Trade Union Congress Party

Trade Union Congress Party is a party-list in the Philippines, set up by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines as its electoral wing.[1] The party contested the 2004 legislative elections, mustering 201,396 votes nationwide (1.58%). The list failed to win any seat.[2] The Supreme Court declared TUCP, as well as a few other party-list organizations, as winners in the 2007 legislative elections by virtue of the Philippine Constitution.

Trade Union Congress Party
IdeologyTrade unionism
Laborism
National affiliationTUCP
ColorsBlue
Seats in the House of Representatives
1 / 63
(Party-list seats only)
Website
tucp.org.ph

Electoral performance
Electoral History
Election Congress Votes % Seats Won Representatives
2001 12th 103,273 0.68 0 Raymond Mendoza
2004 13th 201,396 1.58 0 Raymond Mendoza
2007 14th 162,647 1.02 1 Raymond Mendoza
2010 15th 245,031 0.82 1 Raymond Mendoza
2013 16th 368,883 1.35 1 Raymond Mendoza
2016 17th 467,275 1.44 1 Raymond Mendoza
2019 18th 256,059[3] 0.92 1 Raymond Mendoza
2022 19th 260,779 0.71 1 Raymond Mendoza

Note: Competed in 2001 as Trade Union Congress of the Philippines.

Party-list nominees

For the 2019 elections, only the first nominee of the party won a seat, Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza.[4] He is one of the 70 representatives who prevented the renewal of the ABS-CBN franchise at the committee level thus making sure the bill did not reach the plenary.[5]

References
  1. Trade Union Congress of the Philippines Archived 2006-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "COMELEC Election Results". Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
  3. "2019 National Elections Partylist Canvass Report" (PDF). Commission on Elections. May 13, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  4. Bueza, Michael. "18th Congress, by the numbers". Rappler. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  5. Perez-Rubio, Bella. "List of lawmakers who voted for and against ABS-CBN franchise renewal". Philstar.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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