View source for Nationalist People's Coalition

{{short description|Conservative political party in the Philippines}}
{{For|the Dutch political organization|Nationalist People's Movement}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Nationalist People's Coalition
| logo             = [[File:Nationalist People's Coalition.svg|150px]]
| colorcode        = {{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}
| leader1_title    = Leader
| leader1_name     = [[Mark Cojuangco]]
| leader2_title    = [[Nationalist People's Coalition#Chairman|Chairman]]
| leader2_name     = [[Tito Sotto]]
| leader3_title    = President
| leader3_name     = [[Jack Duavit]]
| leader4_title    = Secretary–General
| leader4_name     = [[Mark Llandro Mendoza]]
| leader5_title    = Spokesperson
| leader5_name     = [[Mark Enverga]]
| founder          = [[Danding Cojuangco]]
| foundation       = {{Start date and age|1992||}}<ref>{{Cite book|first=Artemio R. |last=Guillermo |title=Historical dictionary of the Philippines |edition=Third |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2012 |page=304}}</ref>
| split            = [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]
| headquarters     = 808 Building, [[Meralco Avenue]], San Antonio, [[Pasig]], 1605 [[Metro Manila]]
| newspaper        = ''NPC Herald''
| ideology         = {{Nowrap|[[Filipino nationalism]]<br>[[Conservatism]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Report: Philippines 2015 |date=2015 |page=21 |publisher=Oxford Business Group}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=Tom Lansford|title=Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019 |date=2019 |page=1271 |publisher=CQ Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=Dennis W. Johnson |title=Routledge Handbook of Political Management |date=2010 |page=361 |publisher=Routledge}}</ref>
 <br> [[Social conservatism]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=Philippines |work=World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties |publisher=Facts On File |year=1999 |pages=887}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |first=Louis |last=Perron |title=Election Campaigns in the Philippines |publisher=Routledge |year=2009 |page=361}}</ref>}}
| position         = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]<ref name="Day">{{Citation |first=Alan John |last=Day |title=Political Parties of the World |publisher=John Harper Publishing |year=2002 |page=377}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/politics/news/political-parties-in-the-philippines-a00287-20190127-lfrm |title=Who to Vote For? Get To Know the Political Parties in the Philippines |last=Macaraeg |first=Pauline |date=January 27, 2019 |newspaper=Esquiremag.ph |access-date=August 19, 2022}}</ref>
| national         = [[Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas|Bagong Pilipinas]] (2024–present)<br>
{{collapsible list|title=Former:|Nationalist People's Coalition (1995)<br>[[Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino|LAMMP]] (1998)<br />[[People Power Coalition|PPC]] (2001)<br />[[Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino|KNP]] (2004)<br />[[TEAM Unity (Philippines)|TEAM Unity]] (2007; [[Gilbert Teodoro|Teodoro wing]])<br/>[[Genuine Opposition|GO]] (2007; [[Francis Escudero|Escudero]]–[[Loren Legarda|Legarda]] wing)<br/>[[Team PNoy]] (2013)<br />[[Partido Galing at Puso|PGP]] (2016)<br />[[Hugpong ng Pagbabago|HNP]] (2019)<br />[[UniTeam]] (2021–2024)}}
| colors           = {{Color box|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|red|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} [[Green]], [[red]], [[white]]
| seats1_title     = [[Senate of the Philippines|Senate]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|6|24|hex={{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|32|317|hex={{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/11/15/lakas-cmd--dominant-house-party.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116123522/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/11/15/lakas-cmd--dominant-house-party.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 16, 2023|title=PDP-Laban's membership dwindles, Lakas-CMD now dominant House party|first=Xianne|last=Arcangel|work=CNN Philippines|date=November 15, 2023|accessdate=November 16, 2023}}</ref>
| seats3_title     = [[List of current Philippine provincial governors|Provincial Governors]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|5|82|hex={{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Sangguniang Panlalawigan|Provincial Vice Governors]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|5|82|hex=#4AA02C}}
| seats5_title     = [[Sangguniang Panlalawigan|Provincial Board members]]
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|58|840|hex=#4AA02C}}
| affiliation1_title = Coalition members (1995)
| affiliation1     = {{ubl|
* {{abbr|NPC|Nationalist People's Coalition}} 
* [[People's Reform Party|PRP]]
* [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan|KBL]]
}}
| country          = the Philippines
}}

The '''Nationalist People's Coalition''' ('''NPC''') is a [[conservatism|conservative]] [[political party]] in the [[Philippines]] which was founded in 1992 by presidential candidate [[Danding Cojuangco]].

