The Butil Farmers Party (Butil), formerly the Luzon Farmers Party, is a

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in the

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. Butil is the electoral wing of the

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(SANDUGO).Philippines : Gov.Ph : News : Major farmers' group endorses GMA's Presidential bid (Printer friendly version)
/ref> In the 2004

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for the

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got 429,259 votes (3.3742%) and one seat (

Benjamin A. Cruz Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's th ...

). In the previous congress the party had two seats, Benjamin A. Cruz and Leonila V. Chavez ('Ka Nellie'). The party supported the candidacy of

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal Arroyo (, born April 5, 1947), often referred to by her initials GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician serving as one of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House Deputy Spe ...

in the 2004 election. Cruz died on October 15, 2004. His seat was filled by Chavez.Makati Business Club: CongressWatch
In the 14 May 2007

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, the party won one seat in the nationwide party-list vote.

Electoral performance

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* Agrarian parties in the Philippines Party-lists represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines Political parties established in 1998 {{Philippines-party-stub