UniTeam Alliance

The UniTeam Alliance is an electoral alliance in the Philippines formed to support the candidacies of Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte in the 2022 presidential and vice-presidential elections and their allies in the 2022 Philippine general election.^[5][6][7][8] The alliance was formalized on November 29, 2021.

UniTeam Alliance
Leader	Bongbong Marcos Sara Duterte
Founder	Bongbong Marcos Sara Duterte
Founded	November 29, 2021 (2021-11-29)
Ideology	Federalism^[1] Filipino nationalism^[2] Populism^[3]
Political position	Big tent^[4]
Coalition members	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas Lakas–CMD Hugpong ng Pagbabago Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino Guest Parties: Nacionalista Party PDP–Laban (Cusi-Wing) Kilusang Bagong Lipunan People's Reform Party
Colors	Red and green
Slogan	Sama-sama tayong babangon muli transl. Together, we shall rise again
Website
bbmsarauniteam.com
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Coalition members

The alliance consists of four political parties:^[5]

Party		Abbreviation	Ideology	Chairperson	President
	Hugpong ng Pagbabago^[9] Alliance for Change	HNP	Regionalism	Sara Duterte	Sara Duterte
	Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats^[10] People Power–Christian Muslim Democrats	Lakas–CMD	Christian democracy Islamic democracy Conservatism Filipino nationalism Federalism^[11]^[12] Parliamentarianism		Martin Romualdez
	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas^[13] Federal Party of the Philippines	PFP	Federalism	Bongbong Marcos	Reynaldo Tamayo Jr.
	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino^[14] Force of the Filipino Masses	PMP	Populism^[15]	Joseph Estrada

In addition, the alliance's senatorial slate features guest candidates from the Nacionalista Party, Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL), Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), PDP–Laban, and People's Reform Party (PRP). Except for the NPC, all of the aforementioned parties are allied with Marcos and Duterte.^[16]

Senatorial slate

 

UniTeam Slate during an election campaign in Mandaluyong on February 13, 2022

Marcos and Duterte have endorsed the following candidates for the 2022 Philippine Senate election, thus who are part of their "senatorial slate":^[17][18][19]

Candidate name and party		Position	Votes	Ranking	Elected
	Herbert Bautista NPC	Former mayor of Quezon City (2010–2019)	13,104,710	14th	No
	Jinggoy Estrada PMP	Former senator (2004–2016)	15,108,625	12th	Yes
	Larry Gadon KBL	Lawyer	9,691,607	20th	No
	Win Gatchalian NPC	Incumbent senator	20,602,655	4th	Yes
	Gregorio Honasan Independent^[a]	Former Secretary of Information and Communications Technology (2019–2021)	10,643,491	18th	No
	Loren Legarda NPC^[a]	Member of the House of Representatives from Antique's at-large congressional district	24,264,969	2nd	Yes
	Rodante Marcoleta PDP–Laban	Member of the House of Representatives from 1–SAGIP Party List	Withdrawn^[b]
	Robin Padilla PDP–Laban	Actor	26,612,434	1st	Yes
	Harry Roque PRP	Former presidential spokesperson (2017–2018, 2020–2021)	11,246,206	17th	No
	Gilbert Teodoro PRP	Former Secretary of National Defense (2007–2009)	12,788,479	15th	No
	Mark Villar Nacionalista	Former Secretary of Public Works and Highways (2016–2021)	19,475,592	6th	Yes
	Migz Zubiri Independent	Incumbent senator	18,734,336	8th	Yes

1. Guest candidate
2. Rodante Marcoleta withdrew after the ballots have been printed, making him ranked 31st with 3,599,053 votes.

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