==History==

=== Formation ===
[[File:NPC 1992 logo.png|thumb|Nationalist People's Coalition logo in 1992]]
In 1990, amid political and economic uncertainty in the aftermath of the [[People Power Revolution|1986 People Power Revolution]], members of civil society and business groups invited businessman [[Danding Cojuangco]], a former associate of deposed [[President of the Philippines|President]] [[Ferdinand Marcos]], to lead a national coalition for the [[1992 Philippine general election|1992 national elections]]. Cojuangco's supporters, who called themselves ''Friends of Danding'', began organizing because of limited time before the polls. 

Cojuangco expressed interest in running under the [[Nacionalista Party]] where he had long-standing ties, provided the nomination process was fair. Two other national figures were also seeking the party nomination, Senator [[Juan Ponce Enrile]] and [[Vice President of the Philippines|Vice President]] [[Salvador Laurel]] who was the party president. Internal disputes arose between Laurel and former [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]] [[Governor of Rizal|Governor]] [[Isidro Rodriguez (politician)|Isidro Rodriguez]] over the nomination rules. With the issues unresolved and the party divided, Cojuangco's backers formed a new party, '''Partido Pilipino''', led by Jerry Barican, Antonio Gatmaitan, and Butch Valdes. The [[Commission on Elections (Philippines)|Commission on Elections]] officially registered the party on February 5, 1991. 

Nacionalista eventually split into the Laurel and Rodriguez wings, with the latter supporting Cojuangco. A court ruling in favor of the Laurel wing prompted Cojuangco's allies to consolidate under a broader umbrella group, the '''Nationalist People's Coalition'''. This coalition included the Rodriguez wing, [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan]] (KBL), Partido Pilipino and its regional parties such as [[Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija]], sectoral groups, and independent politicians.

=== Ramos years: 1992–1998 ===

==== [[1992 Philippine general election|1992 election]] ====
In the [[1992 Philippine presidential election|1992 elections]], Cojuangco ran for president under the NPC banner with Senator [[Joseph Estrada]], whose [[Partido ng Masang Pilipino]] coalesced with NPC, for vice president. Other NPC candidates for various races ran under affiliated parties. Cojuangco placed third, being defeated by Marcos' cousin [[Fidel V. Ramos|Fidel Ramos]], while Estrada won the vice presidential race in a landslide. After the elections, Partido Pilipino was renamed as the '''Nationalist People's Coalition''', formalizing the group into a political party with leadership transferred to newly-elected NPC officers.<ref name="history">[http://www.npc-party.com/blog/?page_id=7 NPC Party History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928162521/http://www.npc-party.com/blog/?page_id=7 |date=September 28, 2007 }} NPC website Retrieved December 17, 2006.</ref> Also, NPC joined the Lakas-led [[Rainbow Coalition (Philippines)|Rainbow Coalition]], a House caucus coalition formed with multiple parties, including [[Lakas–CMD (1991)|Lakas]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romero |first=Paolo |date=October 11, 2003 |title=Lakas-NPC alliance tried and tested — JDV |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2003/10/11/223739/lakas-npc-alliance-tried-and-tested-151-jdv |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> and won 5 Senats seats (which 4 of them are half-termers placing between 13–24) which [[Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino]] (LDP, then known as Laban) dominated.

==== 1995 elections: A party and an opposition coalition ====
NPC became a party and the official opposition against [[Lakas–Laban Coalition]], led by Ramos and [[Edgardo Angara|Ed Angara]] of Laban. NPC drafted including half-termers [[Nikki Coseteng]] and [[Arturo Tolentino]], tapped Congressman [[Bongbong Marcos]] of KBL, former military mutineer [[Gregorio Honasan|Gringo Honasan]] and [[Miriam Defensor Santiago]] of [[People's Reform Party|PRP]].<ref name="pollwinners">{{Cite web |date=1995-05-18 |title=Manila poll winners finally proclaimed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6pkVAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA164 |access-date=2025-02-01 |publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corporation |page=164 |newspaper=Manila Standard}}</ref> It was then rumored that then-Senate President [[Ernesto Maceda]] already conceded to President Ramos days before the election day, as the latter also claimed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maragay |first=Fei |date=May 5, 1995 |title=Maceda conceded defeat – Ramos |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19950505&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=news.google.com}}</ref> Only Santiago, Honasan, and Coseteng managed to win.

