Despite substantial decline, ACT-CIS Party-List projected to win three seats in Congress

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - According to the results of Tangere's most recent 2025 Pre-Election Party-List Preferential Survey, ACT-CIS (Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support, Inc.) is expected to secure three (3) seats in Congress with a 9.42% voter preference. This is despite a significant decline of almost 6% compared to the previous month’s survey. A specific set of circumstances can be attributed to the decline, led by the Citizenship Issue currently being faced by current ACT-CIS representative Erwin Tulfo. Rep. Tulfo also experienced a substantial decline in his Senatorial Voter Preference from a similar survey held on the same survey period.

Following distantly are the five (5) Party-Lists that are estimated to have two (2) seats in the Congress, namely:

• 4PS Party list (Pagtibayin at Palaguin ang Pangkabuhayang Pilipino) – 6.00%
• Ako Bicol Party list (Ako Bicol Political Party) – 4.21%
• Tingog Partylist – 4.00%
• Malasakit@Bayanihan Party list (Malasakit at Bayanihan Foundation, Inc.) – 3.50%
• ACT Teachers Party list – 3.41%

Forty (40) other party lists are anticipated to have one (1) seat each including notable new comers

• incumbent party list led by the following:

                - 1 Rider – 3.25%
                - Duterte Youth Party list – 3.00%
                - 1 Pacman – 2.67%
                - Gabriela – 2.67%

• Four (4) notable new comers:

                -Solid North Party List – 1.52% voter preference driven by Ilocos Region and based on the drive to represent the interest of their particular region and to trickle down national government programs in their region

                -Ang Bumbero ng Pilipinas –(ABP) Partylist – 1.52% Driven by respondents from CAMANAVA and District 2 (Eastern Manila District)

                -FPJ Panday Bayanihan (FPJPB) Party list – 1.52% voter preference driven by voters from Region 1 and Region 3

                -Partido sa Bagong Pilipino (PBP) Party list led by nominees Atty. Goyo Larrazabal and Real Estate Executive Beaver Lopez – 1.37% voter preference driven by voters from CARAGA region.

National Issues to be Addressed:

In terms of key issues and concerns that party list groups should focus on the following are the top issues that should be focused on:

• Lowering of prices of basic goods and commodities (75%);
• Fighting corruption in government (74%);
• Improvement of helath care services in public hospitals (73%);
• Higher employment rate (72%)’
• Improvement of health care in rural areas (70%); and
• Increase of minimum wage (70%)

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The survey, conducted last January 8-11, 2025, was administered via a mobile-based respondent application with a sample size of 2,400 participants (+/- 1.96% Margin of Error at a 95% Confidence Level) using a Stratified Random Sampling method (Quota Based Sampling). The proportion was spread throughout the Philippines with 12 percent from NCR, 23 percent from Northern Luzon, 22 percent from Southern Luzon, 20 percent from Visayas, and 23 percent from Mindanao.

Tangere is an award-winning technology application and innovation-driven market research company that aims to capture Filipino sentiments. Tangere is a proud member of the Marketing and Opinion Research Society of the Philippines (MORES) and the Philippine Association of National Advertisers (PANA).

For the topline report and analytics for this non-commissioned study, please email Tangere at qual@tangereapp.com.