Nacionalista Party Partido Nacionalista | |
|---|---|
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| Abbreviation | NP; Nacionalista |
| President | Manny Villar |
| Chairperson | Cynthia Villar |
| Secretary General | Mark Villar |
| Spokesperson | Ace Barbers |
| Founder | Manuel L. Quezon Sergio Osmeña |
| Founded | April 29, 1907; 118 years ago (1907-04-29)[1] |
| Merger of | Partido Union Nacionalista[1][2] Partido Independista Imediatista[1][2] |
| Headquarters | Starmall EDSA-Shaw 4F,EDSA cornerShaw Boulevard,Mandaluyong,Metro Manila |
| Youth wing | Young Nacionalistas |
| Membership | 1.2 million |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-righttoright-wing[17] |
| National affiliation | Bagong Pilipinas (2024–2025) |
| Colors | National colors: Red, blue, and white Customary: Light green Orange |
| Slogan | Ang Bayan Higit sa Lahat ('The Nation Above All') |
| Senate | 4 / 24 |
| House of Representatives | 21 / 317 [18] |
| Provincial Governors | 11 / 82 |
| Provincial Vice Governors | 8 / 82 |
| Provincial Board Members | 97 / 840 |
| Website | |
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TheNacionalista Party (Filipino andSpanish:Partido Nacionalista;lit. 'Nationalist Party,'NP) is apolitical party in thePhilippines that is the oldest existing party in the country and inSoutheast Asia. It was responsible for leading the country throughout most of the 20th century since its founding in 1907; it was the ruling party from 1935 to 1946 (underManuel L. Quezon andSergio Osmeña), 1953 to 1961 (underRamon Magsaysay andCarlos P. Garcia), and 1965 to 1978 (underFerdinand Marcos), and also wasone of the two dominant political parties (along with theLiberal Party) throughout the existence of theThird Republic.
The Nacionalista Party was initially created as aFilipino nationalist party that supportedPhilippine independence until 1946, when theUnited Statesgranted independence to the country.[3][19][10] Since then, many scholarly articles that dealt with the history of political parties during theThird Republic agreed that the party has been increasinglypopulist,[8][9][10][11][12] although some have argued they haveconservative[3][15] tendencies because of their opposition to theLiberal Party and theProgressive Party.
The party was organized as a vehicle for Philippine independence, advocating self-rule; and espousing this advocacy through representation in thePhilippine Assembly of 1907–1916, and in the succeedingPhilippine Legislature of 1916–1935. The ranks of Nationalist politicians rose to prominence through theCommonwealth of the Philippines spanning 1935–1941, ending when political parties were replaced by a singular and monolithic partyKALIBAPI during theJapanese occupation of the Philippines.
Manuel Roxas,Elpidio Quirino, and their allies called for an early general election, which elects the president, vice president, and members of the Congress, and lobbied it to their allies in theUnited States Congress. In December 1945, the House Insular Affairs Committee of the US Congress approved the joint resolution, setting the election date by April 23, 1946.[20]
Prompted by this congressional action, PresidentSergio Osmeña called thePhilippine Congress to a three-day special session. Congress enacted Commonwealth Act No. 725, setting the election date on April 23, 1946. President Osmeña signed the act on January 5, 1946.[20]
The Nacionalista Party was divided into two factions: the Conservative wing, also known as the pro-Osmeña wing, and the Liberal wing, which was led by Roxas and Quirino. On January 3, 1946, Osmeña announced his re-election bid. But the Liberal wing became theLiberal Party and was officially founded on January 19, 1946, with its leaders Roxas and Quirino as party nominees for president and vice president, respectively.[21][22][23]
On January 22, 1946, formerRizal congressman and SenatorEulogio "Amang" Rodriguez was nominated as Osmeña's running mate for vice president in a convention held at Ciro's Club in Manila. But the tandem of Osmeña and Rodriguez was defeated by Roxas and Quirino of Liberal.[20][23]
