Philippines: Final party-list ranking for 2025 elections released

Manila: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has officially released the final results of the 2025 midterm elections for the “party-list” race.

Akbayan Party secured the top spot after garnering 2,779,621 votes, or 6.63% of the total votes cast.

By law, the party-list system is aimed to represent marginalised and under-represented sectors, and fills 20% of the seats in the House of Representatives.

Comelec’s National Certificate of Canvass (NCoC) for the May 12 polls shows that 155 party-lists participated in the race. 

A total of 41,658,790 votes were recorded for party-list groups nationwide. 

The rankings closely mirror the partial and unofficial results released by media transparency servers, with only minimal adjustments that could still impact seat allocation.

Following are the top-performing Party-lists:

These five groups lead the list in vote share and are expected to secure multiple seats in the House of Representatives. 

However, Comelec noted that some minor changes in vote count percentages could affect how many seats each group receives. 

For instance, 4Ps, despite its fourth-place finish, may only be entitled to two seats instead of the maximum three, based on current projections.

Comelec clarified that the final seat allocation is still pending – and will depend on the final application of the party-list seat allocation formula as mandated by law.

Based on the current count, 53 to 54 party-list groups are projected to win at least one seat each.

The official allocation of seats will be based on the 2% threshold rule, combined with a seat cap of three per party-list group, in accordance with the Supreme Court ruling (BANAT vs. Comelec).

Here are the top 20 party-lists based on the final canvass:

Rank | Party-List | % of Total Votes | Vote Count

1. AKBAYAN - 6.63% = 2,779,621

2. DUTERTE YOUTH - 5.57% = 2,338,564

3. TINGOG - 4.34% = 1,822,708

4. 4PS - 3.50% = 1,469,571

5. ACT-CIS - 2.96% = 1,239,930

6. AKO BICOL - 2.56% = 1,073,119

7. USWAG ILONGGO - 1.85% = 777,754

8. SOLID NORTH PARTY - 1.82% = 765,322

9. TRABAHO - 1.69% = 709,283

10. CIBAC - 1.42% = 593,911

11. MALASAKIT@BAYANIHAN - 1.38% = 580,100

12. SENIOR CITIZENS - 1.38% = 577,753

13. PPP - 1.37% = 575,762

14. ML - 1.31% = 547,949

15. FPJ PANDAY BAYANIHAN - 1.28% = 538,003

16. UNITED SENIOR CITIZENS - 1.27% = 533,913

17. 4K - 1.24% = 521,592

18. LPGMA - 1.23% = 517,833

19. COOP-NATCCO - 1.22% = 509,913

20. AKO BISAYA - 1.14% = 477,796

Comelec will proceed with the proclamation of winning party-lists and seat allocation in the coming days.

Comelec’s final tally can be found in full through the National Board of Canvassers, offering transparency on each group’s performance in the May 2025 elections.

Comelec is expected to announcesthe official seat distribution and completes the election process.

Who benefits?

A study of the Party-List system using data from the 2016 elections, published by the Institute for Political and Electoral Reform (IPER) in 2018, poured through the composition of winning party-list groups and their voter bases.

The authors argued that the system no longer serves marginalised groups and is increasingly dominated by well-funded, politically connected organisations.

Key findings:

Why it matters:

This paper offers data-driven insights on how the party-list system may contribute to rather than solve issues of political inequality.