigan
* Gabriel Bordado
* Elias Bulut, Jr.
* Luis Campos, Jr.
* Solomon Chungalao
* Carlos Cojuangco
* Faustino Michael Dy III
* Ian Paul Dy
* Michael John Duavit
* Mark Enverga
* Sandra Eriguel
* Evelina Guevarra-Escudero
* Bayani Fernando
* Arnie Fuentebella
* Weslie Gatchalian
* Greg Gasataya
* J. Veronique Lacson-Noel
* Loren Legarda
* Dahlia Ambayec-Loyola
* Manuel Luis Lopez
* Bernardita Ramos
* Strike Revilla
* Xavier Jesus Romualdo
* Roman Romulo
* Manuel Sagarbarria
* Angelina "Helen" Tan
* Josemari Macasaquit
* Arnulfo Teves, Jr.
* Gerardo Valmayor
* Noel Villanueva
* Victor Yap

## Current party officials

* Leader: Mark Cojuangco
* President: Jack Duavit
* Chairman: Tito Sotto
* Secretary-General: Mark Llandro Mendoza
* Spokesperson: Mark Enverga
* Senate President: Francis Escudero

## Party leadership history
### Chairman

| Chairperson | Term Start | Term End |
| Danding Cojuangco | 1991 | 2009 |
| Faustino Dy Jr. | 2009 | 2013 |
| Tito Sotto | 2013 | present |