=== Estrada years: 1998–2001 ===

==== 1998 elections: Erap's Victory and the rise of Bright Boys ====
The NPC was a member of the [[Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino]] (LAMMP) together with Angara's LDP, Estrada's PMP, and Pimentel's PDP–Laban. LAMMP served as the political vehicle of vice president Joseph Estrada in the [[1998 Philippine general election|1998 presidential elections]].<ref name="manila">{{cite web|url=http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics01_feb20_2003|title= Angara party roots for Danding |work=Manila Standard Today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013162844/http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics01_feb20_2003 |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |last=Evangelista |first=Romie A }}</ref> Also, in the [[1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections|House elections]], some youngesters who will be serve in the future as either senators or cabinet members are elected such as [[Francis Escudero|Chiz Escudero]] (became Senator), and [[Gilbert Teodoro]] (founder's nephew, and future Defense Secretary), and [[Ace Durano]] of Cebu which Estrada dubbed as the '''[[Bright Boys]]'''.<ref name="bnth">{{cite journal |date=January–March 2000 |title=The Other Brat Pack |journal=The Investigative Reporting Magazine |volume=VI |pages=10–11 |authorlink=[[Alecks P. Pabico]]}}</ref>

==== 2000: Estrada Impeachment ====
After Speaker [[Manny Villar]] (LAMMP) successfully pushed impeachment on the house plenary, the pro-Estrada group kicked Villar out of speakership and they tapped [[Arnulfo Fuentebella]] as replacement. Fuentebella's speakership tenure is the only instance a current NPC member held the said position. It left the LAMMP after Estrada was [[Second EDSA Revolution|removed from power]] in January 2001.<ref name="manila" />

=== Arroyo years: 2001–2010 ===

==== 2001 ====
When [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] assumed the presidency in January 2001, her [[People Power Coalition]] (led by the [[Lakas–CMD (1991)|Lakas]]) became the dominant group in [[Congress of the Philippines|Congress]].<ref name="state">{{cite web |date=December 15, 2016 |title=Background Note: Philippines |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2794.htm |access-date=May 18, 2023 |publisher=[[United States Department of State]]}}</ref> The 75-member Lakas party led the "[[Sunshine Coalition]]," which included the 61-member NPC, members of the [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal Party]], and several other minor parties.<ref name="state" /> The [[Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino]] (LDP) party led the 20-member opposition bloc.<ref name="state" /> In the Senate race, being not having candidate, NPC junked 5 opposition candidates from [[Puwersa ng Masa|Pwersa ng Masa]] namely Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado, former DSWD Usec Jamby Madrigal, Muslim leader Ombra Tamano, former Sen. Santanina Rasul and former Information Undersecretary Reuben Canoy.<ref name="NPC">{{Cite web |last=Danao |first=Efren |date=March 15, 2001 |title=NPC to junk 5 Senate bets from opposition |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2001/03/15/90059/npc-junk-5-senate-bets-opposition |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>

==== 2003 ====
{{Main|Brat Pack (House of Representatives of the Philippines)}}
In 2003, NPC stalwarts led by Escudero, and Teodoro filed an impeachment complaint against [[Chief Justice of the Philippines|Chief Justice]] [[Hilario Davide Jr.|Hilario Davide]] for allegedly misusing judiciary funds for acquiring luxury cars and homes, but even though the said impeachment complaint successfully gained votes of signatures enough for its succession,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romero |first=Paolo |date=October 24, 2003 |title=House impeaches Davide |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2003/10/24/225245/house-impeaches-davide |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional, and the House killed the impeachment.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Romero |first=Paolo |date=November 12, 2003 |title=House votes 115-77 to junk impeachment |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2003/11/12/227587/house-votes-115-77-junk-impeachment |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> With the failure of impeachment in the House, rumors speculated that the coalition will go to abolishment, as pro-impeachment congressmen, mainly from the NPC disappointed in the failure of impeachment.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=June 10, 2004 |title='Sunshine Coalition' bubuwagin sa 13th Congress |url=https://qa.philstar.com/bansa/2004/06/10/253340/sunshine-coalition-bubuwagin-sa-13th-congress |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> The rumors spread, also saying that there is a faction that are lacking of satisfaction on de Venecia and will challenge his speakership.<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Romero |first=Paolo |date=November 12, 2003 |title=JDV belittles bid to unseat him as Speaker |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2003/11/12/227639/jdv-belittles-bid-unseat-him-speaker |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> NPC later prompted to quit in the coalition for the 2004 elections,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samia |first=Pamela |date=October 12, 2003 |title=NPC timetable set for 2004 polls |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2003/10/12/223853/npc-timetable-set-2004-polls |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> and later rumored to join the opposition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romero |first=Paolo |date=October 6, 2003 |title=NPC rebuffs LDP: No decision on coalition yet |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2003/10/06/223245/npc-rebuffs-ldp-no-decision-coalition-yet |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>

==== 2004 elections ====
In 2003, the LDP and NPC backed businessman [[Danding Cojuangco]] as a potential presidential candidate in that year's elections.<ref name="manila" /> Cojuangco, the NPC chair, withdrew from the campaign. But before the end of the year, NPC was sending 'mixed signals' that possibly confuse the public whether they will stay on the administration camp or jump into the opposition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-11-16 |title='NPC sending mixed signals for 2004' |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2003/11/16/228107/145npc-sending-mixed-signals-2004146/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=www.philstar.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Although the NPC had no seats in the Senate, the party had 53 seats in the House of Representatives after the election.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/philippines/ Introduction: Philippines] CIA -The World Fact Book Retrieved December 10, 2006.</ref> 

