- Butil Farmers Party
The Butil Farmers Party (Butil) is a party-list in the
Luzon ,Philippines . Butil is the electoral wing of theNational Farmers Supreme Council (SANDUGO). [http://www.gov.ph/news/printerfriendly.asp?i=3736 Philippines : Gov.Ph : News : Major farmers' group endorses GMA's Presidential bid (Printer friendly version) ] ]In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives got 429,259 votes (3.3742%) [ [http://www.comelec.gov.ph/results/2004partylist.html COMELEC Election Results ] ] and one seat (
Benjamin A. Cruz ). In the previous congress the party had two seats, Benjamin A. Cruz andLeonila 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. [ [http://www.mbc.com.ph/congresswatch/cwrep/cwrarchive/cw96/default.htm Makati Business Club: CongressWatch ] ] In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won 1 seat in the nationwide party-list vote.References
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