# Makabayan

Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (lit. 'Patriotic Coalition of the People') or simply Makabayan is a coalition of twelve party-lists in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It was founded on April 16, 2009. The founding assembly was held at UP Theatre, Diliman, Quezon City.

## Party-lists

As of 2024, four party-lists are fielding candidates under the Makabayan bloc:
* Bayan Muna
* Teachers: Alliance of Concerned Teachers
* Women: Gabriela Women's Party
* Youth: Kabataan
The following partylists have also ran under the bloc:
* Workers and peasants: Anakpawis
* Indigenous people: Katribu
* Migrants: Migrante
* Children's rights: Akap-bata
* Government employees: COURAGE (Confederation for Unity Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees)
* Drivers: PISTON (Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide)
* Green party: Kalikasan
* Bicolano people: Aking Bikolnon
* Moro people: Suara Bangsamoro
In 2016, the Commission on Elections disqualified the Akap Bata and Katribu partylists for failure to acquire the necessary votes.
In 2024, COMELEC delisted and canceled the registration of Anakpawis ahead of the 2025 Philippine general election for "failing to obtain at least two (20) percent of votes cast for the party-list system and failed to obtain a seat in the last two (2) preceding elections."

## Coalition

Makabayan also includes organizations that are not political parties, including:
* Peasants: Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (Peasant Movement in the Philippines, KMP), AMIHAN (National Federation of Peasant Women: Defend Peasant Women Portraits Series), UMA (Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura, Union of Agricultural Workers)
* Workers: Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Movement, KMU)
* Youth and Students: Anakbayan, College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP), League of Filipino Students (LFS), National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP), Karatula – Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan (Youth Artists for Genuine Freedom), SCMP – Student Christian Movement of the Philippines
* Fisherfolk: Pambasang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya Pilipinas (National Force of Fisherfolk Movement in the Philippines, PAMALAKAYA)
* Religious: Promotion of Church People's Response (PCPR), Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP)
* Health Workers: Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD)
* Scientists: Advocates of Science and Technology for the People (Agham)
* Teachers: Congress of Teachers and Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND)
* Cultural Workers: Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP), Sinagbayan, Tambisan sa Sining
* Indigenous People: Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP)
* Human Rights Defenders: KARAPATAN – Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights
* Lawyers: National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL)
* Urban poor: Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY)

## Electoral performance
### President

| Election | Candidate | Number of votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election |
| 2010 | Supported Manny Villar who lost | Supported Manny Villar who lost | Supported Manny Villar who lost | Supported Manny Villar who lost |
| 2016 | Supported Grace Poe who lost | Supported Grace Poe who lost | Supported Grace Poe who lost | Supported Grace Poe who lost |
| 2022 | Supported Leni Robredo who lost | Supported Leni Robredo who lost | Supported Leni Robredo who lost | Supported Leni Robredo who lost |

### Vice president

| Election | Candidate | Number of votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election |
| 2010 | Supported Loren Legarda who lost | Supported Loren Legarda who lost | Supported Loren Legarda who lost | Supported Loren Legarda who lost |
| 2016 | Supported Francis Escudero who lost | Supported Francis Escudero who lost | Supported Francis Escudero who lost | Supported Francis Escudero who lost |
| 2022 | Supported Francis Pangilinan who lost | Supported Francis Pangilinan who lost | Supported Francis Pangilinan who lost | Supported Francis Pangilinan who lost |

### Senate

Makabayan fielded its first senatorial candidates in 2010, former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo and former Gabriela representative Liza Maza. Both candidates ran under the slate of presidential candidate Manny Villar.
From 2013 to 2019, Makabayan fielded lone candidates for the Senate. In 2013, Bayan Muna representative Teodoro Casiño ran under Makabayan. In 2016, Neri Colmenares ran under Makabayan and as part of the Partido Galing at Puso slate of presidential candidate Grace Poe. Colmenares ran again in 2019.
In 2022, Colmenares ran alongside labor leader Elmer Labog; both were part of the 1Sambayan senatorial slate, and were guest candidates under the senatorial slates of Leody de Guzman and Manny Pacquiao.
Makabayan fielded 11 senatorial candidates for the 2025 midterm elections:
* Jerome Adonis, labor leader and secretary general of Kilusang Mayo Uno
* Jocelyn Andamo, nurse and secretary general of Filipino Nurses United
* Representative Arlene Brosas of Gabriela Women's Party
* Ronnel Arambulo, fisherfolk leader and vice chairperson of Pamalakaya
* Former representative Teodoro Casiño of Bayan Muna
* Representative France Castro of ACT Teachers
* Eufemia "Mimi" Doringo, urban poor leader and secretary general of KADAMAY
* Mody Floranda, president of transport group PISTON
* Amirah Lidasan, Moro activist and co-chairperson of Sandugo
* Former representative Liza Maza of Gabriela Women's Party
* Danilo Ramos, peasant activist and chairperson of the Kilusang Mambubukid ng Pilipinas
| Election | Number of votes | Share of votes | Seats won | Seats after | Outcome of election |
| 2010 | 7,395,145 | 2.49% | 0 / 12 | 0 / 24 | Lost |
| 2013 | 4,295,151 | 1.44% | 0 / 12 | 0 / 24 | Lost |
| 2016 | 6,484,985 | 2.02% | 0 / 12 | 0 / 24 | Lost |
| 2019 | 4,683,942 | 1.29% | 0 / 12 | 0 / 24 | Lost |
| 2022 | 7,690,988 | 1.77% | 0 / 12 | 0 / 12 | Lost |

### House of Representatives

| Election | District elections | District elections | District elections | Party list election | Party list election | Party list election | Total seats | Outcome of election |
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats | Outcome of election |
| 2010 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | 3,106,617 | 10.34% | 7 / 57 | 7 / 286 | Joined the minority bloc |
| 2013 | 3,870 | 0.01% | 0 / 234 | 2,940,748 | 10.61% | 7 / 57 | 7 / 293 | Joined the minority bloc |
| 2016 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | 3,822,909 | 11.80% | 7 / 59 | 7 / 297 | Joined the majority bloc |
| 2019 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | 2,304,518 | 8.31% | 6 / 61 | 6 / 304 | Joined the minority bloc |
| 2022 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | 1,291,110 | 3.51% | 3 / 61 | 3 / 304 | Joined the minority bloc |

## Controversies

In November 2021, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group filed charges of two counts of cyberlibel (violation of the Republic Act No. 10175) against an incumbent and three former Makabayan representatives, former Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate and three leaders of the Gabriela Women's Party, Rep. Arlene Brosas, spokesperson Luzviminda Ilagan, and Liza Maza, after the four allegedly made statements accusing the Philippine National Police of red-tagging and planting of evidence. The case stemmed from a CIDG operation on that month to implement a 2015 arrest warrant against an individual for murder. The Department of Justice, in a resolution dated May 12, 2022 but only publicized in September, dismissed the charges for lack of merit.