SWS releases latest survey on party-list bets

MANILA, Philippines — The Pagtibayin at Palaguin ang Pangkabuhayang Pilipino or 4Ps retained its top spot in the Social Weather Station’s (SWS) latest survey for the party-list race in the May elections.

The survey was commissioned by Stratbase Consultancy and conducted from March 15 to 20.

According to the SWS results posted on its website on Wednesday evening, 4Ps received 10.44 percent of intended votes in its March 2025 survey.

The 4Ps party list held the number one rank in the SWS surveys from December 2024 to February 2025.

The Duterte Youth party-list came second in the March 2025 survey with 8.42 percent of intended votes.

SWS said 4Ps and Duterte Youth were on track to gain three House seats since they had more than six percent of the votes.

In the latest survey, ACT-CIS had 5.29 percent of the intended votes, followed by FPJ Panday Bayanihan with 4.17 percentThis may earn them two House seats each because they are set to garner more than four percent of the votes cast.

The March survey also showed Ako Bicol getting 2.51 percent of votes, followed by Asenso Pinoy (2.45 percent), Senior Citizens (2.28 percent), TGP (2.05 percent) and Agimat at 2.0 percent.

The pollster said they are on track to gain one House seat each since they had more than two percent of the votes cast for party-list.

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SWS explained that the survey was done through face-to-face interviews with 1,800 registered voters: 300 in Metro Manila, 900 in the rest of Luzon, 300 in the Visayas, and 300 in Mindanao.

It added that the survey had a margin of error of ±2.31 percent for national percentages, ±3.27 percent for percentages in Luzon except Metro Manila, and ±5.66 percent for percentages in Metro Manila, the Visayas and Mindanao.