After the victory of the Liberals, Nacionalista only won 1 of 8 seats in the1947 Senate election, byCamilo Osias.[24] In the1949 presidential elections, Nacionalista fielded former "collaborator" and political veteranJose P. Laurel, with former Senator and Supreme Court Associate JusticeManuel Briones as his running mate.[25] Even though the Nacionalistas had the advantage of the Liberals' divide, with Quirino running for his own full term and SenatorJosé Avelino running with another wing, Quirino prevailed against Laurel. Former general and future diplomatCarlos P. Romulo and Marvin M. Gray considered the 1949 edition as the dirtiest election in Philippine electoral history.[26] In thesenate election of the same year, anti-AmericanClaro M. Recto only managed to win after an election protest.[27]
| 1953 Nacionalista Convention | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate |  |  |
| Name | Ramon Magsaysay | Camilo Osías |
| Votes | 702 | 49 |
FormerPresident and then-SenatorJose P. Laurel initially had intentions to seek the Nacionalista's nomination for president in 1953 but did not go through with it. He then proposed to endorse then-Secretary of National DefenseRamon Magsaysay, whose successful anti-insurgency and anti-communist initiatives had strained his relations withPresidentQuirino and the Liberal Party. ButSenate PresidentCamilo Osías sought the presidential nomination but ultimately lost toMagsaysay. This prompted Osias to jump to the Liberal Party. In the convention, SenatorCarlos P. Garcia ofBohol was picked to be his running mate, defeatingJose Zulueta (who also jumped to the Liberal Party with Osias).[28]
Also, the country's ambassador to the United Nations,Carlos Romulo, and incumbent Vice PresidentFernando Lopez, who founded theDemocratic Party from the Liberal Party and originally intended to run for president and vice president, respectively, withdrew, and Lopez sought a place in the Senate. The tandem of Magsaysay and Garcia won the election in1953.[29] In the1953 Senate elections, onlyLorenzo Tañada won from a party other than Nacionalista or Democratic, while in1955, the Nacionalistas swept all eight candidates.[28]
After Magsaysay'splane crashed on Mt. Manunggal while riding aDouglas C-47 Skytrain,Carlos Garcia assumed the presidency for the last months of Magsaysay's unfinished term. He won a re-election in1957, but for the first time in the electoral history of the Philippines, Garcia had a vice president who did not have the same party or his opponent's running mate as Garcia's running mate; Jose P. Laurel's son and former House SpeakerPepito Laurel was defeated by Kapampangan CongressmanDiosdado Macapagal.
Juan Pajo, the then-governor ofBohol, held theBible on which Garcia took oath, breaking the tradition wherein it is held by presidential spouses.[30] A faction led byManuel Manahan andRaul Manglapus formed a pro-Magsaysay faction due to dissatisfaction of members of the Nacionalista Party over the "cold treatment" given to them by allies of Garcia. The faction later became theProgressive Party.[31]
In1961,[32] incumbent President Garcia lost his opportunity for a second full term aspresident of the Philippines toVice PresidentDiosdado Macapagal. Also, SenatorGil Puyat, Garcia's running mate, lost to SenatorEmmanuel Pelaez and was behindSerging Osmeña, the son of the party's founder.[33]Jose Roy andLorenzo Sumulong are those Nacionalistas who managed to gain seats.
In April 1964, Senate PresidentFerdinand Marcos resigned from the Liberal Party and joined the Nacionalista ship. He cited President Macapagal's unfulfilled promise of not running for re-election as the main reason for leaving his former party.[34] Before quitting his former party, Marcos served as its party president.[35] Also, incumbent Vice President Pelaez sought nomination, but Marcos prevailed in the 1964 Convention,[36] with controversies like coercion and massive vote buying.[37] By selecting Quirino's former Vice President Fernando Lopez, also a former Liberal, as his running mate, Marcos defeated Macapagal in the three-way1965 elections.[38]
Tarlac GovernorNinoy Aquino, a former Nacionalista stalwart under Ramon Magsaysay and Marcos' frat mate, became a Liberal in 1959 and won a senate seat in 1967. Aquino became a vocal opponent of Marcos for the next decade.[39]
Ramon Magsaysay's brotherGenaro was recruited by the Liberal Party from the Nacionalista Party to be Serging Osmeña's running mate. Magsaysay won a senate seat as a Nacionalista in1965.[40] Marcos was reelected for a second term. He was the first and last Filipino president and Nacionalista president to win a second full term.[41][42][43][44] His running mate, incumbent Vice President Lopez, was also elected to a third full term as vice president.