After Cojuangco withdrawn from the presidential elections, the NPC was divided— with Danding, and his sons [[Charlie Cojuangco|Charlie]] and [[Mark Cojuangco|Mark]], and nephew Gilbert Teodoro hails for supporting [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 2004 presidential campaign|incumbent]] while the other group led by Escudero, former Senate President Ernesto Maceda, and [[Darlene Antonino Custodio|Darlene Custodio]] supported [[Fernando Poe Jr.]]'s [[Fernando Poe Jr. 2004 presidential campaign|campaign]]. Escudero, who became Poe's spokesman berated and protested against widespread cheating while in congressional canvassing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danding Cojuangco and the NPC |url=https://images.gmanews.tv/html/research/2007/11/cojuangco_npc.html |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=images.gmanews.tv}}</ref>

==== 2005 ====
In mid-2005, led by its House Leader Chiz Escudero, his anti-Arroyo NPC colleagues launched an impeachment complaint against incumbent President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who was apologizing for being [[Hello Garci scandal|busted for calling an election commissioner]] to ensure her win.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romero |first=Paolo |date=July 2, 2005 |title=Palace prefers impeachment to destabilization |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2005/07/02/284511/palace-prefers-impeachment-destabilization |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> Ultimately, Lakas-led House crushed the impeachment 158–51.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diaz |first=Jess |date=September 7, 2005 |title=House votes 158-51 to kill impeachment |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2005/09/07/295398/house-votes-158-51-kill-impeachment |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> 

==== 2007 ====
With Escudero and newly-sworn member [[Loren Legarda]] joining [[Genuine Opposition|Geniuine Opposition]] (GO), LDP stalwarts [[Tito Sotto]] and [[Tessie Aquino-Oreta|Tessie Aquino Oreta]] left their party and joined the NPC, but the latter two become ticket candidates of administration's [[TEAM Unity]]. Sotto claimed that some GO supporters and politicians defecting to the NPC.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007-01-28 |title=Sotto says row with UNO prompted 'defection' to NPC |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/28446/sotto-says-row-with-uno-prompted-defection-to-npc/story/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref> Escudero and Legarda managed to win, but Sotto and Aquino-Oreta lost.

==== Escudero and Teodoro's ambition for 2010 ====
Two of its former House stalwarts, Senator Chiz Escudero and Defense Secretary Teodoro left NPC for their presidential ambitions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mendez |first=Christina |date=October 29, 2009 |title=Escudero quits NPC |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2009/10/29/518160/escudero-quits-npc |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> Teodoro joined [[Lakas–CMD|Lakas–Kampi]] and launched his [[Gilbert Teodoro 2010 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] there, while Escudero planned also to run for presidency, but later withdrawn his bid and launched [[Beningo Aquino III and Jejomar Binay 2010 presidential campaign|NoyBi]]. NPC, led by its new chairman Faustino Dy Jr.,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diaz |first=Jess |date=August 8, 2009 |title=NPC to announce 2010 bets this month |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2009/08/08/493763/npc-announce-2010-bets-month |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> forged a coalition with [[Manny Villar|Manny Villar's]] [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]] to support the [[Manny Villar 2010 presidential campaign|latter's presidential campaign]] with selection of [[Loren Legarda]] as running mate.

=== Aquino years: 2010–2016 ===

==== 2010: with Manny Villar ====
After [[Manny Villar]] of Nacionalista officially launched his [[Manny Villar 2010 presidential campaign|campaign for presidency]], his party and NPC launched a coalition building, with Legarda and Escudero are considered to be his running-mate,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Calica |first=Aurea |date=October 31, 2009 |title=Villar likely to pick Loren |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2009/10/31/518792/villar-likely-pick-loren |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> with the selection of the former.

==== 2013 ====
With [[Tito Sotto]]'s chairmanship assumption, NPC forged an alliance with the administration's [[Team PNoy]]. But Sotto sided with [[Jejomar Binay Jr.|Jejomar Binay's]] [[United Nationalist Alliance|UNA]], with Congressman [[Jack Enrile]] as one of its senatorial candidates.

