United Senior Citizens Partylist

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United Senior Citizens
— Philippine partylist —
Full nameUnited Senior Citizens Koalition ng Pilipinas, Inc.
Sector(s) represented Senior citizens
COMELEC accreditation2018;7 years ago (2018)
Seats in the House of Representatives
1 / 3
(Out of 63 party-list seats)
Representative(s) Milagros Magsaysay

The United Senior Citizens Koalition ng Pilipinas, Inc., [1] [2] commonly known as United Senior Citizens Partylist, is a political organization in the Philippines representing the interests of the elderly, otherwise known as senior citizens in the Philippines. [3]

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Background

United Senior Citizens states their establishment year to be 2018. [4]

United Senior Citizens vied for a seat in the Philippine House of Representatives in the 2022 elections. [5] They won a seat, but their accreditation as a partylist organization under the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) was disputed. [4] Consequentially, United Seniors was not among the partylist proclaimed as winners on May 26. On November 7, Milagros Magsaysay, a former representative of Senior Citizens Partylist in the 17th Congress took oath. [5]

They ran again for the 2025 election. [1]

Political positions

They advocate the creation of a nationwide unified senior citizens identity card to mitigate the proliferation of fake IDs. The organization also wants a universal social pension which will cover all eldery people and not just indigents. [6]

Electoral performance

ElectionVotes %Seats
2022 [7] 320,6270.87%1

Representatives to Congress

PeriodRepresentative
19th Congress
2022–present		 Milagros Magsaysay
Note: A party-list group, can win a maximum of three seats in the House of Representatives.

References

  1. 1 2 "United Senior Citizens Koalition ng Pilipinas, Inc". Rappler. May 13, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  2. ↑ "17. UNITED SENIOR CITIZENS" (PDF). Commission on Elections. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Party-list seeks better services for senior citizens". Philippine News Agency. April 24, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Registration ng United Senior Citizens Partylist tinanggihan ng Comelec". DZIQ Radyo Inquirer 990AM (in Filipino). May 29, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (November 7, 2022). "United Senior Citizens party-list rep takes oath after winning fight for accreditation". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  6. ↑ Inso, Futch Anthony; Erram, Morexette Marie (February 25, 2025). "Senior citizens partylist backs unified Senior Citizens ID". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  7. ↑ Noriega, Richa (May 26, 2022). "Comelec proclaims 55 winning party-list groups in Eleksyon 2022". GMA News Online. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
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