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Buhay Party List

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Political position
  
Right-wing

International affiliation
  
none

Seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
  
3 / 287

National affiliation
  
none

Colors
  
Green

Buhay Party-List

Ideology
  
Pro-life Christian right

Buhay Hayaan Yumabong (Let Life Prosper), more popularly known as Buhay Party-List, is a party-list group in the Philippines founded by El Shaddai leader Mike Velarde, known primarily for its staunch opposition to abortion and its advocacy for the sanctity of life.

In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives, the party-list group got 705,730 votes (5.5473% of the nationwide party-list vote) and two seats. In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won 3 seats in the nationwide party-list vote. In the 2010 elections, 1,249,555 votes won for Buhay three seats. Buhay was number three among all elected party-lists in the 2010 elections, after Ako Bicol, which got 1,522,986 votes (winning three seats) and Senior Citizens, which got 1,292,182 votes (also winning three seats).

References

Buhay Party-List Wikipedia