Iglesia ni Cristo and Philippine elections explained

The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) is noted for its role in elections in the Philippines.

Bloc voting

The Iglesia ni Cristo is known for its practice of bloc voting during elections.[1] [2] [3] The INC is known for issuing directives to vote for certain candidates endorsed by the church under the tenet of obedience and the advocacy of a united unit.[1] INC spokesperson Edwil Zabala has stressed the importance of unity of its members with the church leadership.[4] As a consequence, candidates often attempt to secure endorsement from the INC.[5]

According to pollster, Mahar Mangahas the INC usually announces its endorsements around a week before election day "when the rankings of the candidates in the polls have stabilized" and concludes that candidates' ranking in opinion polls are a factor on how the INC chooses candidates to support.[5]

Endorsements

The following is the list of candidates who have been endorsed by the Iglesia ni Cristo. The list is limited to candidates running for president, vice president, and senators.

President

Year width=5pxRank !Candidate Party width=100pxVotes!width=50px% !Result
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"695,332 67.99
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"1,340,320 81.78
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"1,333,392 53.94
3. width=200px style="text-align:left;"419,890 11.85
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"3,861,324 51.94
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"5,017,343 61.47
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"18,309,360 88.02
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"10,807,197 53.62
3. width=200px style="text-align:left;"4,116,376 18.17 [6]
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"10,722,295 39.86 [7]
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"12,905,808 39.99[8] [9]
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"15,208,678 42.08 [10] [11]
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"16,601,997 39.02 [12] [13]
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"31,629,783 58.77 [14] [15]

Vice President

Year width=5pxRank !Candidate Party width=100pxVotes!width=50px% !Result
2. width=200px style="text-align:left;"13,918,490 39.58
2. width=200px style="text-align:left;"14,155,344 34.47
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"32,208,417 61.53

Senators

Year width=5pxRank !Candidate Party width=100pxVotes!width=50px% !Result
1. width=200px style="text-align:left;"27,027,235 48.23 [16]
2. width=200px style="text-align:left;"24,367,564 43.48
4. width=200px style="text-align:left;"20,678,804 36.89
5. width=200px style="text-align:left;"20,320,069 36.26
6. width=200px style="text-align:left;"19,563,262 34.91
7. width=200px style="text-align:left;"19,359,758 34.54
8. width=200px style="text-align:left;"18,931,207 33.78
9. width=200px style="text-align:left;"18,539,537 33.08
11. width=200px style="text-align:left;"15,901,891 28.37
12. width=200px style="text-align:left;"15,174,288 27.08
13. width=200px style="text-align:left;"13,348,887 23.82
16. width=200px style="text-align:left;"11,360,526 20.27

Notes and References

  1. News: Expelled Iglesia ni Cristo minister's lawyer says bloc voting may be no more. Quismundo. Tarra. 2018-07-18.
  2. News: Analyst: Other Christian groups can negate INC bloc vote for Marcos, Duterte . 25 May 2022 . ABS-CBN News . 4 May 2022.
  3. News: Iglesia Ni Cristo endorsements and how the presidential candidates fared in the past elections . 25 May 2022 . Philstar Life . The Philippine Star . 4 May 2022.
  4. News: Cahiles . Gerg . Politics of recognition: The power of religious endorsement in the 2019 polls . 25 May 2022 . CNN Philippines . 6 April 2019 . May 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220525161458/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/4/10/religious-endorsement-philippine-elections.html . dead .
  5. News: Baclig . Cristina Eloisa . INC endorsements: Do they matter? . 25 May 2022 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 5 May 2022 . en.
  6. News: Shenon . Philip . Under Marcos's Shadow, Filipinos Vote in Close Race . 25 May 2022 . The New York Times . 11 May 1992.
  7. News: Vanzi . Sol Jose . Iglesia ni Cristo Endorses Erap-Gloria . 25 May 2022 . Headline News Philippines . 7 May 1998.
  8. News: Arroyo wins Philippine election . 25 May 2022 . Al Jazeera . 20 June 2004 . en.
  9. News: Sy . Marvin . Villanueva . Marichu . INC, Shaddai endorse GMA . 25 May 2022 . The Philippine Star . 7 May 2004.
  10. Web site: List of Candidates for President and Vice-President with Votes Obtained . Commission on Elections . 25 May 2022 . 29 September 2015.
  11. News: Macairan . Evelyn . INC picks Aquino, Roxas . 25 May 2022 . The Philippine Star . 6 May 2010.
  12. Web site: Joint Public Session: Resolution of Both Houses No. 1 . . 25 May 2022 . 30 May 2016.
  13. News: Duterte, Marcos get INC endorsement for May 9 polls . 25 May 2022 . CNN Philippines . 2 May 2016 . May 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220525152656/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/05/05/Iglesia-ni-Cristo-endorsement-duterte-marcos-May-9-elections.html . dead .
  14. Web site: National Canvassing 2022 - Joint Session of Congress . May 25, 2022 . House of Representatives.
  15. News: Gulleand. Jimbo. Pañares. Joyce Pangco . INC endorses BBM, Sara . 25 May 2022 . Manila Standard . 3 May 2022.
  16. News: Escosio . Jan V. . INC endorses BBM-Sara; find out 12 Senate bets that it is backing . 25 May 2022 . Manila Bulletin . 3 May 2022 . en.

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