Butil Farmers Party

The Butil Farmers Party (Butil), formerly the Luzon Farmers Party, is a party-list in the Luzon, Philippines. Butil is the electoral wing of the National Farmers Supreme Council (SANDUGO).

In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives got 429,259 votes (3.3742%) and one seat (Benjamin A. Cruz). In the previous congress the party had two seats, Benjamin A. Cruz and Leonila V. Chavez ('Ka Nellie').

The party supported the candidacy of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the 2004 election.

Cruz died on October 15, 2004. His seat was filled by Chavez. In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won one seat in the nationwide party-list vote.

Electoral performance

Election Votes % Seats 1st representative 2nd representative 3rd representative
1998 215,643 2.36% 1 Benjamin Cruz
2001 330,282 2.18% 2 Benjamin Cruz Leonila Chavez
2004 429,259 3.37% 1 Benjamin Cruz
Leonila Chavez
2007 409,160 2.57% 2 Leonila Chavez Agapito Guanlao
2010 506,703 1.67% 1 Agapito Guanlao
2013 438,601 1.60% 1 Agapito Guanlao
2016 395,011 1.22% 1 Cecilia Leonila Chavez
2019 163,927 0.59% 0
2022 87,305 0.24% 0
  1. Died in office