In 1987,
Lapiang Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija (formally
Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija or
Balane) was established by
Eduardo Joson and later registered with the
Commission on Elections, as the newly-ratified
Constitution allowed the
multi-party system. The suggested acronym is sounded like
balani, a Filipino term for "magnet". Joson, who would serve as
provincial governor for at least three decades,
In the 1988 local elections, Eduardo Joson defeated Santos and regained the seat. • Eduardo IV (Eduardo's son), • Mariano Cristino (Eduardo's son),
Quezon mayor, until 1995, provincial board member representing first district (2007–2010) It was allied with
Lapian ng Masang Pilipino during the
Estrada presidency and the
Arroyo administration's
Lakas–CMD (Christian Muslim Democrats) in the 2004 elections. It was affiliated with
KAMPI in 2007; nine of ten elected
provincial board members, as well as half of
provincial district representatives, were from the said party. In 2013, Balane, allied with NPC once again, Mayors from twenty municipalities and two cities belonging to the party were elected in 2001. Same number of town mayors and three city mayors were elected in 2007. Josons' half-century governorship ended
in 2007 lost to
third district representative
Aurelio Umali. Umali later defeated the party's standard bearers, another vice governor Edward Thomas Joson (
in 2010) and
first district representative Josefina Manuel–Joson (
in 2013, chairperson by that time Antonino lost to third district representative Czarina Umali, wife of Aurelio. Prior to
2019 elections, former governor Eduardo Nonato Joson resigned from the party. He ran for governor as
independent in defiance of his siblings' support for his two other opponents.
In 2022, only five candidates in the province ran under the party, all failed to secure membership in
the municipal council of
Carranglan. ==Notable party members==