List of political parties in the Philippines
There are many and diverse political parties in the Philippines. Most party membership consists primarily of political figures and leaders, with little or no grassroots membership. The Philippines has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments for political expediency and convenience. Since no political parties have sustaining membership to which party leaders are developed, most of the political parties have the rise-and-fall-and-rise character. There  are three types of parties in the Philippines. These are: (a) major parties, which typically correspond to traditional political parties; (b) minor parties or party-list organizations, which rely on the party-list system to win Congressional seats; and (c) regional or provincial parties, which correspond to region-wide or province-wide organizations, respectively. National parties in office. Major parties. There are two major parties that are expected to lead the administration and opposition coalitions for the upcoming 2022 Philippine general election: Five major parties are listed below: Parties represented in Congress. Party-lists represented in Congress. These parties won  more than 2% of the vote. For the complete list, see Philippine House of Representatives election, 2019 (party-list). Other national parties. COMELEC classifies "national" parties as parties that are not restricted to one locality (province/district/city/municipality). Not registered with the government. These are national parties that are not registered with the Commission on Elections: