Iglesia ni Cristo and Philippine elections

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The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) is noted for its role in elections in the Philippines.

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Bloc voting

The Iglesia ni Cristo is known for its practice of bloc voting during elections. [1] [2] [3] The INC is known for issuing directives to vote for certain candidates endorsed by the church under the tenet of obedience and the advocacy of a united unit. [1] INC spokesperson Edwil Zabala has stressed the importance of unity of its members with the church leadership. [4] As a consequence, candidates often attempt to secure endorsement from the INC. [5]

According to pollster, Mahar Mangahas the INC usually announces its endorsements around a week before election day "when the rankings of the candidates in the polls have stabilized" and concludes that candidates' ranking in opinion polls are a factor on how the INC chooses candidates to support. [5]

Endorsements

The following is the list of candidates who have been endorsed by the Iglesia ni Cristo. The list is limited to candidates running for president, vice president, and senators.

President

YearRankCandidatePartyVotes%ResultRef.
1935 1. Manuel Quezon Nacionalista 695,33267.99Won [3]
1941 1. Manuel Quezon Nacionalista 1,340,32081.78Won [3]
1946 1. Manuel Roxas Liberal 1,333,39253.94Won [3]
1949 3. Jose Avelino Liberal 419,89011.85Lost [3]
1961 1. Diosdado Macapagal Liberal 3,554,84055.05Won [3]
1965 1. Ferdinand Marcos Nacionalista 3,861,32451.94Won [3]
1969 1. Ferdinand Marcos Nacionalista 5,017,34361.47Won [3]
1981 1. Ferdinand Marcos KBL 18,309,36088.02Won [3]
1986 1. Ferdinand Marcos KBL 10,807,19753.62Won [3]
1992 3. Danding Cojuangco NPC 4,116,37618.17Lost [6]
1998 1. Joseph Estrada LAMMP 10,722,29539.86Won [7]
2004 1. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Lakas 12,905,80839.99Won [8] [9]
2010 1. Benigno Aquino III Liberal 15,208,67842.08Won [10] [11]
2016 1. Rodrigo Duterte PDP–Laban 16,601,99739.02Won [12] [13]
2022 1. Bongbong Marcos PFP 31,629,78358.77Won [14] [15]

Vice President

YearRankCandidatePartyVotes%ResultRef.
1998 1. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Lakas 12,667,25249.56Won [7]
2004 1. Noli de Castro Independent 15,100,43149.80Won [9]
2010 2. Mar Roxas Liberal 13,918,49039.58Lost [10] [11]
2016 2. Bongbong Marcos Independent 14,155,34434.47Lost [12] [13]
2022 1. Sara Duterte Lakas 32,208,41761.53Won [14] [15]

Senators

YearRankCandidatePartyVotes%ResultRef.
2022 1. Robin Padilla PDP–Laban 27,027,23548.23Won [16]
2. Loren Legarda NPC 24,367,56443.48Won
4. Win Gatchalian NPC 20,678,80436.89Won
5. Francis Escudero NPC 20,320,06936.26Won
6. Mark Villar Nacionalista 19,563,26234.91Won
7. Alan Peter Cayetano Independent 19,359,75834.54Won
8. Migz Zubiri Independent 18,931,20733.78Won
9. Joel Villanueva Independent 18,539,53733.08Won
11. JV Ejercito NPC 15,901,89128.37Won
12. Jinggoy Estrada PMP 15,174,28827.08Won
13. Jejomar Binay UNA 13,348,88723.82Lost
16. Guillermo Eleazar Reporma 11,360,52620.27Lost

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