=== 2022–present: Bongbong Marcos years ===

==== 2022 elections: Divided on presidentiables ====
After Cojuangco's death in 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Punay |first=Edu |date=June 20, 2020 |title=NPC, House leaders honor Danding |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/06/20/2022122/npc-house-leaders-honor-danding |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> NPC supported the vice presidential campaign of its chairman Sotto. But, in the preferences of presidential candidates, majority of them supported either [[Bongbong Marcos 2022 presidential campaign|Bongbong Marcos]], or [[Panfilo Lacson|Panfilo Lacson's]] [[Panfilo Lacson 2022 presidential campaign|campaign]], which was Sotto's running mate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gomez |first=Carla |date=2022-04-20 |title=Sotto: NPC is free zone for choice of president |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1585468/sotto-npc-is-free-zone-for-choice-of-president |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref>

==== 2025 elections: Sotto vs. Escudero in Senate Presidency ====
After the victory of Tito Sotto in [[2025 Philippine Senate election|senate elections of the same year]], him and Chiz Escudero, are rumored to battle for senate presidency. One of their members in the Senate [[JV Ejercito]] proposed the two to make a gentlemen's agreement, with Escudero stay and Sotto will be the next seated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abadilla |first=Bench |date=2025-06-05 |title=Gentleman’s agreement on the table: Chiz Escudero to lead Senate now, Tito Sotto later? |url=https://politiko.com.ph/2025/06/05/gentlemans-agreement-on-the-table-chiz-escudero-to-lead-senate-now-tito-sotto-later/headlines/ |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=politiko.com.ph |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ager |first=Maila |date=2025-05-21 |title=Escudero, Sotto seek Duterte bloc’s support for Senate presidency – Go |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2062183/escudero-sotto-seek-duterte-blocs-support-for-senate-presidency-go |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sotto open to term-sharing for Senate presidency |url=https://news.tv5.com.ph/breaking/read/sotto-open-to-term-sharing-for-senate-presidency |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=news.tv5.com.ph}}</ref> With majority of NPC Senate members voted to retain Escudero as Senate President, Legarda joined Sotto in the minority.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magsambol |first=Bonz |date=2025-07-28 |title=Chiz Escudero elected again as Senate president |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/escudero-remains-senate-president-20th-congress-july-2025/ |access-date=2025-07-28 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref> 

==== 2025 Senate coup ====
Amid controversies of Escudero receiving donations from flood control contractors,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flores |first=Dominique Nicole |date=September 2, 2025 |title=Top flood contractor admits P30-million donation to Escudero's campaign but... |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/09/02/2469948/top-flood-contractor-admits-p30-million-donation-escuderos-campaign-but |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> which he denied,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abarca |first=Charie |date=2025-08-12 |title=Escudero denies helping contractor, admits P30M campaign donation |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2094593/escudero-denies-helping-contractor-admits-p30m-campaign-donation |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref> and with 15 votes (which includes all NPC members except Escudero), Escudero was kicked out from the Senate Presidency with the return of Sotto.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tamayo |first=Bernadette E. |date=2025-09-09 |title=Sotto to lead Senate again as majority votes to oust Escudero |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/09/09/news/sotto-to-lead-senate-again-as-majority-votes-to-oust-escudero/2180487 |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=The Manila Times |language=en}}</ref>
=={{anchor|1995 Senatorial slate|Results}}1995 election==
The NPC fielded a 12-person Senatorial slate in the [[1995 Philippine general election|1995 elections]] as an opposition party to the administration of President [[Fidel V. Ramos]]. They ran against the administration-backed [[Lakas–Laban Coalition]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate
! [[List of political parties in the Philippines|Party]]
! Occupation /<br>Previous position
! Elected
|-
| [[Rose Marie Arenas]]
| NPC
| Businesswoman
| [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
| Gaudencio Beduya
| NPC
| Former representative from [[Cebu]]
| [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
| [[Nikki Coseteng|Anna Dominique Coseteng]]
| NPC
| Senator
| [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|-
| Amanda T. Cruz
| NPC
| Businesswoman
| [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
| [[Ramon Fernandez]]
| NPC
| Professional basketball player
| [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
| [[Gregorio Honasan]]
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| Former colonel
| [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|-
| [[Bongbong Marcos]]
| [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan|KBL]]
| Representative from [[Ilocos Norte]]<br>son of Ferdinand Marcos
| [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
| Adelisa A. Raymundo
| NPC
| Former labor sectoral representative
| [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
| Manuel C. Roxas
| NPC
| Lawyer
| [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
| Almarin C. Tillah
| NPC
| Chair of the Bangsamoro National Congress
| [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
| [[Arturo Tolentino]]
| NPC
| Senator
| [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
| [[Miriam Defensor Santiago]]
| [[People's Reform Party|PRP]]
| Former Bureau of Immigration<br>and Deportation commissioner,<br>1992 presidential candidate
| [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|}

