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{{Short description|Progressive political party in the Philippines}}
{{distinguish|Makabayan|Anakbayan}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Akbayan Citizens' Action Party
| logo             = Akbayan Party.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| chairperson      = Mylene Hega
| president        = Rafaela David
| secretary_general = Jordan Gutierrez
| founder           = [[Ronald Llamas]]
| foundation       = January 1998
| headquarters     = 52 Masikap Street, Barangay Pinyahan, [[Quezon City]]
| slogan           = '''Pag mahal mo, Akbayan mo!''<br>({{translation|If you love [someone], give [that someone] the support/pat on the shoulder}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourbrew.ph/the-party-as-a-person-the-story-of-pag-mahal-mo-akbayan-mo/|title=The Party As a Person: The Story of "'Pag Mahal Mo, Akbayan Mo"|author=Pozon, Vincent|date=May 16, 2025|accessdate=June 2, 2025|website=Our Brew}}</ref>
| membership       = 200,000
| ideology         = [[Progressivism]]<br>[[Social democracy]]<ref name= "Centre-left"/><ref name="six party-lists">{{Cite web |last=Flores |first=Dominique Nicole |title=Who the top 6 party-lists represent and what they've done in Congress |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/05/20/2444277/top-6-party-lists-who-won-multiple-seats-and-who-they-represent |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref><br>[[Democratic socialism]]<ref name="HistoricalDictionaryp26">{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of the Philippines|last=Artemio|first=Guillermo|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-8108-7246-2|pages=26}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Aguirre |first1=Arjan |title=Party-Movement Interactions in a Contested Democracy: The Philippine Experience|url=https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1049&context=polsci-faculty-pubs |journal=Rethinking Parties in Democratizing Asia |date=25 April 2023 |pages=161–162|doi=10.4324/9781003324478-7 |access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref><ref name= "Centre-left"/><br>[[Participatory politics]]
| position         = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]<ref name= "Centre-left"/>
| national         = [[KiBam]] (2025)<br>[[Team Robredo-Pangilinan|TRoPa]] (2022)<br>[[Otso Diretso]] (2019)<br>[[Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid|Daang Matuwid]] (2016)<br>[[Team PNoy]] (2013)<br>[[Benigno Aquino III 2010 presidential campaign|Liberal]] (2010)
| regional         = [[Network of Social Democracy in Asia]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://socdemasia.com/about | title=About }}</ref>
| international    = [[Progressive Alliance]]
| colors           = {{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|Akbayan}}|border=darkgray}} [[Red]] {{color box|#66FF00|border=darkgray}} [[Green]] {{color box|#9370DB|border=darkgray}} [[Purple]]}}
| seats1_title     = [[Senate of the Philippines|Senate]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|1|24|hex=#FF2400}}
| seats2_title     = [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|3|63|hex=#FF2400}} (Party-list seats)
| seats3_title     = [[Provinces of the Philippines|Provincial Governors]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|0|82|hex=#FF2400}}
| seats4_title     = [[Sangguniang Panlalawigan|Provincial Vice Governors]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|0|82|hex=#FF2400}}
| seats5_title     = [[Sangguniang Panlalawigan|Provincial board members]]
| seats5           = {{composition bar|3|840|hex=#FF2400}}
| website          = {{URL|akbayan.org.ph}}
| country          = the Philippines
| colorcode        = {{party color|Akbayan Citizens' Action Party}}
| predecessor      = Kaakbay ng Sambayanan
| youth_wing       = [[Akbayan Youth]]
| womens_wing      = Akbayan Women
}}

The '''Akbayan Citizens' Action Party''', better known as '''Akbayan''' ({{literal translation|the escorting of each other|the support for one another|the collective putting of an arm over the shoulders of another}}), is a [[Social democracy|social democratic]]<ref name="six party-lists" /> and [[Progressivism|progressive]] [[List of political parties in the Philippines|political party in the Philippines]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://akbayan.org.ph/who-we-are|title=About Akbayan - Akbayan Party List|website=akbayan.org.ph|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727181156/https://akbayan.org.ph/who-we-are|archive-date=July 27, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The party is noted as a leading member of the progressive movement in the Philippines.<ref name="Centre-left">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCrTDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA195|title=Southeast Asia In The New International Era|date=2016|isbn=9780813350110|access-date=April 19, 2017|last1=Dayley|first1=Robert|publisher=Avalon }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philstar.com:8080/headlines/790428/llamas-hits-reds-tag-democratic-left|title=Llamas hits Reds' tag on 'democratic left'|work=The Philippine Star|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807095847/http://www.philstar.com:8080/headlines/790428/llamas-hits-reds-tag-democratic-left|archive-date=August 7, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The party was founded in 1998 by a variety of progressive and left-leaning [[Political organisation|political organizations]]. Currently, the party holds one seat in the [[Senate of the Philippines|Senate]], and three seats in the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]] as a multi-sectoral [[Party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines|party-list]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Justine Xyrah |date=2025-05-19 |title=Comelec proclaims Akbayan, 51 other party-lists |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2025/05/19/comelec-proclaims-akbayan-51-other-party-lists/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=BusinessMirror |language=en-US |quote=As a multisectoral party, Diokno said Akbayan’s focus will be on urgent public concerns.}}</ref> Internationally, the party is a member of the [[Progressive Alliance]] and the regional [[Network of Social Democracy in Asia]].

