List of political parties in Pulacan
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The Union State of Pulacan is a multi-party democracy, with numerous regional parties holding tribal, class, and ideological loyalty. Though these parties are typically most active in the national-level Supreme Colloquy, some are active within the internal politics of the subnational governments in altepemeh (municipalities) and tlatocayoteh (departments). The dominant party in the House of Delegates, the Assembly's lower house, elects a Chief Minister, who is then approved by the President to act as head of government and to form a cabinet. The Chief Minister is typically the leader or chief spokesman of the largest party in government.
Parties recognized by the Federal Election Certification Commission
These are all of the political parties registered with Federal Election Certification Commission and are eligible to run candidates in federal elections.
Parties currently represented in the House of Delegates
Name | Logo | Founded | Ideology | Leader | Delegates | Political position | Description | |
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Nguzo | 1966 | Kabaya'an Progressivism Factions: Social democracy Neoliberalism |
Moctezuma Tshireletso* | 96 / 327** | Center-left to left-wing | Formed in the south of Pulacan, Nguzo finds most of its guaranteed loyalty around Cuicatepec and among the Ngwato people. Formed from a merger of other southern center-left progressive parties, Nguzo stands to this day as the largest of Pulatec parties by active membership. Though made of different party-like factions, the Nguzo party base is broadly united around a progressive yet more business-friendly vision for Calpollism, Pulacan's economic system. Nguzo is also the mainstream party most strongly advocating for Kabaya'an, or the ideology of Ozerosi integration and close cooperation. | ||
Juwa | 1912 | Democratic socialism Union State primacy Factions: Soft anti-Kabaya'anism Cozauist socialism |
Iuitl Mogorosi | 78 / 327 | Center-left to left-wing | Named for the ShiMzanzi word for "Sun," the Juwa party is the largest party advocating stronger ties with Zacapican taking primacy over the AON and Pulau Keramat. Founded as a community-focused, social-democratic party for the working class, the party now serves as a disparate collection of factions; most of these factions now wish to create a socialistic reinterpretation of Calpollism. Their most recent manifesto under the faction of Iuitl Mogorosi, "Governing for the People through Divine Fire and Water," contains the party's most explicit use of Cozauist religious imagery in outlining its platform. | ||
National Jubilee | 1954 | Conservatism Factions: Kabaya'an anti-Kabaya'anism |
Tepiltzin Tecuanhuehue | 58 / 327 | Center-right | Formed from a merger of multiple conservative parties, the NJ serves as the vanguard for old-style conservatism in Pulacan. It finds most of its supporters in those who reject the socialistic bent of the Juwa Party, but reject the progressive social policies of Nguzo. | ||
League for Liberty and Change | 2011 | Anti-Kabaya'anism Nationalist populism |
Keabetswe Ngele | 38 / 327 | Big tent | Founded in 2011, the League was at first marginalized due to its alleged association with the terrorist group known as the Djebe Liberation Army. When then-Chief Minister Iuitl Mogorosi moved to expand the Juwa majority via the 2022 snap election, they were upset by a huge loss of seats as many Ozerosi skeptics switched to the rising LLC, led by defecting Juwa faction leader Keabetswe Ngele. The surge brought the LLC into the mainstream, and the party continues to grow in popularity as a shake-up of the establishment system. | ||
New Progressive Front | 1977 | Technocratic socialism Directorial socialism Kabaya'an |
Megawati Sudionoputri | 27 / 327 | Left-wing | NPF is a coalition of former AON guest workers in Pulau Keramat and Pulaui immigrants who wish to replicate the technocratic socialism of Pulau and Tsurushima in Pulacan and replace the current political order. This group garners most of the pro-AON vote in northern Pulacan. | ||
Tshiamiso | 1993 | Anti-corruption Criminal justice reform Populism |
Keorapetse Koma Kgalemang Boko Osupile |
20 / 327 | Single-issue | Founded by Keorapetse Koma and celebrity actor Kgalemang Boko Osupile (also known as KBO) after the 1992 death of Boko's son Shango in police custody, Tshiamiso is the oldest single-issue party in Pulacan. The name, meaning "justice" in Setswana, refers to the group's goal to reform Pulatec law enforcement, improve government transparency, and root out corruption. The party reached its zenith of influence after the 199X election, when its delegates were instrumental in pushing through a sweeping series of criminal justice reform bills later known as the Koma Laws. In recent years, Tshiamiso delegates have mainly, but not entirely, attached themselves to Nguzo policies, and their independent influence has slowly waned despite retaining a number of Delegate seats. | ||
Popular Front for Werner-Njiba Impisi Action | Wernerism-Ulwazism-Njiba Impisi thought Abe inqaba |
X | 5 / 327 | Far-left | While most adherents to Phansi Uhlangan-aligned Wernerism in Pulacan prefer violent to electoral means of change, the PFWIA stands out as an exception that proves the rule. Its delegate total usually fails to exceed single digits, largely due to its niche appeal between voters radical enough to support total Wernerist change, but not radical enough to support violent counter-state guerrilla groups like certain cells of the Djebe Liberation Army. | |||
Majambazi Party | Pirate party Satire politics |
3 / 327 | Single-issue | |||||
Landless Peoples' Movement | Social democracy Progressivism Land reform Environmentalism |
2 / 327 | xKhasi ethnic politics |
*Chief Minister
**Also the party of the President