Buhay Party-List

{{short description|Political party in the Philippines}}

{{Infobox political party

| country = the Philippines

| foundation = {{start date and age|1999|10|20}}

| name = Buhay Hayaan Yumabong

| logo = Buhay Partylist.png

| logo_size = 250px

| colorcode = #008000

| position = Right-wing

| ideology = Anti-abortion
Christian right

| colors = Green

| international =

| national =

| seats1_title = Seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|316|hex=#008000}}

| seats2_title = House of Representatives party-list seats

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|63|hex=#008000}}

}}

Buhay Hayaan Yumabong ({{translation|Let Life Prosper}}), more popularly known as Buhay Party-List, is a party-list group in the Philippines founded on October 20, 1999, by Lito Atienza, Melquiades Robles, and El Shaddai founder Mike Velarde.{{Cite web|title=Buhay Partylist – Buhay Hayaan Yumabong|url=https://buhaypartylistph.com/|access-date=2022-02-07|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Party founded by Bro. Mike tops party-list race|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/nation/05/24/13/party-founded-bro-mike-tops-party-list-race|website=ABS-CBN News}} A socially conservative party-list, Buhay is known for its staunch opposition to abortion and birth control in its advocacy for the sanctity of life.{{Cite web|title=Did Buhay party champion other interests?|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/focus/02/12/16/did-buhay-party-champion-other-interests|website=ABS-CBN News}} The party-list is also known for opposing the death penalty, divorce, same sex marriage, and euthanasia.{{Cite web|last=Lebumfacil|first=Marigold|title=Buhay Party-list to give pro-life advocates voice in Congress|url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-news/2013/05/26/946538/buhay-party-list-give-pro-life-advocates-voice-congress|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Philstar.com}}

In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives, the party-list group won 705,730 votes (5.55% of the nationwide party-list vote), equivalent to two seats.[http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?id=seneres Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203104227/http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?id=seneres |date=2007-02-03 }}, [http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?id=velarde Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203144650/http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?id=velarde |date=2007-02-03 }}[http://www.comelec.gov.ph/results/2004partylist.html Comelec] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427161552/http://www.comelec.gov.ph/results/2004partylist.html|date=2007-04-27}} In 2007, the party won three seats in the nationwide party-list vote. In the 2010 elections, Buhay again won three seats, and ranked third overall.

In 2022, Buhay Party List lost their re-election bid after garnering only 103,077 votes, failing to win a single seat for the first time since their founding.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-11 |title=Bayan Muna, Buhay, 9 others lose reelection bids in 2022 party-list race |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/elections/party-lists-danger-losing-reelection-2022/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=Rappler |language=en-US}}