# Iglesia ni Cristo and Philippine elections

The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) is noted for its role in elections in the Philippines.

## Bloc voting

The Iglesia ni Cristo is known for its practice of bloc voting during elections. The INC is known for issuing directives to vote for certain candidates endorsed by the church under the tenet of obedience and the advocacy of a united unit. INC spokesperson Edwil Zabala has stressed the importance of unity of its members with the church leadership. As a consequence, candidates often attempt to secure endorsement from the INC.
According to pollster, Mahar Mangahas the INC usually announces its endorsements around a week before election day "when the rankings of the candidates in the polls have stabilized" and concludes that candidates' ranking in opinion polls are a factor on how the INC chooses candidates to support.

## Endorsements

The following is the list of candidates who have been endorsed by the Iglesia ni Cristo. The list is limited to candidates running for president, vice president, and senators.

### President

| Year | Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Result |
| 1935 | 1. | Manuel Quezon | Nacionalista | 695,332 | 67.99 | Won |
| 1941 | 1. | Manuel Quezon | Nacionalista | 1,340,320 | 81.78 | Won |
| 1946 | 1. | Manuel Roxas | Liberal | 1,333,392 | 53.94 | Won |
| 1949 | 3. | Jose Avelino | Liberal | 419,890 | 11.85 | Lost |
| 1961 | 1. | Diosdado Macapagal | Liberal | 3,554,840 | 55.05 | Won |
| 1965 | 1. | Ferdinand Marcos | Nacionalista | 3,861,324 | 51.94 | Won |
| 1969 | 1. | Ferdinand Marcos | Nacionalista | 5,017,343 | 61.47 | Won |
| 1981 | 1. | Ferdinand Marcos | KBL | 18,309,360 | 88.02 | Won |
| 1986 | 1. | Ferdinand Marcos | KBL | 10,807,197 | 53.62 | Won |
| 1992 | 3. | Danding Cojuangco | NPC | 4,116,376 | 18.17 | Lost |
| 1998 | 1. | Joseph Estrada | LAMMP | 10,722,295 | 39.86 | Won |
| 2004 | 1. | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | Lakas | 12,905,808 | 39.99 | Won |
| 2010 | 1. | Benigno Aquino III | Liberal | 15,208,678 | 42.08 | Won |
| 2016 | 1. | Rodrigo Duterte | PDP–Laban | 16,601,997 | 39.02 | Won |
| 2022 | 1. | Ferdinand Marcos Jr. | PFP | 31,629,783 | 58.77 | Won |

### Vice President

| Year | Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Result |
| 1998 | 1. | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | Lakas | 12,667,252 | 49.56 | Won |
| 2004 | 1. | Noli de Castro | Independent | 15,100,431 | 49.80 | Won |
| 2010 | 2. | Mar Roxas | Liberal | 13,918,490 | 39.58 | Lost |
| 2016 | 2. | Bongbong Marcos | Independent | 14,155,344 | 34.47 | Lost |
| 2022 | 1. | Sara Duterte | Lakas | 32,208,417 | 61.53 | Won |

### Senators

| Year | Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Result |
| 2022 | 1. | Robin Padilla | PDP–Laban | 27,027,235 | 48.23 | Won |
| 2022 | 2. | Loren Legarda | NPC | 24,367,564 | 43.48 | Won |
| 2022 | 4. | Win Gatchalian | NPC | 20,678,804 | 36.89 | Won |
| 2022 | 5. | Francis Escudero | NPC | 20,320,069 | 36.26 | Won |
| 2022 | 6. | Mark Villar | Nacionalista | 19,563,262 | 34.91 | Won |
| 2022 | 7. | Alan Peter Cayetano | Independent | 19,359,758 | 34.54 | Won |
| 2022 | 8. | Migz Zubiri | Independent | 18,931,207 | 33.78 | Won |
| 2022 | 9. | Joel Villanueva | Independent | 18,539,537 | 33.08 | Won |
| 2022 | 11. | JV Ejercito | NPC | 15,901,891 | 28.37 | Won |
| 2022 | 12. | Jinggoy Estrada | PMP | 15,174,288 | 27.08 | Won |
| 2022 | 13. | Jejomar Binay | UNA | 13,348,887 | 23.82 | Lost |
| 2022 | 16. | Guillermo Eleazar | Reporma | 11,360,526 | 20.27 | Lost |