Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA
The House of Representatives in the 20th Congress
–those whose term cover years 2025 to 2028 – will have 313 members. According to the
Constitution twenty percent (20%) or 63 of the membership should come from the
party-list system of registered national, regional, and sectoral parties or
organizations.
A party that got 6% or more of the total votes cast for the
present 135 party lists that joined the May 12, 2025 election gets three seats
while those that got 4% and 2% of the total votes get two seats and one seat,
respectively.
Based on the December 12-18, 2024 poll by the Social
Weather Station (SWS), it showed on the table below the top eight parties that
got 13.51 percent to 2.20 percent.
It bared, too, 58 out of the 133 party lists as winners in
case election was held either on the five days’ period the scientific poll was
held.
These 58 parties will be holding 63 seats (20%) in the
House when they assume office in June 30, 2025.
Party-list representatives are indirectly elected via a
party-list election where the voter votes for the party and not for the
party's nominees. If the number of sectoral representatives does not reach 20%
of the total number of representatives in the House, PARTIES THAT HAVE NOT WON
SEATS BUT GOT ENOUGH VOTES TO PLACE THEM AMONG THE TOP SECTORAL PARTIES ARE
GIVEN A SEAT EACH UNTIL THE 63 SEATS ARE FILLED UP.
The Supreme Court decided in the 2009 ruling’s Banat versus
Comelec that if the 20 percent quota has not been met, parties with less than
2% of the preferences will get one seat until quota is met.
Here an
illustration:
It means 4Ps (13.51 %) and ACT-CIS (5.63 %) in the polls
last December 12-18, 2024 are allowed with three congressional seats’ cap each;
and, Senior Citizens (4.42%), Duterte Youth (4.14%) and Ako Bicol (3.56%) are
allowed with two congressional seats’ cap each.
Tingog (2.56%), TGP (2.48%), and Uswag-Ilonggo (2.20%)
Partyl Lists allowed with one congressional seat each;
The supposed winning party lists are the following:
RANK
PERCENTAGE
4Ps 1 13. 51
ACT-CIS 2 5.63
SENIOR CITIZEN 3 4.62
DUTERTE YOUTH 4 4.14
AKO BICOL 5 3.56
TINGOG 6 2.56
TGP 7 2.48
USWAG ILONGGO 8 2.20
MURANG KURYENTE 9 1.56
1 PACMAN 10 1.77
FPJ PANDAY BAYANIHAN 11 1.73
AGIMAT 12 1.59
PBBM 13 1.55
BAYAN MUNA 14 1.53
AKO BISAYA 15 1.47
KABATAAN 16 1.43
BUHAY 17 1.40
ACT TEACHERS 18 1.37
AGAP 19 1.35
EDUKASYON 20 1.34
PAMILYANG MAGSASAKA 21 1.28
UNITED SENIOR CITIZEN 22 1.25
1-RIDER PARTY LIST 23 1.24
GABRIELA 24 1.25
BATANG QUIAPO 25 1.19
MALASAKIT-BAYANIHAN 26 1.10
ABONO 27 1.07
PINOY WORKERS 28 0.98
OFW 29 0.97
TUPAD 30 0.92
MAGSASAKA 31 0.90
NANAY 32 0.88
AKBAYAN 33-34 0.82
TULUNGAN TAYO 33-34 0.82
BOSES PARTY LIST 35 -36 0.75
LPGMA 35-36 0.75
ITAHANAN 37
0.74
AANGAT 38 0.72
CIBAC 39-40 0.67
KALINGA 39-40 0.67
AHON MAHIRAP 41 0.64
MANILA TEACHERS 42 0.63
GALING SA PUSO 43 0.62
AKSYON DAPAT 44-45 0.61
PPP 44-45 0.61
MAGBUBUKID 46-47 0.59
PJPWD 46-47 0.59
APEC 48 0.56
SAGIP 49
0.52
SOLID NORTH 50 0.50
HUGPONG FEDERAL 51-52 0.49
SWERTE 51-52 0.49
COOP NATCO 53 0.48
TRABAHO 54 -55 0.46
TUTOK
TO WIN 54-55 0.46
ANAK KALUSUGAN 56 0.45
PUSONG PINOY 57 0.44
1AGILA 58-59 0.42
Below
are the mathematical formulas how a seat is determined for a party list as
based on the 2009 Supreme Court’s ruling:
In the 2010 election, Ako Bicol (AKB)
Political Party topped the vote by receiving 1,524,006 votes or 5.20% of the vote.
·
First round:
R1=1
since 0.0519 > = 0.02�1=1 since 0.0519 >=0.02
>= 0.02
·
Second round:
�2=(57−12)×0.0519
R2
= (57 – 12) x 0.0519
R2 = (45 x 0.0519
�2=45×0.0519
R2 = 2.3397
Disregarding
decimals, R2=2�2=2.3397�2=2
·
Both rounds:
S=1+2=3�=1+2=3
·
Hence, AKB won three seats in the House of
Representatives.
Akbayan Citizen’s Action Party received 1,061,947 votes or 3.62% of the vote.
·
First
round:
�1=1 since 0.0362 >=0.02
R1=1 since 0.362 < 0.02
·
Second
round:
�2=(57−12)×0.0362
R2= (57-12) x 0.0362
R2=45 x 0.0362
R2 = 1.6303
�2=45×0.0362�2=1.6303Disregarding decimals, R2 = 1�2=1
·
Both
rounds:
S =
1 + 1 = 2�=1+1=2
·
Hence,
Akbayan won two seats in the House of Representatives.
Alagad received 227,281 or 0.78% of the
vote.
·
First
round:
R0
= 0 since 0.0078 < 0.02�0=0 since 0.0078 <0.02
·
Second
round: At this point, 35 seats have already been awarded.
�2=(57−35)×0.0078
R2
= (57 – 35) x 0.0078
R2 = 22 x 0.0078
�2=22×0.0078
R2
= 0.1706
�2=0.1706Disregarding decimals, R2 = 0�2=0
·
Both
rounds:
S = 0 + 0 = 0�=0+0=0
·
However, not all seats have been distributed.
Therefore: Alagad won one seat in the House of Representatives.
A
much simpler understanding of the formula is as follows:
·
The
topnotcher, and on rare occasions, the 2nd placed party, gets 3 seats.
·
The other parties that got 2% or more of the
valid votes gets 2 seats each
·
The next 40 or so parties get 1 seat each
The
SWS face-to-face poll had 2,097 registered voters as respondents nationwide.
The sampling error margins were ±2.1% for national percentages, ±5.3% for Metro
Manila, ±3.0% for Balance Luzon, and ±5.2% each for the Visayas and Mindanao.
Below
table with party lists’ names, ranks, and percentages highlighted with pink means
they lost the election if it was held either on the seven-day period the SWS
made its face-to-face scientific survey:
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I am a more than two -decade seasoned Op-Ed Political Writer in various newspapers and blogs exposing corruptions, public officials idiocy and hypocrisies, and analyzing with diligence local and international issues. I have a master’s degree in Public Administration and professional government eligibility. I taught for a decade Political Science and Economics in universities in Metro Manila and cities of Urdaneta, Pangasinan and Dagupan. Follow me on Twitter @totoMortz or email me at totomortz@yahoo.com.