== History ==

=== Origins and early years (1992–2009) ===
Akbayan traces its roots to the Kaakbay ng Sambayanan, an alliance founded on February 25, 1992, by various [[Non-governmental organization|civil society organizations]] and [[Left-wing politics|left-leaning]] organizations from the country's [[Social democracy|social democratic]], [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]], and [[Marxist schools of thought|Marxist traditions]], such as the Bukluran sa Ikauunlad ng Sosyalistang Isip at Gawa (Bisig), Pandayan para sa Sosyalistang Pilipinas (Pandayan), and Movement for Popular Democracy.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Socdem: Filipino social democracy in a time of turmoil and transition, 1965-1995 |date=2011 |publisher=Distributed by Ateneo de Manila University Press |isbn=978-971-535-033-4 |editor-last=Tolosa |editor-first=Benjamin T. |location=Pasig City, Metro Manila Quezon City |pages=275 |quote=Other organizations on the left like BISIG, the Movement for Popular Democracy (MPD), and some national democrats who wanted to engage in electoral struggle joined this alliance which was named Kaakbay ng Sambayanan (Akbayan)—the precursor of today’s party list group Akbayan Citizens’ Action Party. |editor-last2=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Santos |first=Soliman Jr. |date=October 10, 2007 |title=The Philippines Tries the Party-List System (A Progressive Perspective) |url=https://www.journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/kasarinlan/article/view/320 |journal=Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies |volume=13 |issue=2 |archive-date=May 17, 2025 |access-date=May 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250517181924/https://www.journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/kasarinlan/article/view/320 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Unlike other left-leaning groups, the organizations, particularly Pandayan, were committed to active [[nonviolence]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Socdem: Filipino social democracy in a time of turmoil and transition, 1965-1995 |date=2011 |publisher=Distributed by Ateneo de Manila University Press |isbn=978-971-535-033-4 |editor-last=Tolosa |editor-first=Benjamin T. |location=Pasig City, Metro Manila Quezon City |quote=One of the characteristics distinguishing Pandayan from the PDSP and Kasapi, as well as from the NDF, was its commitment to non-violence. |editor-last2=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung}}</ref> The alliance was formed in support of the presidential candidacy of [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]] [[Jovito Salonga]] and his running-mate [[Nene Pimentel]] from [[Partido Demokratiko Pilipino|PDP–Laban]] under the [[Koalisyong Pambansa]] in the [[1992 Philippine presidential election|1992 presidential and vice presidential elections]], who eventually lost to [[Fidel V. Ramos]] of [[Lakas–CMD (1991)|Lakas–NUCD]] and [[Joseph Estrada]] of [[Nationalist People's Coalition|NPC]] respectively.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/773372348 |title=Socdem: Filipino social democracy in a time of turmoil and transition, 1965-1995 |date=2011 |publisher=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung ; Distributed by Ateneo de Manila University Press |isbn=978-971-535-033-4 |editor-last=Tolosa |editor-first=Benjamin T. |location=Pasig City, Metro Manila : Quezon City |pages=243 |oclc=773372348 |quote=Akbayan, originally known as Aksyon, had its roots in the coalition supporting the Salonga-Pimentel ticket which involved the "Three Little Pigs."}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Quimpo |first=Nathan Gilbert |date=March 2005 |title=The left, elections, and the political party system in the Philippines |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1467271052000305241 |journal=Critical Asian Studies |language=en |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=3–28 |doi=10.1080/1467271052000305241 |issn=1467-2715|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Following the defeat of the Koalisyong Pambansa ticket, Akbayan was reestablished as a political party. Initially revived as Aksyon, the party eventually adopted the name Akbayan Citizens' Action Party.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The party was officially founded in January 1998 and participated in the [[1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections|1998 House of Representatives elections]] through the new party-list system, securing one seat in the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]]. Aside from the party-list elections, the party also focused on electing candidates in local elections.<ref name=":3" />

[[File:Akbayan_protesting_gma_bail.jpg|thumb|300px|Akbayan members protesting the granting of bail to former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who was then facing plunder charges]]
During the administration of former President [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]], Akbayan was among the [[Opposition (politics)|opposition groups]] repressed by the [[Presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo|government]]. It was also during this time that Akbayan suffered its lowest number of votes, with just over 400,000 votes in 2007.

=== Coalition with the Liberal Party (2009–2016) ===
[[File:Akbayan_anti-china_rally.jpg|thumb|300px|Akbayan mobilization in front of the Chinese Consular Office to protest China's incursions into the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone]]
In 2009, Akbayan supported the [[Benigno Aquino III 2010 presidential campaign|candidacy]] of then Senator [[Benigno Aquino III]] of the [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal Party]] for the [[2010 Philippine presidential election|2010 presidential election]]. Fueled by the popular discontent with the outgoing administration of Arroyo, Aquino won the presidency by a large margin. This was also the first time that Akbayan was able to breach the one million vote mark, its best performance to that date. Despite the vote increase, however, it failed to secure three seats in the House owing to a [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] decision which ensured only the leading party list ([[Ako Bicol]] at that time) in the election would secure three seats. Aquino later appointed several Akbayan members to his cabinet.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Casauay |first=Angela |date=2014-08-27 |title=Akbayan still with Aquino, denies internal conflict |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/67388-akbayan-denies-internal-conflict/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref>

