Butil Farmers Party

The Butil Farmers Party (Butil), formerly the Luzon Farmers Party, is a political party in the Luzon, Philippines. Butil is the electoral wing of the National Farmers Supreme Council (SANDUGO).^[1]

Butil Farmers Party
Founded	2001
Ideology	Agrarianism
Political position	Centre-left
Colors	Green
Politics of the Philippines Political parties Elections

In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives got 429,259 votes (3.3742%)^[2] and one seat (Benjamin A. Cruz). In the previous congress the party had two seats, Benjamin A. Cruz and Leonila V. Chavez ('Ka Nellie').^[1]

The party supported the candidacy of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the 2004 election.^[1]

Cruz died on October 15, 2004. His seat was filled by Chavez.^[3] 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[a] Leonila Chavez	—	—
2007	409,160	2.57%	2	Leonila Chavez[a]	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