But Marcos's second term was characterized by social unrest, beginning with the1969 Philippine balance of payments crisis, which was already underway during the second inauguration.[45] Opposition groups began to form, with "moderate" groups calling for political reform and "radical" groups who espoused a more radical-left ideology.[46][47][48]
After what happened with thePlaza Miranda bombing,[39] the Liberals won five seats, and the Nacionalistas won three seats byEva Estrada Kalaw (also the Liberal's guest candidate),Ernie Maceda, andAlejandro Almendras.
In Marcos' 1971 State of the Nation Address, there is a sign in his speech that if the country's condition worsens, it is time to declare martial law.
So I come to speak of a society that is sick, so sick that it must either be cured and cured now or buried in a deluge of reforms.
— Ferdinand Marcos, 1971 State of the Nation Address titledThe Democratic Revolution
Marcos also suspended the writ of habeas corpus by virtue of Proclamation No. 889, through which he assumed emergency powers.[49]
Marcos's second term effectively ended a little under two years and nine months later, when Marcos announced on September 23, 1972, that he hadplaced the Philippinesunder martial law.[50]
For the incoming1978 parliamentary elections, some Nacionalista members joined theKilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL), a regime-controlled coalition akin to the Japanese occupation'sKALIBAPI. With many preferring not to be involved, theNacionalistas went into hibernation.[51]
With the lifting of Martial Law byProclamation 2045 on January 17, 1981,[52]Jose Roy was asked by Marcos to find an opponent against him, asLakas ng Bayan (LABAN) and theUnited Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) declared a boycott on the election as early as April. As the opposition, UNIDO, the main opposition umbrella group, wanted to clean the voters' list, revamp theCommission on Elections, launch a nationwide campaign, and have them be accredited as a minority party. Marcos did not accept the demands, which led UNIDO to call for a boycott. This caused Marcos to be reportedly dismayed, as he could not legitimize the election without a viable opposition candidate.[53]
The Nacionalista Party chose formerDefense Secretary andBulacan governorAlejo Santos as their standard bearer. Santos, who was appointed by Marcos as chairman of the board of thePhilippine Veterans Bank, hadFrancisco Tatad, Marcos' former information minister, as his campaign manager. Ultimately, Marcos won in a landslide.
After theassassination of their former member Ninoy Aquino, former Marcos loyalist and son of Jose P. Laurel,Salvador "Doy" Laurel led the Nacionalista to join UNIDO, thus becoming the main opposition against the dictatorship. Marcos called a snap election in 1986, thus giving Laurel a chance to be the face of the opposition to match Marcos. In the UNIDO convention with a jam-packed 25,000 delegates, Laurel had UNIDO's support, but unfortunately for him, Ninoy's spouseCory, ran under her own campaign.[54] Due to Manila ArchbishopJaime Sin's plea of sliding down for Laurel, he agreed, and the two teamed up.[55][56]
As the Nacionalista Party, Liberal Party, andPDP–Laban united under UNIDO, they fielded Cory Aquino and Doy Laurel as their official nominees for president and vice president, respectively, for the1986 election.[57][58] In the said election, violence was rampant, and cheating scandals and controversies arose,[59][60] withCOMELECofficers walking out of thePICC, the place where COMELEC transmission of data happens.[61]
Lt. Col.Gringo Honasan, backed by former Defense MinisterJuan Ponce Enrile, had plotted acoup d'état to seize Malacañang and kill Marcos and his family.[62] It also gave way for the success of thePeople Power Revolution on February 25.[63]
Years later, in the late 1980s, the party was revived under the leadership of Laurel, who resigned asSecretary of Foreign Affairs due to conflict with President Cory Aquino.[64]
In preparation for the1992 elections, in 1990, the party had three candidates to seek the presidential nomination. These are Vice President Laurel, businessman and Marcos cronyDanding Cojuangco, and former Defense Minister and SenatorJuan Ponce Enrile. Some of the Nacionalistas, including the son of their late stalwartVicente Duterte,Rodrigo Duterte, said that Cojuangco is the strongest candidate, as the latter can grab theSolid North vote.[65]
In the 1991 convention, the party nominated Laurel for president and selected Eva Kalaw to be his running mate. But after the party nomination, a pro-Danding Cojuangco/Marcos faction broke away and established theNationalist People's Coalition led by Amang Rodriguez's sonIsidro in 1991.[66] The tandem of Laurel and Kalaw is in last place in that election[67] All of the Nacionalistas who won seats in the lower house (House of Representatives) joinedJose De Venecia'sRainbow Coalition.[68] The party almost returns to hibernation for the next few years, with Valenzuela congressmanAntonio Serapio as its only member in both chambers of Congress.
