NAGUILIAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL-HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Philippine Politics and Governance

Module 10
Nature of Elections and Political
Parties in the Philippines

SHIANNE DANCEE CORPUZ

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Learning Objectives:

Most Essential Learning Competency:

-Analyze the nature of elections and political
parties in the Philippines (HUMSS_PG12-Il-c-d-
9)

Subtasks:

1. Define the different types of elections and

political party systems
2. Describe the nature of elections and political
parties in the Philippines
3. Discuss the implications of the electoral
systems on politics and governance
4. Examine the current structure of electoral
system in the Philippines
 MODULE 10

NATURE of ELECTIONS
&
POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE
PHILIPPINES
JUMPSTART
Activity 1 Jumbled Words

Direction: Unscramble the letters to form

words that are related to types of Elections
and Political Parties

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1. SLPECIA CLETIONE

Held on a date different from that of

regular election.
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2. ONINLATA ELETIONC
Conducted to elect the President, Vice-
President and members of congress.
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3. OLLCA LEETICNO

Held for purpose of selecting officials in the

Region, provinces, cities and
municipalities.
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4. IMULTPATYR SYSTMES

A party system in which multiple political

parties have the capacity to gain control of
government offices, separately or in
coalition.
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5. LNEGERA CLETEION

Held for the purpose of electing national

and local officials simultaneously.
DISCOVER

Elections are devices for filling

a government office through
choices made by the electorate,
a designate body of qualified
people.
DISCOVER

Election is integral to democratic governance.

Through its mechanism, politicians are held
accountable for their actions, compelled to
introduce policies that are reflective of and
responsive to public opinion.
DISCOVER

Elections serve as a “major source of political

recruitment, a means of making government, and of
transferring government power, a guarantee of
representation, and a major determinant of
government policy” (Heywood, 2000).
DISCOVER

Types of Election

1.General Election
2. National Elections
3. Local Elections
4. Special Elections
DISCOVER

Right of Suffrage = Right to

vote

as stated in Section 1,
Article V of the 1987 Constitution
DISCOVER
Who May EXERCISE
SUFFRAGE?

-Every citizen who are at least 18

years old on the Election Day

-A resident of the Philippines for

at least a year and for at least 6
months on the place he is
registering

-Not otherwise disqualified by law

- A registered voter
DISCOVER

Who are DISQUALIFIED to vote?

-Any person found to be not normal

mental condition
-Who has been found guilty of
committing a crime involving disloyalty
to the state(rebellion and treason ),
except after 5 years from completion of
his sentence
-Any person who has been sentenced
for a prison term of not less than one
year, except after 5 years from
completion of his sentence
DISCOVER

Political Party
-Consists of a group of people who
join hands to contest the elections
in a country. These parties have a
shared vision for the country.
-This vision in addition to defining
the party also guides their actions
and the policies formulated for the
citizens of the country.
DISCOVER
Major Types of Political Party Systems

1. One-party Systems- only one party dominates

2. Two-party Systems- two major political parties dominate politics

within a government

3. Dominant Party Systems - there is a category of political

organizations that have successively won election

4.. Multiparty Systems- multiple political parties have the capacity

to gain control of government offices
DISCOVER

Functions of political party

are:

-Contesting elections
-Formulating policies
-Forming government or
forming the opposition party
-Shaping public perception
Activity : Name the major POLITICAL PARTIES in the
Philippines.
-(LP) ?
-(LP) ? - (KBL)?
-(UNA)? 
-(UNA)?  -(LDP)?-(NP)?
-(NP)? - (NPC)?
-(Lakas-CMD)?
- (PDP-Laban)?
- (NPC)? -Ak-D?
- (KBL)?
- (PDP-Laban)? -(LDP)?
-(NUP)?
-(Lakas-CMD)?
-Ak-D?
-(NUP)?
POLITICAL PARTIES
-Liberal Party (LP)
-United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) 
-Nationalist Party (NP)
-Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC)
-Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan
(PDP-Laban)
-Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL)
-Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP)
-Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD)
-Aksyon Demokratiko
-National Unity Party (NUP)
• Party-list representation in the House
of Representatives of the
Philippines refers to a system in which
20% of the House of Representatives is
elected.
• The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines created the party-list system.
Purportedly under-represented community sectors or groups, including:
• LABOR >YOUTH
• PEASANT
• URBAN POOR
• INDIGENOUS CULTURAL
• WOMEN

• and other such sectors as may be defined by law (except the religious
sector), may participate in the party-list election.
• Party-lists in the Philippines 
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• Formative Assessment

1. What is election ?
2. What is electoral reform?
3. Name 3 Political Parties in the Phil.
4. Enumerate 4 community sectors which
has to be represented?.