Rappler's latest stories on party list elections
[ANALYSIS] The Philippine Left and the 2019 elections
By 2022, will the Left be able to transcend its historical reticence and finally achieve a breakthrough in electoral politics?

[ANALYSIS] Rebuilding the Left's shattered electoral base
A bastardized party list system weakened the base of progressive parties. What now?
2019 party list winners: Where their votes came from
Here are the different strategies through which the 51 party-list groups consolidated their votes in the 2019 elections

Comelec proclaims 51 winning groups in 2019 party-list elections
Party-list group Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) tops the race, gaining the maximum 3 seats allowed in the House of Representatives

A month before polls, 76% of Filipinos 'aware' of party-list system – survey
The level of awareness is highest among voters in Metro Manila and lowest in the Visayas, according to a Pulse Asia survey held in from April 10 to 14

#PHVote podcast: Paano ang pagboto sa party list?
Pag-uusapan nila Rappler news editor Miriam Grace Go at researcher-writer Jodesz Gavilan ang proseso ng pagboto at bakit importante ang pagkakaroon ng party-list representatives sa Kongreso

What sectors, causes do 2019 party-list groups aim to represent?
Rappler groups the 134 party-list organizations running in the 2019 polls based on their declared advocacies, agenda, and group membership

LIST: Political clans, powerful figures among 2019 party-list nominees
(UPDATED) At least 46 party-list groups participating in the 2019 polls have at least one nominee linked to a political clan or a powerful figure in the country

Nearly half of 2019 party-list groups don't represent marginalized sectors – watchdog
'It is possible that about half of the Comelec accredited party-list groups still represent the interests of well-entrenched political dynasties and big business interests,' says Kontra Daya

LOOK: Political dynasties use party list as backdoor to Congress
Here are some people with familiar family names, trying to get to the House of Representatives without running in district polls

LIST: Party-list groups hoping to join 2019 elections
A total of 185 organizations have filed applications to participate in 2019 party-list elections

46 groups proclaimed as party list winners
Only the regional party Ako Bicol gets 3 seats while 11 get 2 seats each The 34 other organizations get one seat each

Ako Bicol, Gabriela leading in official party-list canvass
Rounding up the top 5 are 1Pacman ACT Teachers and Senior Citizens based on 121 Certificates of Canvass in the partial official tally as of Monday May 16

Regions, provinces deliver votes for party-list groups
Support from regional groups and from bailiwicks of nominees pave the way for many party lists to win 1 to 3 seats in the House of Representatives

Why the delay in official tally for Senate, party-list races?
While waiting for the official count to finish a running or partial tally is helpful so that observers can keep track of the canvassing of votes but the Comelec says they want to release correct and accurate results

Ako Bicol leads party-list race; 2 new groups in top 10
Debuting in Congress are 1Pacman and Kabayan with businessman Mikee Romero and lawyer Harry Roque as first nominees respectively

Party list: Who gets to choose candidates?
The Philippines can learn a few things from how political parties in other countries draw up their lists of candidates

PH party list: Making it more representative
Scholars advocate that the number of seats a party has in the legislature should be proportional to the number of votes that the party has received in the election

2016 party-list nominees: Taking a 'shortcut' to Congress?
While there have been nominees from marginalized sectors some individuals and groups have taken advantage of a loophole to join the party list

SC upholds Comelec in disqualifying 5 party-list groups
Since January 26 the SC has junked 37 petitions by party list organizations that were not allowed by the Comelec to join the 2016 elections

SC dismisses petitions of 17 party-list groups vs Comelec
The Supreme Court rules that the Comelec did not act with grave abuse of discretion in dismissing the groups petitions to join the 2016 party list race

Filing of candidacies of 2016 bets set for Oct 12-16
The Comelec also set deadlines for the application of political parties and party list groups in May 2015
Sectoral? Party list votes come from reg'l bailiwicks
The past two elections show that a number of party list groups rely not on sectoral allies but on votes from geographic bailiwicks of nominees
SC dismisses appeal of more party-list groups
Thirty groups are covered by the latest decision separate from the 52 that were covered by its April decision
SC stops party list disqualifications
UPDATED SC issues a status quo ante order against a Comelec resolution disqualifying Senior Citizens Abang Lingkod from the May 13 elections
How to fill the 58 party-list seats
The Philippine party list system is not proportional since our party list law provides a ceiling of 3 seats that party list group may obtain
Comelec approves 79 party-list groups
4th UPDATE We cannot have any perfect listing We attempted the best that we can Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr says
Comelec's first: Purging the party-list system
Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr says the poll body followed a new procedure in accrediting party list groups resulting in an unprecedented purge
Comelec on Mikey Arroyo: Either lazy or lacking in empathy
In its en banc resolution the Comelec explains why it disqualified Ang Galing Pinoy which is represented by the son of former President Arroyo
Jalosjos group barred from party-list polls
The Commission on Elections prohibits 15 more party list groups from participating in the 2013 elections