List of Political Parties in the PhilippinesBelow is the evolution of the Philippine political parties.

ThePhilippineshas amulti-party systemwith numerouspolitical parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to formcoalition governmentsfor political expediency and convenience. Since no political parties have sustaining membership to which party leaders are developed, most of the political parties have the rise-and-fall-and-rise character.

There are three types of parties in the Philippines and these are: major parties, who correspond typically to traditional political parties, minor parties or party-list organizations, who rely on theparty-listsystem to win Congressional seats and regional or provincial parties, who corresponds to a region-wide or province-wide organization, respectively.National parties in office

NameAbbr.LeaderInternationalSeats in theHouseSeats in theSenateNotes

Liberal PartyLPPresidentBenigno Aquino IIIandManuel "Mar" Roxas IILiberal InternationalAlliance of Democrats,Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats734Originally the Nacionalista Party-Roxas Wing; member of the Aquino-LaurelUNIDO(1986)

Lakas-Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-Christian Muslim DemocratsLakas Kampi CMDGloria Macapagal-ArroyoCentrist Democrat International614Merged fromLakas-CMD(member ofCorazon Aquino'sUNIDO) andKAMPI

Nationalist People's CoalitionNPCEduardo Cojuangco, Jr.none302Offshoot of theNacionalista Party; formerly known as Partido Pilipino

Nacionalista PartyNPManuel Villar, Jr.none224Oldest political party in the Philippines

Pwersa ng Masang PilipinoPMPJoseph Estradanone52

Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng BayanPDP-LabanAquilino Pimentel IIINone21Former member ofCorazon Aquino'sUNIDO(1986)

Laban ng Demokratikong PilipinoLDPEdgardo AngaraCentrist Democrat International11Former member ofCorazon Aquino'sUNIDO(1986)

Kilusang Bagong LipunanKBLImelda Marcosnone10Offshoot of theNacionalista Party