== Candidates ==

=== {{anchor|Candidates for Philippine general elections, 2010}}2007 election ===
In the [[2007 Philippine general election|2007 elections]], the party won 26 seats:
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Mark Cojuangco]]
* Faustino Dy Jr.
* Giorgidi B. Aggabao
* [[Jack Duavit|Michael John Duavit]]
* Mark Mendoza
* Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr.
* [[Tito Sotto|Vicente Sotto III]]
* [[Ace Durano]]
* Avelino Razon Jr.
* Anthony Golez
* [[Ernesto Maceda]]
* [[Estelito Mendoza]]
* [[Darlene Antonino Custodio]]
* Daisy Avance-Fuentes
* Sixto Brillantes
* [[Loren Legarda]]
* [[Nikki Coseteng|Anna Dominique Coseteng]]
* [[Sherwin T. Gatchalian]]
* Francis Nepomuceno
* [[Vicente Amante|Vic Amante]]
* [[Evelio Leonardia]]
* Joan V. Alarilla
* [[Angelito Gatlabayan]]
* Luis Asistio
* [[Ding Roman]]
* [[Enrique Cojuangco]]
* Claude Bautista
* [[Emmanuel Piñol|Emmanuel "Manny" Piñol]]
* Josemari Macasaquit
* [[Jack Enrile|Juan Ponce "Jack" Enrile Jr.]]
* Eleanor Bulut-Begtang
* [[Arnulfo Fuentebella|Arnulfo P. Fuentebella]]
* Crisanto S. Rances
* [[Felix William Fuentebella|Felix William B. Fuentebella]]
* Elizabeth "Tita Beth" A. Delarmente
* [[Francis Escudero|Francis "Chiz" Escudero]]
* Tom P. Bongalonta, Jr.
{{div col end}}

==={{anchor|Candidates for Philippine general elections, 2010}}2010===

==== 2010 presidential elections ====
[[Loren Legarda]] – Vice-presidential candidate from the [[Nacionalista Party]] and [[Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino|LDP]] (lost)

Senate:
*[[Miriam Defensor Santiago]] (under the [[People's Reform Party|PRP]] and [[Philippine Senate elections#Manner of choosing candidates|guest candidate]] of [[Lakas–Kampi]], [[Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino|LDP]], [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]] and [[Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino|PMP]]) (won)
*[[Rodolfo Plaza]] (guest candidate from PMP) (lost)
*[[Tito Sotto]] (won)

=== {{anchor|Candidates for Philippine general elections, 2013}}2013 ===
Senate:
*[[Loren Legarda]] – guest candidate from [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal Party]]/[[Team PNoy]] (won)
*[[Jack Enrile]] – guest candidate from [[Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino]]/[[United Nationalist Alliance]] (lost)
*[[Edward Hagedorn]] – independent (lost)

=== {{anchor|Candidates for Philippine general elections, 2016}}2016 ===
*President: [[Grace Poe]] (lost)
*Vice President: [[Francis Escudero]] (lost)

Senate:
*[[Win Gatchalian]] (won)
*[[Tito Sotto]] (won)

=== {{anchor|Candidates for Philippine general elections, 2019}}2019 ===
Senate:
*[[Jinggoy Estrada]] (guest candidate, lost)
*[[JV Ejercito]] (lost)
*[[Lito Lapid]] (won)
*[[Imee Marcos]] (guest candidate, won)
*[[Grace Poe]] (guest candidate, won)
*[[Bong Revilla]] (guest candidate, won)

=== {{anchor|Candidates for Philippine general elections, 2022}}2022 ===
Vice President: [[Tito Sotto]] (lost)

Senate:
*[[Herbert Bautista]] (lost)
*[[Win Gatchalian]] (won)
*[[Loren Legarda]] (won)
*[[Francis Escudero]] (won)
*[[JV Ejercito]] (won)
*[[Manny Piñol]] (lost)

=== {{anchor|Candidates for Philippine general elections, 2025}}2025 ===

Senate:
*[[Abigail Binay|Abby Binay]] (lost)
*[[Tito Sotto]] (won)
*[[Lito Lapid]] (won)
*[[Panfilo Lacson]] (won) (Guest candidate albeit running Independent)