However, the party's alliance with the Liberal-led [[Presidency of Benigno Aquino III|Aquino administration]] led to tensions with the [[Makabayan]] bloc, a [[National Democracy (Philippines)|national democratic]] left-wing coalition in Congress. In 2012, members of [[Anakbayan]], the bloc's youth organization, barged inside a press conference of Akbayan, branding it a "fake partylist" because some of its leaders, including [[Ronald Llamas]], were appointed into top government positions.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-10-16 |title=Akbayan, Anakbayan engage in verbal tussle |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/278419/akbayan-anakbayan-engage-in-verbal-tussle/story/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jesus |first=Stacy De |date=2012-10-16 |title=It's war: Akbayan vs Anakbayan |url=https://www.rappler.com/moveph/14302-akbayan-vs-anakbayan/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reyes |first=Fat |date=2012-10-16 |title=Anakbayan members stage rally at Akbayan press conference, engage in word war |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/290064/anakbayan-members-stage-rally-at-akbayan-press-conference-engage-in-word-war |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref> Several groups affiliated with Makabayan also filed a disqualification notice against the party for their alliance with the administration. Akbayan, in return, sought the disqualification notice against party-lists affiliated with the Makabayan bloc for allegedly being a front of the [[Communist Party of the Philippines]] (CPP).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Uy |first=Jocelyn R. |date=2012-10-27 |title=Akbayan hits back, seeks ouster of Red party-listers |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/296296/akbayan-hits-back-seeks-ouster-of-red-party-listers |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref> During the [[2013 Philippine Senate election|2013 senatorial election]], [[Bayan Muna]] representative [[Teodoro Casiño]], the sole senatorial candidate of the Makabayan bloc, criticized the senatorial bid of [[Risa Hontiveros]], one of its founders and former representatives, who ran as part of the administration [[Team PNoy]] slate, saying that she is "too cozy with the administration".<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Go |first=Miriam Grace |date=2013-04-13 |title=Casiño to Hontiveros: Too cozy with the admin? |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/26183-casino-hontiveros-too-cozy-with-admin/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref> Hontiveros criticized Casiño for his silence on abuses committed by the CPP-affiliated [[New People's Army]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Go |first=Miriam Grace |date=2013-04-13 |title=Hontiveros to Casiño: Why mum on NPA abuses |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/26177-hontiveros-casino-why-mum-on-npa-abuses/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2014, as the Makabayan bloc filed an impeachment complaint against Aquino, Renato Reyes Jr., the secretary-general of [[Bagong Alyansang Makabayan|BAYAN]], criticized the party, branding them as a "yellow cheerleader", referencing the color of the ruling Liberals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fonbuena |first=Carmela |date=2014-07-21 |title=Filed: First valid impeach complaint vs Aquino |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/63899-aquino-makabayan-impeach-bid/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2015, [[Walden Bello]], one of the party's representatives in the House, resigned over the party's continued support of the administration despite several policy disagreements and the [[Mamasapano clash]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bernal |first=Buena |date=2015-03-11 |title=Akbayan rep resigns over Aquino's Mamasapano 'cover-up' |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/86495-akbayan-bello-resigns-aquino-mamasapano-cover-up/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/678184/bello-resigns-as-akbayan-representative-calls-aquino-disgraceful |title=Bello resigns as Akbayan representative, calls Aquino disgraceful |work=Inquirer News|date=2015-03-11 |access-date=2015-04-08}}</ref> He was subsequently replaced by Angelina Katoh.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.rappler.com/nation/93128-akbayan-angie-katoh-party-list-representative |title=Akbayan names Bello's replacement in Congress |work=Rappler|date=2015-05-13|access-date=2015-07-12}}</ref>

In 2016, the party again allied itself with the Liberal Party to form the [[Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid]], supporting [[Mar Roxas]] and [[Leni Robredo]]'s [[Mar Roxas 2016 presidential campaign|campaigns]] for the [[2016 Philippine presidential election|presidential and vice presidential elections]]. Although Roxas lost to then-[[Davao City Mayor]] [[Rodrigo Duterte]] while Robredo narrowly won the vice presidential race, the party entered the Senate with Hontiveros's victory following her third attempt to run, ranking ninth in the official results.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geronimo |first=Jee |date=2016-05-19 |title=Risa Hontiveros finally wins Senate seat: 'We defied gravity' |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/133583-hontiveros-proclamation-senators/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref> However, they lost one seat in the party-list race after their percentage dropped to below the two percent threshold for an additional seat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Go |first=Miriam Grace |date=2016-05-19 |title=46 groups proclaimed as party list winners |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/133630-groups-proclaimed-party-list/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Opposition (2016–present) ===
After the 2016 election, it joined the Magnificent 7, a group of Liberal Party and [[Magdalo Party-List]] members, in the House.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nonato |first=Marlon Ramos, Vince F. |date=2017-07-26 |title=SC rebuffs House 'Magnificent 7' |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/917533/sc-rebuffs-house-magnificent-7 |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yap |first=D. J. |date=2017-06-06 |title=House minority, Magnificent 7 renew feud |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/903068/house-minority-magnificent-7-renew-feud |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref> In the Senate, Hontiveros initially joined the majority bloc, before she and other senators in opposition to Duterte's policies were relegated to the minority and lost their committee chairmanships.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romero |first=Paolo |title=LP senators stripped of top panel posts |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/02/28/1675445/lp-senators-stripped-top-panel-posts |access-date=2025-11-10 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> The party publicly criticized several policies of the [[Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte|Duterte administration]], including Duterte's handling of the [[Philippine Drug War]] and the [[Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law|TRAIN Law]]. In [[2019 Philippine general election|2019]], amid the defeat of several opposition groups, including the [[Otso Diretso]] coalition for the Senate election which included Akbayan, the party lost representation in the House.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tomacruz |first=Sofia |date=2019-05-22 |title=Comelec proclaims 51 winning groups in 2019 party-list elections |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/230843-party-list-groups-proclaimed-winners-2019/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Duterte's opposition in disarray following Philippines mid-terms |url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/duterte-s-opposition-disarray-following-philippines-mid-terms |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=[[Lowy Institute]] |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Chel Diokno and Risa Hontiveros in the campaign motorcade in Dagupan (02).jpg|thumb|right|[[Chel Diokno]] (left) and [[Risa Hontiveros]] (right) during a campaign motorcade in [[Dagupan]], 2025.]]

