Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod (English: Party of the City People), commonly referred to as Hugpong, is a Filipino local political party based in

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. It was founded by

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, former

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and 16th

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. Hugpong is the precursor of the regional political party Hugpong ng Pagbabago.

History

Hugpong was organized in late 2000 as a local political alliance in

by then- first district congressman

, who was making a comeback for

after a three-year term in Congress. Duterte was then running under

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in 2001 against his former ally, then-incumbent mayor Benjamin de Guzman, who coalesced Alyansa sa Katawhan sa Dabaw, the political alliance he co-founded in 1998 with Duterte, with former congressman Prospero Nograles, Duterte's political rival. Duterte won the elections against de Guzman, but Hugpong won only four out of 24 elective seats in the City Council. In 2004, Duterte won once more against de Guzman by a margin of over 150,000 votes, and Hugpong won a majority of 20 seats in the council. Duterte's landslide victory solidified his citywide political dominance as well as that of Hugpong. Hugpong was formally registered as a local political party in March 2011 with the

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(COMELEC). During the

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, Davao City Mayor

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formed Hugpong ng Pagbabago, a regional political party. However, Duterte later thought of leaving HNP to head Hugpong, stating that "it’s calmer" in the local party. She initially planned to leave HNP after the 2019 elections, but the plan did not push through. In September 2021, several political figures allied with the Duterte family joined Hugpong for the 2022 elections, including news anchors Tek Ocampo and Tambi Sarenas. Hugpong was revived as an active local party in 2024, with the Dutertes and their allies registering their candidacies under the Hugpong banner for the 2025 local elections.

Notable members

(16th

, longest-serving

and party founder) *

(15th and incumbent

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, former

) *

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(former vice mayor of Davao City and incumbent representative of Davao City's 1st congressional district) * Sebastian Duterte (incumbent

and former vice mayor of Davao City) * Luzviminda Ilagan (former representative of

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)

References

{{reflist Local political parties in the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte Political parties established in 2011 Politics of Davao City 2011 establishments in the Philippines