Homobono Adaza, formerBureau of Immigration commissioner, was running under the Nacionalista banner. The party did not join either thePeople Power Coalition orPwersa ng Masa. Adaza's platform was to make the Marcos family liable for their 600 million wealth question.[69] But even though Adaza lost, in the House of Representatives, Nacionalista joined de Venecia'sSunshine Coalition.[70]
In 2003, Doy Laurel searched for the next leader of the party, and he saw former House Speaker and SenatorManny Villar. Villar at that time was an independent politician who was previously affiliated withLakas and Estrada'sLAMMP. He then tapped Villar as chairman. Laurel died in the United States in January 2004.[71] Villar later assumed party presidency after the latter's death.[72]
Even though the party did not field any candidate in legislative and executive positions nationally, in2004, the party, with the new leadership under its party chairman and president, Senator Villar,[72] supported then-incumbent PresidentGloria Macapagal Arroyo, daughter ofDiosdado Macapagal, who defeated their 1957 vice presidential candidate and stopped Carlos Garcia's reelection bid in 1961.[73][74]
For the2007 elections, then-Senate President Villar led the Nacionalista into joining the opposition against Arroyo, theGenuine Opposition, to match the administration'sTEAM Unity. But another re-electionist,Ralph Recto, moved away from the Nacionalista Party and joined with the admin camp.[75][76] Villar pushed his re-election bid into victory.
Also, by 2007, theKilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) is expected to merge with the party. KBL chairman Vicente Millora, who advocated a two-party system return, said the KBL is willing to merge with the Nacionalista Party if the two-party system is revived.[77]
In 2008,Manny Villar topped presidential surveys, despite the naked conflict of interest accusations at that time surrounding theC-5 Road extension project.[78] In the same year, he declared that he intended to run for president in the2010 Philippine presidential election.[79] Until 2009, Villar still held the top spot in surveys for preferred presidential bets. But due to the death of former PresidentCory Aquino, her son, SenatorNoynoy Aquino, began earning favor until finally surpassing him at around the tail end of the year.[80] During the election period, both candidates had a tight race, with the popularity of Manny Villar's jingle for his presidential campaign,Naging Mahirap (or Nakaligo ka na ba sa Dagat ng Basura),[81][82] prompting the creation of various memes on the internet.[83] He also used the sloganTapusin ang Kahirapan (Tagalog for "End Poverty").[84]
In the2010 general election, the Nacionalista and theNationalist People's Coalition (NPC) formed an alliance after it was approved by theCommission on Elections (COMELEC) on April 12, 2010.[85] Villar chose SenatorLoren Legarda, who is a member of the NPC, as his running mate. This was formally approved by COMELEC through a resolution but on April 21, 2010, was blocked by theSupreme Court after a suit filed by an opposing party, theLiberal, calling the move a deliberate attempt at acquiring the dominant minority party status.[85] On May 6, 2010, the Supreme Court nullified the merger, therefore making the Liberal the dominant minority party. It was based on a resolution by the COMELEC that political parties had to be registered and accredited prior to a cut-off date of August 17, 2009.[86]
Villar organized the Senate slate of his ticket, composed ofPia Cayetano,Bongbong Marcos (who joined Nacionalista with his family due to a dispute withKBL members),Susan Ople, formerMarine ColonelAriel Querubin, former news reporter and congressmanGilbert Remulla, formermilitary captainRamon Mitra III, andAdel Tamano. They have also gotMiriam Defensor Santiago of thePeople's Reform Party, Gwen Pimentel ofPDP–Laban, activistLiza Maza, who is running independent, andBayan Muna member andNDF memberSatur Ocampo.[87]
On November 20, 2009, the Nacionalista forged an alliance with the KBL at the Laurel House inMandaluyong.[88][89] Bongbong Marcos was later on removed as a member by the KBL National Executive Committee on November 29.[90][89] As such, the party broke its alliance with the KBL due to internal conflicts within the party, though Marcos remained part of the Nacionalista's senatorial line-up, and his family members were sworn in as members of the Nacionalista Party.[88][91]
