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

History

1992

The NPC was founded in 1991 after members of the Nacionalista Party, led by Rizal governor Isidro Rodriguez, left the party after disagreements with party leader and vice president Salvador "Doy" Laurel before the 1992 presidential elections. Members of civil society (including the business sector) who called themselves "Friends of Danding" invited tycoon Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, a former associate of Ferdinand Marcos, to run as president with Senator Joseph Estrada as vice president. Cojuangco lost the presidential race, finishing third, and Estrada won the vice presidency in a landslide.

1998

The NPC was a member of the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP), the political vehicle of vice president Joseph Estrada in the 1998 presidential elections. It left the LAMMP after Estrada was removed from power in January 2001.

2001

When Gloria Macapagal Arroyo assumed the presidency, her People Power Coalition (led by the Lakas–CMD party) became the dominant group in Congress. The 75-member Lakas party led the "Sunshine Coalition," which included the 61-member NPC, members of the Liberal Party, and several other minor parties. The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) party led the 20-member opposition bloc. In 2003, after the failure of impeachment filing in the House against Chief Justice Hilario Davide, rumors speculated that the coalition will go to abolishment, as pro-impeachment congressmen, mainly from the NPC disappointed in the failure of impeachment. The rumors spread, also saying that there is a faction that are lacking of satisfaction on de Venecia and will challenge his speakership. NPC later promoted to quit in the coalition for the 2004 elections, and later rumored to join the opposition.

2004

In 2003, the LDP and NPC backed businessman Danding Cojuangco as a potential presidential candidate in that year's elections. 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. Although the NPC had no seats in the Senate, the party had 53 seats in the House of Representatives after the election.

1995 election

The NPC fielded a 12-person Senatorial slate in the 1995 elections as an opposition party to the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos. They ran against the administration-backed Lakas–Laban Coalition.

Candidates

2007 election

In the 2007 elections, the party won 26 seats:

2010

2010 presidential elections

Loren Legarda – Vice-presidential candidate from the Nacionalista Party and LDP (lost) Senate:

2013

Senate:

2016

Senate:

2019

Senate:

2022

Vice President: Tito Sotto (lost) Senate:

Electoral performance

Presidential and vice presidential elections

Legislative elections

18th Congress

Senate

House of Representatives

District Representatives

Current party officials