The Butil Farmers Party is a party-list

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 in the Luzon

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, Philippines

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. Butil is the electoral wing of the National Farmers Supreme Council (SANDUGO).

In the 2004 elections

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 for the House of Representatives

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 got 429,259 votes (3.3742%) and one seat (Benjamin A. Cruz). 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

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

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 in the 2004 election.

Cruz died on October 15, 2004. His seat was filled by Chavez. In the 14 May 2007 election

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, the party won 1 seat in the nationwide party-list vote.

Electoral performance

Election	Votes	%	Seats
2001 Philippine general election, 2001 The senatorial election was held in the Philippines on May 14, 2001. Independent candidate Noli de Castro, a former television anchor of TV Patrol of ABS-CBN was announced as the topnotcher...	330,282	2.18%	1
2004 Philippine general election, 2004 The senatorial election was held in the Philippines on May 10, 2004. The major coalitions that participated are the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan composed of parties that support the candidacy of president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino ,...	429,259	3.37%	1
2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2007 The 2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections were held on May 14, 2007, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the Philippines to serve in the 14th Congress of the Philippines from June 30, 2007, until June 30, 2010...	409,160	2.57%	2
2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2010 The 2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections were held on May 10, 2010 to elect members to the House of Representatives of the Philippines to serve in the 15th Congress of the Philippines from June 30, 2010 to June 30, 2013...	506,703	1.67%	1