In the [[2022 Philippine general election|2022 election]], Akbayan backed the [[Leni Robredo 2022 presidential campaign|candidacies]] of [[Leni Robredo]] and [[Kiko Pangilinan]] for president and vice president, respectively, as part of the [[Team Robredo–Pangilinan]] (TRoPa) alliance. Although Robredo and Pangilinan were defeated, Hontiveros was re-elected. Akbayan also initially fell one spot short of regaining a seat in the House but later took office after the disqualification of the [[An Waray]] party-list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=de Leon |first=Dwight |date=2024-09-17 |title=Akbayan, one rank shy of winning seat in 2022, fights for vacated party-list slot |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/akbayan-appeal-comelec-party-list-slot/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref> In the 2025 elections, Akbayan nominated lawyer [[Chel Diokno]], who ran for senator in 2022 under the TRoPa ticket, as its first nominee for the party-list election. The party also formed the [[KiBam]] coalition alongside the Liberal Party and the [[Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino]]. The coalition was successful, and the party achieved its highest number of votes and the top vote share in the country, garnering about 2.7 million votes and securing three seats in the House.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Cabalza |first1=Dexter |last2=cbuban |date=2025-05-13 |title=Akbayan tops party list race; Bayan Muna faces delisting |url=https://www.inquirer.net/443389/akbayan-tops-party-list-race-bayan-muna-faces-delisting/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Inquirer.net |language=en}}</ref>

== Ideology and platform ==
A [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]] party, Akbayan advocates for [[participatory democracy]] and a form of governance it characterizes as participatory socialism. The party includes both [[democratic socialist]]s<ref name="HistoricalDictionaryp26" /> and [[social democrat]]s<ref name=":0" /> as members. While Akbayan's [[Political economy|political-economic]] platform rests on the democratic-socialist foundation which [[PDP–Laban]] ostensibly shares,<ref name=bello2021>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQU1AO5M0mo|last=Bello y Flores|first=Walden|date=2021-05-21|title=Walden Bello on Rodrigo Duterte and Fascism|website=[[Rappler]]|authorlink=Walden Bello}}</ref> the former differs greatly from the latter with regard to [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] and [[law enforcement]].

The party has affiliate groups that represent [[Civil service|government employees]], [[Women in the workforce|women workers]], [[Migrant worker|migrants]], as well as members of the [[LGBT community]]. The party's official website states that Akbayan is an activist organisation "and proud of it", and that it "vehemently condemn(s) [[torture]], [[assassination]], and other violent acts that undermine [[human rights]] and [[Political freedom|freedoms]] regardless of whoever commits them".<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2 June 2007 |title=RRT Research Response |url=https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/4b6fe2e8c.pdf |journal=Refugee Review Tribunal |volume=Research Response Number PHL 31913}}</ref>

Akbayan has been critical of abuses committed by some members of the [[Armed Forces of the Philippines]] (AFP) against fellow [[Activism|activists]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Akbayan feels Esperon praise a left-handed compliment |url=https://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article5241 |access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref> It has also been critical of the [[Communist Party of the Philippines]], particularly its actions in the countryside against peasant groups and communities and what these groups and communities see as the [[Maoism|Maoist]] group's [[extortion]] activities. Due to its stance against [[Far-right politics|right-wing extremism]] (from some elements of the AFP) and the Maoist [[Communism in the Philippines|far-left]] ([[Communist rebellion in the Philippines|CPP–NPA–NDF]]), Akbayan has been a target of both political groups.<ref>{{cite web |title=Akbayan chides Bayan Muna & affiliates for falling into the AFP's 'divide & rule' strategy : Indybay |url=https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/03/18371891.php?show_comments=1 |access-date=25 February 2016 |work=Indybay}}</ref> Following the [[Killing of Keith and Nolven Absalon|killings of Keith and Nolven Absalon]], Akbayan criticized the Makabayan bloc's response as being selective in its condemnation of the New People's Army's abuses, with the party called on the Makabayan bloc to denounce all the atrocities and abuses committed by the New People's Army.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-11 |title=Landmine kill reopens wounds: Akbayan dares Makabayan to condemn all NPA violence |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/akbayan-dares-makabayan-condemn-npa-violence/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Foreign policy ===
Akbayan supports an independent foreign policy that prioritizes the Philippines' sovereignty.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adel |first=Rosette |date=2025-05-19 |title='Para sa hustisya at reporma': ML Partylist, Akbayan signal cooperation after 2025 polls |url=https://interaksyon.philstar.com/politics-issues/2025/05/19/296554/ml-partylist-akbayan-signal-cooperation-after-2025-polls/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=Interaksyon |language=en-US}}</ref> The party has been noted to oppose the increased incursions of the [[China|People's Republic of China]] (PRC) [[People's Liberation Army Navy|naval]] and [[China Coast Guard|coast guard]] vessels into [[West Philippine Sea|Philippine territorial waters]] and within the country's 200-nautical mile [[Exclusive economic zone of the Philippines|Exclusive Economic Zone]] (EEZ).<ref>{{cite web |title=Philippine Party says China violated its seas : Indybay |url=https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/06/09/18681480.php |access-date=25 February 2016 |work=Indybay}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Rodel Rodis |title=Are Filipinos united against China's invasion of Ayungin? |url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/79117/are-filipinos-united-against-chinas-invasion-of-ayungin |access-date=25 February 2016 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref> It also opposed the [[Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement]], despite being in coalition with the Liberal Party during the Aquino administration which signed the agreement.<ref name=":5" />