==Electoral performance==

===Presidential and vice presidential elections===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Year
! colspan=3 | Presidential election
! colspan=3 | Vice presidential election
|-
! Candidate
! Vote share
! Result
! Candidate
! Vote share
! Result
|-
! [[Philippine presidential election, 1992|1992]]
| [[Danding Cojuangco|Eduardo<br>"Danding"<br>Cojuangco Jr.]]
| {{Percentage bar|18.17|c={{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| '''[[Fidel Ramos]]'''<br>([[Lakas–CMD (1991)|Lakas]])
| [[Joseph Estrada]]
| {{Percentage bar|33.00|c={{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| style="background:#90EE90;"| '''[[Joseph Estrada]]'''<br>(NPC)
|-
! [[Philippine presidential election, 1998|1998]]
| colspan=2 | None
| '''[[Joseph Estrada]]'''<br>([[Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino|PMP]])
| colspan=2 | None
| '''[[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]'''<br>(Lakas)
|-
! [[Philippine presidential election, 2004|2004]]
| colspan=2 | None<ref group=n>NPC faction led by Chiz Escudero endorsed [[Fernando Poe Jr.]] for president, while Cojuangco–Teodoro–Yap wing supported Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.</ref>
| '''[[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]'''<br>(Lakas)
| colspan=2 | None<ref group=n>NPC endorsed [[Loren Legarda]] for president.</ref>
| '''[[Noli de Castro]]'''<br>([[Independent politician|Independent]])
|-
! [[Philippine presidential election, 2010|2010]]
| colspan=2 | None<ref group="n" name=":0">Legarda's running mate was [[Manny Villar]], a [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]].</ref>
| '''[[Benigno Aquino III]]'''<br>([[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]])
| [[Loren Legarda]]
| {{Percentage bar|12.21|c={{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| '''[[Jejomar Binay]]'''<br>([[PDP–Laban]])
|-
! [[Philippine presidential election, 2016|2016]]
| colspan=2 | None<ref group=n>NPC endorsed [[Grace Poe]] for president.</ref>
| '''[[Rodrigo Duterte]]'''<br>([[PDP–Laban]])
| colspan=2 | None<ref group="n">NPC endorsed [[Chiz Escudero]] (Independent) for vice president.</ref>
| '''[[Leni Robredo]]'''<br>([[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]])
|-
![[2022 Philippine presidential election|2022]]
| colspan="2" |None<ref group=n>There are no official Presidential standard bearer even Sotto has running mate ([[Panfilo Lacson|Ping Lacson]]) who is independent.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gomez |first=Carla |date=2022-04-20 |title=Sotto: NPC is free zone for choice of president |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1585468/sotto-npc-is-free-zone-for-choice-of-president |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref>
|'''[[Bongbong Marcos]]'''<br>([[Partido Federal ng Pilipinas|PFP]])
|[[Tito Sotto|Vicente Sotto III]]
|{{Percentage bar|15.89|c={{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
|'''[[Sara Duterte|Sara Z. Duterte]]'''<br>(Lakas)
|}

=== Legislative elections ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! colspan=7 | [[Congress of the Philippines]]
|-
! Year
! Seats won
! Result
! Year
! Seats won
! Ticket
! Result
|-
! [[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1992|1992]]
| {{Composition bar|30|200|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| '''[[Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino|LDP]] plurality'''
! [[Philippine Senate election, 1992|1992]]
| {{Composition bar|5|24|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| Single party ticket
| '''LDP win 16/24 seats'''
|-
! [[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1995|1995]]
| {{Composition bar|22|204|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| '''[[Lakas–CMD (1991)|Lakas]]–[[Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino|Laban]] majority'''
! [[Philippine Senate election, 1995|1995]]
| {{Composition bar|1|12|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| NPC ticket
| '''[[Lakas–Laban Coalition|Lakas–Laban]] win 9/12 seats'''
|-
! [[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1998|1998]]<ref group=n>Contested in an electoral alliance with [[Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino|LDP]] and [[Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino|PMP]] as [[Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino|LAMMP]]. Seat total consists of 55 LAMMP representatives and 9 NPC representatives elected outside the LAMMP alliance.</ref>
| {{Composition bar|64|258|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| '''Lakas plurality'''
! [[Philippine Senate election, 1998|1998]]
| {{Composition bar|1|12|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| style="background:#90EE90;"| [[Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino|LAMMP]]
| style="background:#90EE90;"| '''[[Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino|LAMMP]] win 7/12 seats'''
|-
! [[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2001|2001]]
| {{Composition bar|40|256|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| '''Lakas plurality'''
! [[Philippine Senate election, 2001|2001]]
| colspan=2 | Not<br>participating
| '''[[People Power Coalition|People Power]] win 8/13 seats'''
|-
! [[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2004|2004]]
| {{Composition bar|53|261|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| '''Lakas plurality'''
! [[Philippine Senate election, 2004|2004]]
| {{Composition bar|0|12|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| [[Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino|KNP]]
| '''[[Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan|K4]] win 7/12 seats'''
|-
! [[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2007|2007]]
| {{Composition bar|28|270|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| '''Lakas plurality'''
! [[Philippine Senate election, 2007|2007]]
| {{Composition bar|2|12|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| style="background:#90EE90;"| Split ticket
| style="background:#90EE90;"| '''[[Genuine Opposition|GO]] win 8/12 seats'''
|-
! [[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2010|2010]]
| {{Composition bar|29|286|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| '''[[Lakas–CMD|Lakas–Kampi]] plurality'''
! [[Philippine Senate election, 2010|2010]]
| {{Composition bar|1|12|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| Split ticket
| '''[[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]] win 4/12 seats'''
|-
! [[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2013|2013]]
| {{Composition bar|42|292|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| '''Liberal plurality'''
! [[Philippine Senate election, 2013|2013]]
| {{Composition bar|1|12|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| Split ticket
| '''[[Team PNoy]] win 9/12 seats'''
|-
! [[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2016|2016]]
| {{Composition bar|42|297|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| '''Liberal plurality'''
! [[Philippine Senate election, 2016|2016]]
| {{Composition bar|1|12|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| [[Partido Galing at Puso|PGP]]
| '''[[Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid|Daang Matuwid]] win 7/12 seats'''
|-
! [[Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2019|2019]]
| {{Composition bar|37|304|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| '''[[PDP–Laban]] plurality'''
! [[Philippine Senate election, 2019|2019]]
| {{Composition bar|1|12|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| style="background:#90EE90;"| Split ticket
| style="background:#90EE90;"| '''[[Hugpong ng Pagbabago|Hugpong]] win 9/12 seats'''
|-
![[2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2022]]
|{{Composition bar|35|316|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
|'''[[PDP–Laban]] plurality'''
![[2022 Philippine Senate election|2022]]
|{{Composition bar|4|12|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| style="background:#90EE90;"| Split ticket
| style="background:#90EE90;"| '''[[UniTeam]] win 6/12 seats'''
|-
![[2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2025]]
|{{Composition bar|31|317|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
|'''Lakas plurality'''
![[2025 Philippine Senate election|2025]]
|{{Composition bar|2|12|{{party color|Nationalist People's Coalition}}}}
| style="background:#90EE90;"| [[Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas|Bagong Pilipinas]]
| style="background:#90EE90;"| '''[[Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas|Bagong Pilipinas]] win 6/12 seats'''
|}