At the start of the campaign for 2010, President Arroyo had a -53 trust rating. This resulted in low survey ratings for the standard bearer of the administration, thenDefense SecretaryGilbert Teodoro. Rumors started to speculate that Manny Villar was a "secret candidate" of Arroyo, thus earning them both the "Villaroyo" title, combining their surnames respectively.[92][93] Villar denied the accusation, and his ratings plummeted, withJoseph Estrada now placed second, surpassing him.[94]
Furthermore, the reopening of the issue of the C-5 project affected his survey ratings, withSatur Ocampo, one of the members of his senate line-up, saying that he should face senate hearings about the issue.[87]
Villar eventually lost to then-senatorNoynoy Aquino, the son of former senatorNinoy Aquino and former presidentCorazon Aquino, whileLegarda lost toMakati mayorJejomar Binay.[95]
Nacionalista forged a coalition with the Liberal Party, Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), Sonny Angara'sLaban ng Demokratikong Pilipino,Risa Hontiveros'Akbayan, andMagdalo led byAntonio Trillanes, who is also a Nacionalista member. The coalition became theTeam PNoy.[96] Nacionalista members fielded are Trillanes, Villar's wifeCynthia, andAlan Peter Cayetano. The three won seats in the senate.[97]
On an April 2015 cruise from Manila to Japan, the Nacionalista Party were supposed to decide on their plans for 2016. However, they were not able to form a consensus on what to do.[98] In May,Cynthia Villar said that they are considering adopting Grace Poe as their candidate.[99] By July, Trillanes said that it is possible, but not with the inclusion of Chiz Escudero, her running mate.[100] By September, she said that ifRodrigo Duterte decides to run for the presidency, the Nacionalistas might support him.[101]
By 2016,Alan Peter Cayetano,Bongbong Marcos, andAntonio Trillanes originally aspired to get the Nacionalista's nomination for the presidency.[102] But the three ran as candidates for vice president instead, and whenPDP–Laban'sRodrigo Duterte substitutedMartin Diño, the three sought to be selected as Duterte's running mate,[103][104] with Cayetano being the one picked in November.[105] At first, Cayetano was originally proposed by Mar Roxas' campaign team to be the latter's running mate. However, the Liberal Party decided to pick then-representativeLeni Robredo, the widow of formerInterior SecretaryJesse Robredo, as Roxas' running mate instead.[106] On the other hand, Marcos was tapped byMiriam Defensor Santiago as her running mate in October 2015.[107]
With multiple members angling for the vice presidency, Cynthia Villar said that the party wouldn't impose a stance on whom to support for the presidency if two or more members were to run for the vice presidency.[108] Duterte won, but Cayetano only finished third, with Marcos as second.
In 2022, while campaigning for Isko Moreno, a former Nacionalista, Duterte's former strategistLito Banayo revealed that Duterte originally planned to run under the Nacionalista banner, but due to Cayetano, Marcos, and Trillanes' ambition, he jumped to PDP–Laban, Cory Aquino's former party.[102]
Nacionalista fielded re-electionist Cynthia Villar and Bongbong's older sister,Ilocos Norte GovernorImee Marcos, to be senatorial candidates under theHugpong ng Pagbabago. Both senators won.[109][110]
In late 2021, Bongbong Marcos left the Nacionalista Party and joinedPartido Federal ng Pilipinas to start his presidential bid.[111][112]
In October of the same year, one of its top officials, SenatorRalph Recto, endorsed Manila MayorIsko Moreno'spresidential run, as he stated that Nacionalista members are open to endorsing any candidate and did not have any unified endorsement.[113]
But beforeMay 2022, Manny Villar endorsed the tandem ofBongbong Marcos and presidential daughterSara Duterte. Despite this, Recto stuck to supporting Moreno.[114]
In 2024, the Nacionalista Party forged an alliance with thePartido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) and joined theAlyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas coalition alongside PFP, NPC, and NUP.[115] Nacionalista fieldedPia Cayetano,Camille Villar,Imee Marcos, andAriel Querubin as candidates, but Marcos initially declined coalition membership and endorsement from her younger brother, PresidentBongbong Marcos, and Querubin later chose to run under the Riding-in-tandem Team alongside independentBonifacio Bosita.[116][117] In February 2025, during the campaign, Marcos appeared with the coalition and was reintroduced by her brother. However, she left Alyansa for good on March 26, citing reasons based on thearrest of former President Duterte.[118] Villar and Marcos were later endorsed by Vice PresidentSara Duterte.[119]
As of 2026, there have been a total of 5 Nacionalista presidents. Those who won the presidency under other parties are not included.