== Legislative record ==
[[File:CARPER_akbayan_rally.jpg|thumb|200px|Akbayan members calling for the passage of the CARPER Law]]
[[File:RH_Law_Akbayan.jpg|thumb|Creative demonstration of support for the passage of the Reproductive Health Law in 2012]]
* Republic Act 9189 – The Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003<ref>{{cite web|website=The LawPhil Project|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2003/ra_9189_2003.html|title=R.A. 9189|access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref>
* Republic Act 9481 – Right to Labor Self-Organization Law<ref>{{cite web|website=The LawPhil Project|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2007/ra_9481_2007.html|title=R.A. 9481|access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref>
* Republic Act 9502 – Cheaper and Quality Medicines Law<ref>{{cite web|website=The LawPhil Project|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2008/ra_9502_2008.html|title=R.A. 9502|access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref>
* Republic Act 9700 – [[Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program#Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms (CARPER)|Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms (CARPER) Law]]<ref>{{cite web|website=The LawPhil Project|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9700_2009.html|title=R.A. 9700|access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref>
* Republic Act 10354 – [[Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012|Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2012/12/21/republic-act-no-10354/|title=Republic Act No. 10354|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|date=December 21, 2012 |access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref>
* Republic Act 10351 – Restructuring the Excise Tax on Alcohol and Tobacco or The Sin Tax Law<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2012/ra_10351_2012.html|title = Republic Act No. 10351}}</ref>
* Republic Act 10368 – Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013<ref>{{cite web|website=The LawPhil Project|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10368_2013.html|title=Republic Act No. 10368|access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref>
* Republic Act 10667 – Philippine Competition Act<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://akbayan.org.ph/news/12-press-releases/559-no-more-business-as-usual-as-competition-bill-nears-enactment |title=No more 'business as usual' as Competition bill nears enactment – Akbayan Party List |access-date=May 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924080845/https://akbayan.org.ph/news/12-press-releases/559-no-more-business-as-usual-as-competition-bill-nears-enactment |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Republic Act 10028 – Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Law<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2010/ra_10028_2010.html|title = R.A. No. 10028}}</ref>
* Republic Act 10742 – Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Law
* Republic Act 10643 – Graphic Health Warning Law<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2014/07/15/republic-act-no-10643/|title=gov.ph|accessdate=February 16, 2024}}</ref>
* Republic Act 10932 – Anti-Hospital Deposit Act<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/169911-senate-approves-stiffer-penalties-hospitals-demanding-deposits|title = Senate approves stiffer penalties vs hospitals demanding deposits| date=May 15, 2017 }}</ref>
* Republic Act 11036 – Mental Health Act<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/205425-duterte-signs-mental-health-law-services-philippines|title=Duterte signs Philippine Mental Health law|date=June 21, 2018 }}</ref>
* Republic Act 11166 – HIV and AIDS Policy Act of 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/01/11/1884227/who-philippines-lauds-passage-new-law-hiv-aids|title = WHO Philippines lauds passage of new law on HIV, AIDS| website=[[The Philippine STAR]] }}</ref>

== Electoral performance ==
===Presidential elections===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Candidate
! Votes
! %
! Result
! Outcome
|-
! [[2010 Philippine presidential election|2010]]
| colspan="3" align="left" | None; endorsed [[Benigno Aquino III]] ([[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]])
| {{N/a}}
| align="left" |[[Benigno Aquino III]] won
|-
! [[2016 Philippine presidential election|2016]]
| colspan="3" align="left" | None; endorsed [[Mar Roxas]] ([[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]])
| {{N/a}}
| align="left" |[[Rodrigo Duterte]] ([[PDP–Laban]]) won
|-
! [[2022 Philippine presidential election|2022]]
| colspan="3" align="left" | None; endorsed [[Leni Robredo]] ([[Independent politician|Independent]])
|{{N/a}}
| align="left" |[[Ferdinand Marcos Jr.]] ([[Partido Federal ng Pilipinas|PFP]]) won
|}

=== Vice presidential elections ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
!Year
! Candidate
! Votes
! %
! Result
!Outcome
|-
! [[2010 Philippine presidential election|2010]]
| colspan="3" align="left" | None; endorsed [[Mar Roxas]] ([[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]])
| {{N/a}}
| align="left" |[[Jejomar Binay]] ([[PDP–Laban]]) won
|-
! [[2016 Philippine presidential election|2016]]
| colspan="3" align="left" | None; endorsed [[Leni Robredo]] ([[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]])
| {{N/a}}
| align="left" |[[Leni Robredo]] ([[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]]) won
|-
! [[2022 Philippine presidential election|2022]]
| colspan="3" align="left" | None; endorsed [[Francis Pangilinan]] ([[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]])
| {{N/a}}
| align="left" |[[Sara Duterte]] ([[Lakas–CMD]]) won
|}

=== Legislative elections ===
==== Senate ====
In 2010, one of Akbayan's representatives [[Risa Hontiveros]] ran for Senate as a member of Liberal Party. Akbayan fully supported her candidacy. Hontiveros lost and placed 13th, one rank near the 12 winning candidates.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Villanueva |first=Marichu A. |date=May 24, 2010 |title=13th Senator |url=https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2010/05/24/577648/13th-senator |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jimenez |first=Atty Josephus |date=July 20, 2024 |title=Risa Hontiveros: The best senator of the country |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2024/07/20/2371612/risa-hontiveros-best-senator-country |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> In 2013, Hontiveros again ran for a Senate seat, formally under Akbayan. She lost again, placing 17th.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2013 |title=Risa Hontiveros regretful for not entering theater scene |url=https://www.philstar.com/other-sections/news-videos/2013/04/18/932147/risa-hontiveros-regretful-not-entering-theater-scene |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref><ref name="lp-first-four">{{cite news |last=Legaspi |first=Amita |date=17 May 2012 |title=PNoy reveals 4 sure LP senatorial bets for 2013 |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/258502/news/nation/pnoy-reveals-4-sure-lp-senatorial-bets-for-2013 |accessdate=18 May 2012 |work=GMA News}}</ref> In the 2016 Senate elections, Hontiveros ran for the third time, and finally won, placing 9th. Hontiveros became the first person in Philippine history from the social democratic and progressive center-left to win a Senate seat.<ref>{{Cite web |date= May 19, 2016|title= Risa Hontiveros finally wins Senate seat: 'We defied gravity'|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/133583-hontiveros-proclamation-senators/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Rappler}}</ref> In the 2022 Senate elections, Senator Hontiveros ran for reelection, winning amid the anti-progressive rhetoric of the administration, and placing 11th.<ref>{{Cite web |date= May 10, 2022 |title= Hontiveros is sole opposition in Senate Magic 12 race, Padilla keeps lead |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/05/10/22/hontiveros-is-sole-opposition-in-senate-magic-12-race |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=ABS-CBN News}}</ref>

