TheGanap Party was aFilipinopolitical party that grew from theSakdalista movement.Benigno Ramos, who served as its leader, was also the founder of the Sakdalista movement. The party took its name from theTagalog wordganap, which means "complete".

Sakdal party leader Benigno Ramos returned to the Philippines in 1938, after three years in self-imposed Japanese exile. Anxious to regroup after the failed May uprising, he formed Ganap. It was therefore not surprising that the party was pro-Japan in outlook and saw an alliance with them as the road to independence. Ramos named the party Ganap because he was anxious to kickstart their election campaign.^[1] Their propaganda was so rabidly pro-Japanese andanti-American that Ramos was imprisoned on charges of swindling.^{[1][2]: 113}Ganap drew its support base from the old Sakdal members, the disgruntled peasant class.The party was not without internal dissent, though, as opponents of Benigno Ramos remained in the old Sakdal Party, claiming that Ramos had become aNacionalista turncoat and a puppet ofQuezon.^[1]: 69

Ganap was able to organise and they were one of only four parties allowed to stand in the1941 election, when Manuel L. Quezon sought re-election.^[3] They fielded Celerino Tiongco for president, Pilar V. Aglipay of theRepublican Party for vice president, and a 23-man senatorial slate. The party's main area of support was theBulacan-SouthernLuzon area, where the major land estates were located.^[4] As the party gained strength, membership spread to other provinces, such asLa Union andPangasinan. However, they didn't win any elective position in the said election. Celerino placed fourth, getting 22,474 votes, or 1.34% of the votes cast, Aglipay placed third, while none of their senatorial candidates ranked above 65th.

ThePacific theater of theWorld War II was opened on December 8, 1941 (Philippine time), with thebombing of Pearl Harbor. After that mission, Japanese planes proceeded to bomb targets inDavao. By Christmas, the Japanese forces had landed on Philippine soil. Among the invaders was the pro-JapaneseKatipunan generalArtemio Ricarte. In early April 1942, the Japanese liberated Ramos from his imprisonment, without forgetting to mobilize Ganap support for the Japanese.

Ganap saw the Japanese as saviors of the Philippines, and its members readilycollaborated with them during the occupation of the islands. Many Ganap members were recruited into the Yoin, or United Nippon, an organisation dedicated to performing auxiliary and menial duties for the Japanese expeditionary force.

Other Ganap members were absorbed by theJapanese Army, and were issued weapons. Widespread abuse of these duties and powers was reported, andguerrilla outfits retaliated by harassing Ganap members and their families. In return, the Ganap members would begin sending "Intelligence scouts" into the enemy guerrilla units and their families. If proven that they were anti-Japanese or have killed a fellow Ganap member, these outfits would be rooted out and assassinated.^{[citation needed]}

TheNacionalista Party clique, led by then-PresidentJosé P. Laurel and former Philippine Executive Commission ChairmanJorge B. Vargas, became worried over the growing power of the Ganap Party. Ganap was therefore sidelined when the occupiers decreed the creation ofKALIBAPI into which they were merged.^[2] Although the party was a constituent of KALIBAPI, Ganap never exercised real influence within the new grouping, partly at the suggestion of Laurel and Vargas.^[1] Many of the original party followers would go on to form the basis of the militia groupMakapili, which the Japanese founded in November 1944.^[2]: 114

Candidates for the1941 Philippine general election

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