Anakpawis is a

party-list An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can ...

in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. The party-list is the electoral wing of the radical

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movement

Kilusang Mayo Uno Kilusang Mayo Uno, or May First Labor Movement (KMU) is an independent labor center in the Philippines promoting militant unionism. It follows in the fighting tradition of the country's first trade union, the Lithographers' and Printers' Unio ...

and the peasant group Kilusang Mangbubukid ng Pilipinas. Known for its radical pro-labor and peasant stand, Anakpawis is known for its campaign for a ₱125 across-the-board wage increase for workers, as well as the genuine agrarian reform bill to redistribute land to landless peasants. In the 2004 elections for the

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the party-list obtained 538,396 votes (4.2320% of the nationwide vote) and two seats ( Crispin B. Beltran and Rafael V. Mariano).
/ref> In the May 14, 2007 2007 Philippine general election, election, the party won 1 seat in the nationwide party-list vote.

Electoral performance

Representatives to Congress

* 13th Congress (2004–2007) -

Crispin Beltran Crispin Beltran, also known as Ka Bel (January 7, 1933 – May 20, 2008), was a Filipino labor leader. A staunch critic of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, his imprisonment in 2006 and 2007 on disputed charges of rebellion and sedition drew inte ...

, Rafael V. Mariano * 14th Congress (2007–2010) -

(replaced by Rafael V. Mariano after his death in 2008), Joel Manglungsod * 15th Congress (2010–2013) - Rafael V. Mariano * 16th Congress (2013–2016) - Fernando Hicap * 17th Congress (2016–2019) - Ariel Casilao * 18th Congress (2019–2022) - None * 19th Congress (2022–present) - None

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Kilusang Mayo Uno
Party-lists represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines Labor parties in the Philippines Political parties established in 2003 Left-wing parties in the Philippines National Democracy Movement (Philippines) Socialist parties in the Philippines {{Philippines-party-stub

Electoral performance

Representatives to Congress

See also

References

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