==== House of Representatives elections in districts ====
In 2013, [[Kaka Bag-ao]] ran for the [[Dinagat Islands's at-large congressional district|Dinagat Islands]] seat under the Akbayan label and won. In 2016, she ran for reelection in the Dinagat Islands seat as a [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]], and won. She was backed by Akbayan as well. In 2025, Bag-ao again ran for the Dinagat Islands seat as a Liberal and won. She was backed by Akbayan and continued to be part of the party.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/kaka-bag-ao-results-dinagat-islands-district-representative-2025/ | title='Dragon Slayer' Kaka Bag-ao returns as Dinagat Islands congresswoman }}</ref>

===== Results =====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! colspan="11" |[[Congress of the Philippines]]
|-
! colspan="5" |[[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]] (Districts)
! colspan="6" |[[Senate of the Philippines|Senate]]
|-
!Year
!Votes
!Vote share
!Seats won
!Result
!Year
!Votes
!Vote share
!Seats won
!Ticket
!Result
|-
![[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1998|1998]]
| colspan="3" |Did not participate
|'''[[Lakas–CMD (1991)|Lakas]] plurality'''
![[Philippine Senate election, 1998|1998]]
| colspan="4" |Did not participate
|'''[[Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino|LAMMP]] win 7/12 seats'''
|-
![[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2001|2001]]
| colspan="3" |Did not participate
|'''Lakas plurality'''
![[Philippine Senate election, 2001|2001]]
| colspan="4" |Did not participate
|'''[[People Power Coalition|People Power]] win 8/13 seats'''
|-
![[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2004|2004]]
| colspan="3" |Did not participate
|'''Lakas plurality'''
![[Philippine Senate election, 2004|2004]]
| colspan="4" |Did not participate
|'''[[Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan|K4]] win 7/12 seats'''
|-
![[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2007|2007]]
| colspan="3" |Did not participate
|'''Lakas plurality'''
![[Philippine Senate election, 2007|2007]]
| colspan="4" |Did not participate
|'''[[Genuine Opposition|GO]] win 8/12 seats'''
|-
![[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2010|2010]]
| colspan="3" |Did not participate
|'''[[Lakas–Kampi]] plurality'''
![[Philippine Senate election, 2010|2010]]
| colspan="4" |Only supported a candidate{{efn|Risa Hontiveros, despite being an Akbayan member, was registered as [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]] in the ballot|fn20}}
|'''[[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]] win 4/12 seats'''
|-
![[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2013|2013]]
|34,239
|0.12%
|{{Composition bar|1|293|hex={{party color|Akbayan Citizens' Action Party}}}}
|'''[[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]] plurality'''
![[Philippine Senate election, 2013|2013]]
|10,944,843
|3.68%
|{{Composition bar|0|12|{{party color|Akbayan}}}}
| style="background:{{party color|Akbayan}};"|<span style="color:white">[[Team PNoy|<span style="color:white">Team PNoy</span>]]</span>
| style="background:{{party color|Akbayan}};"|<span style="color:white">'''[[Team PNoy|<span style="color:white">Team PNoy</span>]] win 9/12 seats'''</span>
|-
![[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2016|2016]]
| colspan="3" |Did not participate
|'''Liberal plurality'''
![[Philippine Senate election, 2016|2016]]
|15,915,213
|4.97%
|{{Composition bar|1|12|{{party color|Akbayan}}}}
| style="background:{{party color|Akbayan}};"|[[Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid|<span style="color:white">Daang Matuwid</span>]] 
| style="background:{{party color|Akbayan}};"|<span style="color:white">'''[[Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid|<span style="color:white">Daang Matuwid</span>]] win 7/12 seats'''</span>
|-
![[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2019|2019]]
| colspan="3" |Did not participate
|'''[[PDP–Laban]] plurality'''
![[Philippine Senate election, 2019|2019]]
| colspan="3" |Did not participate
|[[Otso Diretso]]
|'''[[Hugpong ng Pagbabago|Hugpong]] win 9/12 seats'''
|-
![[2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2022]]
| colspan="3" |Did not participate
|'''[[PDP–Laban]] plurality'''
![[2022 Philippine Senate election|2022]]
|15,470,005
|3.56%
| style="text-align:center" |{{Composition bar|1|12|{{party color|Akbayan}}}}
|[[Team Robredo–Pangilinan|TroPa]]
|'''[[UniTeam]] win 6/12 seats'''
|-
![[2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2025]]
| colspan="3" |Did not participate
|'''Lakas plurality'''
![[2025 Philippine Senate election|2025]]
| colspan="3" |Did not participate
|[[KiBam]]
|'''[[Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas|Alyansa]] win 6/12 seats'''
|}

==== Party-list elections ====
Akbayan is only one of two parties (the other is [[Butil Farmers Party|Butil]]) to win seats in all party-list elections in the Philippines until 2019. Furthermore, Akbayan is the only party to surpass the 2% [[election threshold]] in all elections until the 2016 election where they fell short by 0.12%.

