BH Partylist’s Electoral Performance Reveals the Shrinking Number of MCGI
- Rosa Rosal
- May 13
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 5
A Post-MCGI Philippines Is Unfolding Before Our Very Eyes!
As of today, with 80% of votes tallied, BH Party-list is projected to garner only 260,000 votes, a steep decline from the 330,937 votes they received in 2022. Despite an intensified and walang hiya at garapalang underground alliance with the Members Church of God International (MCGI), the numbers lay bare a devastating truth--MCGI’s influence is no longer what it once was.
Election Year | Total Votes | MCGI Alliance? | % Change | Key Insight |
2019 | 288,752 | No | – | Stable base pre-MCGI |
2022 | 330,937 | Yes | +14.6% | Boost from MCGI alliance |
2025 (est.) | 260,000 | Yes | -21.4% | Collapse despite harder push |
When MCGI first partnered with BH in 2022, it provided a short-lived bump of roughly 42,000 votes. That bump is now reversed, with a drop of 70,000 votes in 2025, even as the church machinery campaigned harder and louder. This suggests that even MCGI’s own base is eroding, disillusioned, or outright resisting mobilization.
Kap Rudy Medina and the Broken Transactional Politics
Kap Rudy Medina, MCGI member and insider as well as BH’s 2nd nominee, will likely not assume a congressional seat due to the one-seat projection. The political bargain and pork-barrel access in exchange for cultic campaigning has collapsed. MCGI members conscripted to carry BH’s banner will receive none of the promised returns.
The vote hemorrhage reveals that MCGI can no longer deliver votes like it once did. It’s not just a betrayal of the members, it’s the slow death of their political utility.
LGBT Votes, Not MCGI, May Be BH's Lifeline
BH’s possible seat can increasingly be credited to rising support among LGBT sectors due to BH Partylist's advocacy on same-sex partnership and LGBT Agenda. This ironic twist shows the party’s attempt to diversify its voter base, a quiet admission that the MCGI machine is no longer enough.
Why One Seat Remains Within Reach
Despite all this, BH is still projected to clinch 1 seat. But credit, in this case, likely does not go to MCGI. Instead, it appears that BH’s increasing visibility among LGBT voters, a sharp contrast to MCGI’s ultra-conservative values has filled in the electoral gap. This raises the question. Is BH already shifting its base away from MCGI?
A Sinking Ship
MCGI's partnership with BH was meant to be a lifeline and a show of force, a projection of relevance. But the numbers expose a truth that can no longer be denied--MCGI is a sinking ship! A movement that once could mobilize tens of thousands is now floundering even under direct campaign pressure.
For observers and Exiters alike, this moment is historic. The empire is hollow. And the collapse is no longer theoretical.
Our Post-MCGI World Is Here
This is no longer theory. The numbers don’t lie. The MCGI-backed BH is bleeding votes, failing to deliver on its political ambitions, and watching its once-cohesive base fragment in real time. The vision that many thought too bold to dream is already unfolding.