| # | Name (lifespan) | Portrait | Province | Presidency start date | Presidency end date | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Manuel Quezon (1878– 1944) | _(cropped).jpg) | Tayabas | November 15, 1935 | August 1, 1944[a] | 8 years, 260 days |
| 4 | Sergio Osmeña (1878–1961) |  | Cebu | August 1, 1944 | May 28, 1946 | 1 year, 323 days |
| 7 | Ramon Magsaysay (1907–1957) | | Zambales | December 30, 1953 | March 17, 1957[a] | 3 years, 77 days |
| 8 | Carlos P. Garcia (1896–1971) |  | Bohol | March 18, 1957 | December 30, 1961 | 4 years, 316 days |
| 10 | Ferdinand Marcos (1917–1989) | .jpg) | Ilocos Norte | December 30, 1965 | September 21, 1972[b] | 6 years, 286 days |
| Year | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 34,277 | 35.71 | 32 / 80 | N/A | Won |
| 1909 | 92,996 | 48.19 | 62 / 81 |  30 | Won |
| 1912 | 124,753 | 53.35 | 62 / 81 |  | Won |
In 1916, the House of Representatives was still called thePhilippine Assembly.
| Senate elections | Senate Seats won | +/– | Result | House / Assembly election | House Seats won | ± | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 22 / 24 | N/A | Won | 1916 | 75 / 90 | 13 | Won |
| 1919 | 9 / 11 | | Won | 1919 | 83 / 90 |  5 | Won |
| 1922 | 8 / 11 | 5 | Split | 1922 | 64 / 93 | 19 | Split |
| 1925 | 7 / 11 | 4 | Won | 1925 | 64 / 92 | | Won |
| 1928 | 9 / 11 | 5 | Won | 1928 | 71 / 94 | 7 | Won |
| 1931 | 7 / 11 | 1 | Won | 1931 | 68 / 86 | 3 | Won |
| 1934 | 11 / 11 | 1 | Won | 1934 | 89 / 92 | 21 | Split |
| Year | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 34,277 | 35.71 | 32 / 80 | N/A | Won |
| 1909 | 92,996 | 48.19 | 62 / 81 | 30 | Won |
| 1912 | 124,753 | 53.35 | 62 / 81 | | Won |
| 1916 | # | % | 75 / 90 | 13 | Won |
| Year | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | # | % | 83 / 89 | 1 | Won |
| 1938 | # | % | 98 / 98 | 15 | Won |
| Year | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Did not participate | N/A | — | ||
TheSenate was abolished from 1935 until 1941.