In September 2024, the [[Commission on Elections (Philippines)|COMELEC]] proclaimed the party as a winner after the Supreme Court of the Philippines upheld the COMELEC resolution which revoked the party-list registration of [[An Waray]].<ref>{{cite news |last1= Chi|first1=Cristina|title=Akbayan seeks House seat that An Waray vacated|url= https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/09/18/2386170/akbayan-seeks-house-seatthat-waray-vacated|accessdate=September 18, 2024 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=September 18, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=De Leon|first1=Dwight|title=Akbayan back in the House after Comelec formalizes 2022 election win|url= https://www.rappler.com/philippines/comelec-proclaims-akbayan-party-list-winner-2022-elections-returns-house-representatives/|accessdate=September 25, 2024 |work=[[Rappler]] |date=September 25, 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center";
|-{{nowrap}}
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Secured Seats
! Party-List Seats
! Congress
! 1st Representative
! 2nd Representative
! 3rd Representative
|-
| [[1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections|1998]]
| 232,376
| 2.54%
| {{Composition bar|1|3|hex=#FF2400}}
| 51
| <small>[[11th Congress of the Philippines|11th Congress]]</small><br />1998&ndash;2001<br>
| [[Etta Rosales]]
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
|-
| [[2001 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2001]]
| 377,852
| 2.50%
| {{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#FF2400}}
| 51
| <small>[[12th Congress of the Philippines|12th Congress]]</small><br />2001&ndash;2004<br>
| [[Etta Rosales]]
| Mario Aguja
| {{N/A}}
|-
| [[2004 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2004]]
| 852,473
| 6.70%
| {{Composition bar|3|3|hex=#FF2400}}
| 52
| <small>[[13th Congress of the Philippines|13th Congress]]</small><br />2004&ndash;2007<br>
| [[Etta Rosales]]
| Mario Aguja
| [[Risa Hontiveros]]
|-
| [[2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2007]]
| 466,112
| 2.92%
| {{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#FF2400}}
| 53
| <small>[[14th Congress of the Philippines|14th Congress]]</small><br />2007&ndash;2010<br>
| [[Risa Hontiveros]]
| [[Walden Bello]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| [[2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2010]]
| 1,058,691
| 3.50%
| {{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#FF2400}}
| 57
| <small>[[15th Congress of the Philippines|15th Congress]]</small><br />2010&ndash;2013<br>
| [[Walden Bello]]
| [[Kaka Bag-ao]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2013]]
| rowspan="2" | 827,405
| rowspan="2" | 3.02%
| rowspan="2" | {{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#FF2400}}
| rowspan="2" | 58
| rowspan="2" | <small>[[16th Congress of the Philippines|16th Congress]]</small><br />2013&ndash;2016<br>
| ''[[Walden Bello]]''<br>{{small|(2013–2015<ref group="n">Resigned on 16 March 2015.</ref>)}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Barry Gutierrez]]
| rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|Angelina Ludovice-Katoh<br>{{small|(2015–2016<ref group="n">Replaced resigned representative Walden Bello and sworn in on 13 May 2015.</ref>)}}
|-
| [[2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2016]]
| 608,449
| 1.88%
| {{Composition bar|1|3|hex=#FF2400}}
| 59
| <small>[[17th Congress of the Philippines|17th Congress]]</small><br />2016&ndash;2019<br>
| [[Tom Villarin]]
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
|-
| [[2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2019]]
| 171,713
| 0.62%
| {{Composition bar|0|3|hex=#FF2400}}
| 61
| <small>[[18th Congress of the Philippines|18th Congress]]</small><br />2019&ndash;2022<br>
| colspan=3{{N/A|''Out of Congress''}}
|-
| [[2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2022]]
| 236,226
| 0.64%
| {{Composition bar|1|3|hex=#FF2400}}
| 63
| <small>[[19th Congress of the Philippines|19th Congress]]</small><br />2022&ndash;2025<br>
| [[Perci Cendaña]]<br>{{small|(2024–<ref group="n">Proclaimed and assumed office on 25 September 2024.</ref>)}}
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
|-
| [[2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2025]]
| 2,779,621
| 6.63%
| {{Composition bar|3|3|hex=#FF2400}}
| 63
| <small>[[20th Congress of the Philippines|20th Congress]]</small><br />2025&ndash;2028<br>
| [[Chel Diokno]]
| [[Perci Cendaña]]
| [[Dadah Kiram Ismula]]
|-
|colspan="9" | <small>Note: A [[party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines|party-list group]], can win a maximum of three seats in the House of Representatives.</small>
|}

=== Notes ===
{{reflist|group=n}}

=== Candidates for 2013 elections ===
* [[Risa Hontiveros]] – Senator
* [[Kaka Bag-ao|Arlene "Kaka" Bag-ao]] – District Representative, [[Dinagat Islands]] (under Liberal Party)
* [[Walden Bello|Walden F. Bello]] – 1st nominee, party-list
* [[Barry Gutierrez|Ibarra "Barry" M. Gutierrez III]] – 2nd nominee, party-list
* Angelina Ludovice Katoh – 3rd nominee, party-list
* Sylvia Estrada Claudio – 4th nominee, party-list
* Francis Q. Isaac – 5th nominee, party-list
* Edwin A. Bustillos – 6th nominee, party-list

=== Candidates for 2016 elections ===
* [[Risa Hontiveros]] – Senator
* [[Tom Villarin]] – 1st nominee, party-list
* Barry Gutierrez III – 2nd nominee, party-list{{efn|Also the spokesperson of Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid|fn21}}
* Angelina Katoh – 3rd nominee, party-list
* Rafaela Mae David – 4th nominee, party-list
* Doris Obena – 5th nominee, party-list
* Mylene Hega – 6th nominee, party-list
* Cenon Nolasco – 7th nominee, party-list

==== Local candidates ====
* Pat Ibay – Councilor (District 1, [[Pasay]])
* Ileana Ibay – Councilor (District 2, Pasay)
* Alvin Dizon – Councilor (District 1, [[Cebu City]]){{efn|Ran as a Liberal|fn22}}
* Sergio Bañes Jr. – Councilor ([[Estancia, Iloilo]])
* Egar Chu – Councilor (Estancia, Iloilo)

=== Candidates for 2019 elections ===
* [[Tom Villarin]] – 1st nominee, party-list
* Gio Tingson – 2nd nominee, party-list
* Doris Dinorog-Obena – 3rd nominee, party-list
* Angelina Katoh – 4th nominee, party-list
* Napoleon Mérida – 5th nominee, party-list
* Cristina Oganiza – 6th nominee, party-list

=== Candidates for 2022 elections ===
* [[Risa Hontiveros]] – Senator
* [[Perci Cendaña|Percival Cendaña]] – 1st nominee, party-list
* Raymond John Naguit – 2nd nominee, party-list
* Cristina Oganiza – 3rd nominee, party-list
* Angelina Katoh – 4th nominee, party-list
* JC Tejano – 5th nominee, party-list
* Victoria de Jesus – 6th nominee, party-list

