Bangon Pilipinas Party (BPP, ) or Bangon is a political party in the Philippines, formed in 2004 as the Bangon Pilipinas Movement. It is the political vehicle of its leader,

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. Villanueva ran for president on

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and

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, but lost on both elections. The party put up a senatorial slate for the 2010 elections but none of its candidates won. Villanueva's son, Eduardo "Jon-Jon" Villanueva, Jr. was the highest ranking elected official of the party, serving as mayor of

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; he ran as the

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's candidate for mayor in the 2013 elections and won. In the 2016 Senate election, the party endorsed another Villanueva son, then

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Director General

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. He won the second highest number of votes in that election.

Candidates for Philippine general elections, 2010

- Presidential Candidate (lost) * Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr. – Vice-Presidential Candidate (lost) Senators: *

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(lost) * Alex Tinsay (lost) * Imelda Papin (lost) *Israel Virgines (lost) * Reynaldo Princessa (lost) * Zosimo Paredes (lost) * Zafrullah Allonto (lost) * Adz Nikabulin (lost) * Ramoncito Ocampo (lost)

Candidate for the Philippine general election, 2013

Senatorial Slate (1) *Bro.

(lost)

Electoral performance

President

Vice president

Senate

House of Representatives

Other

* Eduardo "Jon-Jon/JJV" Villanueva, Jr. is a two-termer mayor of

. He is the highest-ranking elected officeholder of the party.

References

External links

Bangon Pilipinas
official site
Bro. Eddie Villanueva
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