| Senate elections | Senate seats | +/– | Result | President | Result | +/– | House seats | House elections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 24 / 24 | N/A | Won | Manuel Quezon | Won | 3 | 95 / 98 | 1941 |
| 1946 | 6 / 16 | 3 | Lost | Manuel Roxas | Lost | 60 | 35 / 98 | 1946 |
| 1947 | 2 / 8 | 4 | Lost | |||||
| 1949 | 0 / 8 | 4 | Lost | Elpidio Quirino | Lost | 2 | 33 / 100 | 1949 |
| 1951 | 9 / 9 | 8 | Won | |||||
| 1953 | 5 / 8 | 2 | Won | Ramon Magsaysay | Won | 2 | 31 / 102 | 1953 |
| 1955 | 9 / 9 | 6 | Won | |||||
| 1957 | 6 / 8 | 1 | Won | Carlos P. Garcia | Won | 51 | 82 / 102 | 1957 |
| 1959 | 5 / 8 | 1 | Won | |||||
| 1961 | 2 / 8 | 4 | Lost | Diosdado Macapagal | Won | 8 | 74 / 104 | 1961 |
| 1963 | 4 / 8 | 2 | Majority | |||||
| 1965 | 5 / 8 | 1 | Won | Ferdinand E. Marcos | Lost | 36 | 38 / 104 | 1965 |
| 1967 | 6 / 8 | 4 | Won | |||||
| 1969 | 6 / 8 | 2 | Won | Won | 50 | 88 / 110 | 1969 | |
| 1971 | 3 / 8 | 1 | Won |
| Senate election | Senate Seats won | Result | House elections | House Seats won | +/– | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Participated under Grand Alliance for Democracy | N/A | Minority | 1987 | 4 / 200 | 2 | Minority |
| 1992 | 0 / 24 | 2 | Lost | 1992 | 7 / 200 | 3 | Majority |
| 1995 | Did not participate | | — | 1995 | 1 / 204 | 6 | Majority |
| 1998 | Did not participate | | — | 1998 | 0 / 258 | 1 | Lost |
| 2001 | 0 / 24 | | Lost | 2001 | Did not participate | | — |
| 2004 | Did not participate | | — | 2004 | 2 / 261 | 2 | Majority |
| 2007 | 3 / 24 | 3 | Majority | 2007 | 11 / 270 | 9 | Majority |
| 2010 | 4 / 24 | 1 | Split | 2010 | 25 / 286 | 14 | Split |
| 2013 | 5 / 24 | 1 | Majority | 2013 | 10 / 292 | 15 | Majority |
| 2016 | 3 / 24 | 2 | Split | 2016 | 24 / 297 | 14 | Majority |
| 2019 | 4 / 24 | 1 | Majority | 2019 | 42 / 304 | 18 | Majority |
| 2022 | 4 / 24 | | Split | 2022 | 36 / 316 | 6 | Split |
| 2025 | 4 / 24 | 0 | Split | 2025 | 21 / 317 | 15 | Split |
"Independent Nacionalista," or denoted as "Nacionalista (independent)" on candidate lists, refers to politicians who had aligned themselves with the Nacionalista Party but did not win its nomination or run under its label. This term was used during theThird Philippine Republic, which had atwo-party system. In the currentFifth Republic and under themulti-party system, candidates are no longer identified in this manner.
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Throughout their careers, many of the country's politicians, statesmen, and leaders were, in whole or in part, Nacionalistas. Notable names include the following:
Most of these individuals embody solid political traditions ofeconomic andpolitical nationalism that are pertinent today, even with the party's subsequent decline.
Some members of the House of Representatives and Senate include—but are not limited to—the following:
All members ran under the administration coalition,Team PNoy.
Three members ran forvice president albeit as independent candidates.
All candidates ran under the administration coalition,Hugpong ng Pagbabago.
All candidates ran under the administration coalition,Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas.
Running for Senator albeit as independent candidate
| No. | Picture | Name | Start of term | End of term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | .jpg) | Sergio Osmeña | 1907 | 1935 |
| 2. | | Manuel L. Quezon | 1935 | 1944 |
| 3. | | Sergio Osmeña | 1944 | 1953 |
| 4. |  | Eulogio Rodriguez | 1953 | 1964 |
| 5. |  | Gil Puyat | 1964 | 1970 |
| 6. |  | Jose Roy | 1970 | 1986 |
| 7. | .jpg) | Salvador Laurel | 1986 | 2003 |
| 8. | .jpg) | Manny Villar | 2003 | Incumbent |
... Manuel 'Manny' Villar, who ran for president in 2010 with his infamous political jingle: 'Nakaligo ka na ba sa dagat ng basura?'
Kids are singing Manny Villar's anthem song, "Nakaligo ka na ba sa dagat ng basura" with gusto and, alas, surprisingly remembering the lyrics.
On Facebook, fan pages poked fun at the presidential candidates. One of the most popular was the anti-Villar fan page called 'Sige MANNY VILLAR ikaw na ang MAHIRAP.' It has enrolled 126,082 members.
Naalala ko po nung 2016, nung 2015 pa, nung inuudyukan namin siyang [Mayor Rodrigo Duterte] tumuloy na kumandidato na [sa] pakapangulo ng bansa, ang talagang gusto niya ay maging official candidate ng Nacionalista Party.
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