National awareness of party-list system reaches 79%, survey shows
Only 5 party-list groups secure maximum 3 seats

A significant majority of the electorate (79 percent) reported awareness of the party-list system, based on the results of the Pulse Asia non-commissioned survey released on Monday, Feb. 10.
Awareness levels across geographic areas range from 68 percent in the Visayas to 98 percent in Mindanao, with similar figures across different socio-economic classes, ranging from 75 percent to 80 percent.
Under the party-list system, a winning party can secure a maximum of three congressional seats.
Among the 155 party-list groups running in the May 2025 elections, the survey showed that only five have a chance of securing the maximum number of seats.
These are ACT-CIS (7.96 percent), 4Ps (7.42 percent), Tingog (6.29 percent), Uswag Ilonggo (4.83 percent), and Senior Citizens (4.44 percent).
Meanwhile, those with two seats include Ako Bicol (3.32 percent), PPP (2.52 percent), Malasakit@Bayanihan (2.46 percent), Asenso Pinoy (2.44 percent), Duterte Youth (2.38 percent), Agimat (2.06 percent), and Gabriela (2.06 percent).
The party-list groups with one seat each are Abang Lingkod (1.84 percent); ACT Teachers (1.72 percent); 1-Rider Party-List (1.63 percent); 1Pacman (1.61 percent); TUCP (1.47 percent); United Senior Citizens (1.45 percent); ALONA (1.36 percent); PINUNO (1.34 percent); Bayan Muna (1.29 percent); PBBM (1.19 percent); Ako Ilocano Ako (1.12 percent); PhilRECA (1.08 percent); Batang Quiapo (1.07 percent); CIBAC (1.06 percent); Magsasaka (1.06 percent); Hugpong Federal (1.06 percent); Trabaho (1.01 percent); TUPAD (1 percent); AGAP (0.97 percent); Kabataan (0.87 percent); 1Tahanan (0.85 percent); Ang Probinsiyano (0.77 percent); Damayang Filipino (0.72 percent); CWS (0.71 percent); Kalinga (0.70 percent); Buhay (0.69 percent); FPJ Panday Bayanihan (0.68 percent); 4K (0.67 percent); Nanay (0.67 percent); SBP (0.65 percent); AKO Bisaya (0.64 percent); Coop-NATCCO (0.63 percent); Murang Kuryente (0.62 percent); and Ako-OFW (0.62 percent).
Pulse Asia said 16 percent of Filipino registered voters expressed non-support for any of the party-list groups participating in the May 2025 elections.
The survey fieldwork was conducted through face-to-face interviews with a nationwide sample of 2,400 representative adults aged 18 and above and has a ± 2 percent margin of error at the 95 percent confidence level.