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

=={{anchor|Current composition}}19th Congress==
===Senate===
*[[JV Ejercito]]
*[[Francis Escudero]]
*[[Win Gatchalian]]
*[[Lito Lapid]]
*[[Loren Legarda]]

===House of Representatives===
====District Representatives====
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Tyrone Agabas
* Genaro Alvarez
* [[Erico Aristotle Aumentado]]
* [[Lorna Bautista-Bandigan]]
* Gabriel Bordado
* [[Elias Bulut, Jr.]]
* [[Luis Campos, Jr.]]
* Solomon Chungalao
* [[Carlos Cojuangco]]
* Faustino Michael Dy III
* Ian Paul Dy
* Michael John Duavit
* Mark Enverga
* [[Sandra Eriguel]]
* Evelina Guevarra-Escudero
* [[Bayani Fernando]]
* [[Arnulf Bryan Fuentebella|Arnie Fuentebella]]
* [[Wes Gatchalian|Weslie Gatchalian]]
* [[Greg Gasataya]]
* J. Veronique Lacson-Noel
* [[Loren Legarda]]
* Dahlia Ambayec-Loyola
* [[Manuel Luis Lopez]]
* [[Bernardita Ramos]]
* [[Strike Revilla]]
* Xavier Jesus Romualdo
* [[Roman Romulo]]
* Manuel Sagarbarria
* Angelina "Helen" Tan
* Josemari Macasaquit
* Arnulfo Teves, Jr.
* Gerardo Valmayor
* Noel Villanueva
* Victor Yap
{{div col end}}

== Current party officials ==
* Leader: [[Mark Cojuangco]]
* President: [[Jack Duavit]]
* Chairman: [[Tito Sotto]]
* Secretary-General: [[Mark Llandro Mendoza]]
* Spokesperson: [[Mark Enverga]]
* Senate President: [[Francis Escudero]]

== Party leadership history ==
{{Main|List of members of the Nationalist People's Coalition}}

=== Chairman ===
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
! colspan="2" |Chairperson
!Term start
!Term end
|-
|
|[[Danding Cojuangco]]
|1991
|2009
|-
|
|Faustino Dy Jr.
|2009
|2013
|-
|[[File:Tito Sotto III (cropped).jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Tito Sotto]]
|2013
|present
|}

== See also ==
* [[Nacionalista Party]]
* [[Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino]], their former coalition partner in 1998
* [[Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino]], their former coalition partner in 1998

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://npc-party.org/}}
*{{Facebook|NPCPH/}}

{{Philippine political parties}}
{{Philippines topics}}

[[Category:1991 establishments in the Philippines]]
[[Category:Conservative parties in the Philippines]]
[[Category:Nationalist parties in Asia]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1991]]
[[Category:Socially conservative parties]]