==== Local candidates ====

* Lyn Dialde - Board Member, [[Dinagat Islands]]
* Fely Pedrablanca - Mayor, [[Tubajon, Dinagat Islands]]
* Rexon Arevalo - Vice Mayor, [[Nagcarlan, Laguna]]
* Ernesto Balida - Vice Mayor, [[Batad, Iloilo]]
* Petnel Sombrado - Vice Mayor, [[Dinagat, Dinagat Islands]]
* Zoltan Edera - Vice Mayor, [[Libjo, Dinagat Islands]]
* Liezl Aguirre - Councilor, [[San Jose del Monte, Bulacan]]
* Tobit Cruz - Councilor, [[Taytay, Rizal]]
* Erwin Dimaculangan - Councilor, [[Alitagtag, Batangas]]
* Elaine Teope - Councilor, [[Luisiana, Laguna]]
* Laurence Sombilla - Councilor, [[Nagcarlan, Laguna]]
* Richard Pavico - Councilor, [[San Pablo, Laguna]]
* Gilbert Arrabis Jr. - Councilor, [[Daanbantayan, Cebu]]
* Wilfredo Punay - Councilor, [[Tubajon, Dinagat Islands]]
* Samson Tidalgo - Councilor, [[Tubajon, Dinagat Islands]]

===Candidates for 2025 elections===
[[File:Victory Celebration of Akbayan Partylist after the 2025 midterm elections (05).jpg|thumb|Akbayan nominees [[Dadah Kiram Ismula]] (left), [[Chel Diokno]] (2nd from left), and [[Perci Cendaña]] (right) with Senator [[Risa Hontiveros]] (2nd from right) during the victory celebration of Akbayan in Pasig after the 2025 elections.]]
* [[Chel Diokno]] – 1st nominee, party-list
* [[Perci Cendaña|Percival Cendaña]] – 2nd nominee, party-list
* [[Dadah Kiram Ismula]] – 3rd nominee, party-list
* Justine Balane – 4th nominee, party-list
* Mercy Abucayon – 5th nominee, party-list
* Magdalena Robinson – 6th nominee, party-list
* JC Tejano – 7th nominee, party-list
* Ernesto Neri – 8th nominee, party-list
* Yoyong Mérida – 9th nominee, party-list
* Angelina Katoh – 10th nominee, party-list

==== Local candidates ====

* Lyn Dialde – Board Member, [[Dinagat Islands]]
* Sean Eludo – Board Member, [[Dinagat Islands]]
* Frans Gelaine Garcia – Board Member, [[Bohol]]
* Fely Pedrablanca – Mayor, [[Tubajon]]
* Petnel Sombrado – Mayor, [[Dinagat, Dinagat Islands]]
* Ogie Suayan – Mayor, [[Candelaria, Quezon]]
* Zoltan Edera – Vice Mayor, [[Libjo]]
* Bong Maliwanag – Vice Mayor, [[Candelaria, Quezon]]
* Zacarias Suplaag – Vice Mayor, [[Tubajon]]
* Hazel Omri Abdon – Councilor, [[Candelaria, Quezon]]
* Charlott Angeles – Councilor, [[Jalajala]]
* Roderick Bacol – Councilor, [[Tubajon]]
* Mark Greg Bonaobra – Councilor, [[Gumaca]]
* Tobit Cruz – Councilor, [[Taytay, Rizal]]
* Divina Custodio – Councilor, [[Dinagat, Dinagat Islands]]
* Alvin Dizon – Councilor, [[Cebu City]]
* Opan Dizon – Councilor, [[Candelaria, Quezon]]
* Abe Diokno – Councilor, [[Taal, Batangas]]
* Bong Ebol – Councilor, [[Dinagat, Dinagat Islands]]
* Belo Emralino – Councilor, [[Candelaria, Quezon]]
* Maila Escamillas – Councilor, [[Candelaria, Quezon]]
* Joel Ganado – Councilor, [[General Mariano Alvarez]]
* Ken Paolo Giloo – Councilor, [[Bacolod]]
* Bebie Ladaga – Councilor, [[Tubajon]]
* Nonong Lamoca – Councilor, [[Candelaria, Quezon]]
* Edwin Larida – Councilor, [[Tubajon]]
* Jun Padullon – Councilor, [[Tubajon]]
* Jun Panguito – Councilor, [[Jalajala]]
* Nemerlito Perez – Councilor, [[Dasmariñas]]
* Almie Recla – Councilor, [[Tubajon]]
* Janice Rosales – Councilor, [[Dinagat, Dinagat Islands]]
* Paul Senogat – Councilor, [[Pasig]]
* Emerson Sio – Councilor, [[Candelaria, Quezon]]
* Freddie Subere – Councilor, [[Tubajon]]
* Koping Tabogon – Councilor, [[Dinagat, Dinagat Islands]]
* Elaine Teope – Councilor, [[Luisiana]]
* Samson Tidalgo – Councilor, [[Tubajon]]
* Jessica Trajano – Councilor, [[Tubajon]]
* Narcing Villaran – Councilor, [[Jalajala]]

===Current party officials===
* Party President: Rafaela David
* Party Chairperson: Mylene Hega
* Secretary-General: Jordan Gutierrez
* Party Member: [[Risa Hontiveros]]
* Party Member: [[Chel Diokno]]
* Party Member: [[Perci Cendaña|Percival "Perci" Vilar Cendaña]]
* Party Member: [[Dadah Kiram Ismula]]
* Party Member: [[Ronald Llamas]]
* Party Member: [[Barry Gutierrez]]

== Slogans ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Slogan
!English
!Date used
|-
|'''Pag mahal mo, Akbayan mo!''
|({{translation|If you love [someone], give [that someone] the support/pat on the shoulder}})
|from 2025
|-
|''Sa Akbayan, Panalo ang Mamamayan!'' 
|("With Akbayan, the People Win!")
|until 2025
|}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
*{{Cite web |last=von Hofmann |first=Norbert |date=January 2009 |title=Social Democratic Parties in Southeast Asia - Chances and Limits |url=https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/06070.pdf |access-date= |website=[[Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung]]}}

== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.akbayan.org.ph/}}

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