Makatizens United Party

Makatizens United Party
Leader	Abigail Binay
Secretary-General	Joseph Joel Castillo [1]
Founder	Abigail Binay
Founded	2021
Headquarters	Makati
Ideology	Localism
National affiliation	Bagong Pilipinas (2024–present) Nationalist People's Coalition
Colors	Blue
Makati City Council	9 / 18
House of Representatives	2 / 2 (Makati seats only)
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The Makatizens United Party (MKTZNU) is a Makati-based local political organization in the Philippines. MKTZNU was led and founded by former Makati Mayor Abigail Binay. ^[2]

History

The party was formed in 2021, ahead of the 2022 elections, wherein its leader, then-Makati Mayor Abby Binay, was running for her third and final consecutive term. ^[3] She previously ran in 2019 under the United Nationalist Alliance.

In the elections, almost the whole slate won, as they only lost 1 seat in the council in the elections in 2nd district. ^{[2] [4] [5]}

For the 2025 elections, Abby Binay joined Nationalist People's Coalition, and was selected to the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate of President Bongbong Marcos. ^[6] Her husband and 2nd district congressman Luis Campos ran to replace her position as mayor, with 1st district congressman and former vice mayor Kid Peña as his running mate. ^[7] Incumbent Vice Mayor Monique Lagdameo ran for her previous position, the 1st district congressional seat to replace Peña, while Councilor Dennis Almario ran to replace Campos' position at the 2nd district. ^[8] While Peña, Lagdameo, Almario, and 9 out of 16 candidates for councilor won the election, Campos lost to Nancy Binay, Abby's sister who ran under the United Nationalist Alliance.

Electoral performance

Makati mayoral and vice mayoral elections

Year	Mayoral election				Vice mayoral election
	Candidate	Votes	Vote share	Result	Candidate	Votes	Vote share	Result
2022	Abby Binay	338,819	95.32%	Won	Monique Lagdameo	314,070	93.32%	Won
2025 [n 1]	Luis Campos	85,664	41.97%	Lost	Kid Peña	146,771	73.00%	Won

Legislative elections

City Council			House of Representatives districts from Makati
Year	Seats won	Result	Year	Seats won	Result
2022 [n 2]	15 / 16	Won	2022 [n 3]	2 / 2	Split
2025	9 / 16	Won	2025	2 / 2	TBD

Notes

1. Both Luis Campos and Kid Peña are affiliated with the NPC and are listed on the ballot under this national party.
2. All of the candidates were MKTZNU in the ballots.
3. Some of the members is named with a national party in the ballot: Luis Campos (NPC) and Kid Peña (Liberal)

Notable members

City executives

• Abby Binay (former Mayor of Makati; founder)
• Kid Peña (Vice Mayor of Makati)

National legislators

• Luis Campos (former Makati's 2nd district representative)
• Monique Lagdameo (Makati's 1st district representative; co-founder)

City legislators

• Jhong Hilario (former first district councilor)

References

1. "HOR_D1_LAGDAMEO_MANIQUE_YAZMIN_MARIA" (PDF). COMELEC. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
2. Gutierrez, Dennis (March 26, 2022). "Mayor Abby, ex-VP Binay lead Team Makatizens United proclamation rally". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
3. Cabalza, Dexter (October 2, 2021). "NCR 2022 poll races: Same big names". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
4. "Mayor Abby leads proclamation rally of Team Makatizens United". Manila Bulletin. April 10, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
5. "Abby Binay wins third term as Makati City mayor". GMA News Online. May 10, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
6. "Makati's Abby Binay joins Nationalist People's Coalition". ABS-CBN News . May 28, 2024.
7. Cuadra, Addie (October 5, 2024). "Luis Campos files candidacy for Makati mayor". ABS-CBN News .
8. Lalu, Gabriel Pabico; arlenelim (October 9, 2024). "LIST: Aspirants for House seats in NCR; know the unopposed bets". Inquirer.net. Retrieved October 12, 2024.