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27-559: It was originally established on 16 August 1998 as the Nahdatul Ummat Party ( Partai Nahdatul Ummat ) and took part in the 1999 legislative election , winning 5 seats in the People's Representative Council . However, Law No. 31/2002 on Political Parties stated that parties failing to win at least 3 percent of the vote were not eligible to participate in the next election. Therefore, the party changed its name and on 5 March 2003

54-460: A nationalist Muslim party, which promotes inclusive and nationalist principles and upholds Pancasila doctrine. In 2014, the party obtained 9.04 percent of the popular vote, which is an increase from 4.95 percent in 2009 but lower than 10.57 percent in 2004. The party is currently led by Muhaimin Iskandar . The PKB was established on 11 May 1998. Kyai (religious scholars), held a meeting at

81-470: Is strongest in Java Island and draws from the constituency that formerly supported the conservative Muslim organization NU. The PKB differs from Nahdlatul Ulama in that while it supports a role for Islam in government, it does not share the older organization's support for an explicitly Islamic republic . The National Awakening Party stood in the 1999 elections , winning 13 percent of the votes. In

108-463: The 2004 elections , the party gained 10.57% (11,989,564) of votes and 52 seats in the People's Representative Council . However, the party won only 4.9 percent of the votes in the 2009 legislative election , and 27 seats in the legislature. According to the party website, the party's policies are to: For the 2014 elections , the party plans to focus more intensively on its policies related to villages, in particular such as village representation,

135-460: The People's Representative Council . This article about an Indonesian political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1999 Indonesian legislative election [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Early legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 7 June 1999. They were the first elections since

162-611: The fall of Suharto and end of the New Order , the first free elections in Indonesia since 1955, and the first and only free legislative election held in East Timor during Indonesian provincehood. With the ending of restrictions on political activity following the fall of Suharto , a total of 48 parties contested the 462 seats up for election in the People's Representative Council . A further 38 seats were reserved for members of

189-667: The "Ummah Party". The name chosen was "Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa" (PKB) meaning "National Awakening Party". The party's declaratory was 72 people, representing the age of the NU organization, consisting of the Standing Committee Team (11), the Lajnah Assistance Team (14), Team NU (5), the NU Assistance Team (7), and two Representatives from each of the 27 regions (27 x 2). The 72 founders signed

216-496: The Indonesian Nahdlatul Community Party was officially founded. In the 2004 legislative election , the party won 0.8% of the popular vote and lost all 5 seats. After initially failing to qualify, following a lawsuit the party won the right to contest the 2009 elections , in which it won only 0.14 percent of the vote, lower from the electoral threshold of at least 2,5%, again without any seats of

243-548: The Langitan Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) to discuss several problems facing Indonesia they deemed to be critical. They developed an official statement, which Kyai Muchid Muzadi of Jember and Gus Yusuf Muhammad, were sent to deliver to President Suharto . Before they were able to deliver the statement, however, Suharto resigned on 21 May 1998. On 30 May 1998, the Kyai held a grand meeting, or Istighosah, at

270-542: The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Of these, only 48 passed the selection process, overseen by intellectual Nurcholish Madjid . The elections were to be overseen by an independent General Elections Commission (KPU) of 53 members, one from each party and five government representatives. The system used was based on closed party-list proportional representation at the provincial level. Within each province, parties were awarded seats in proportion to their share of

297-466: The Nation's Awakening ' ), frequently abbreviated to PKB , is an Islam -based political party in Indonesia . It is also the party of the former Vice President of Indonesia, Ma'ruf Amin , who was elected to its Shura Council. The party was founded in 1999 by the traditionalist strand of Muslim society in Indonesia , which overlaps with the membership of Nahdlatul Ulama . The party is described as

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324-673: The PDI-P winning 153 and Golkar 120. There were ten parties with only one seat each. On 20 and 21 October 1999, about four months after the legislative elections, the People's Consultative Assembly elected the President and Vice President of Indonesia for the 1999–2004 term. Abdurrahman Wahid was elected president and Megawati Sukarnoputri as vice president. National Awakening Party The National Awakening Party ( Indonesian : Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa ; lit.   ' Party of

351-510: The Party's Platform and its components. Subsequent to this, however, the PBNU decided that only five people could become the party's declaratory. Those five were Kyai Munasir Ali, Kyai Ilyas Ruchiyat, Kyai Muchid Muzadi, KH A. Mustofa Bisri and KH Abddurahman Wahid, who was the chairman of the PBNU. The 72 names of the party's original declaratory were erased by the PBNU. The party's base of support

378-522: The allocation of funding for villages and the development of education and health facilities. Relationship of National Awakening Party and Nahdlatul Ulama became worsened due to differences in political stance during 2024 Indonesian general election. Since Muhaimin Iskandar loss in the election, the party increasingly distanced itself from Nahdlatul Ulama and often taking actions that disadvantaging Nahdlatul Ulama political interests. Due to this, Nahdlatul Ulama Central Committee announced plan for taking over

405-461: The armed forces . Under the New Order , only two political parties forcibly merged in 1973 – Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and United Development Party (PPP) – plus the functional group Golkar had been allowed to participate in elections. With the start of the Reform Era , more than 100 new political parties emerged. New elections were called for 1999 and 148 parties registered with

432-523: The election, among them former US president Jimmy Carter . In the last few days before the vote on 7 June, newspapers carried advertisements sponsored by the Indonesian Election Committee (PPI) explaining how to vote and urging people to do so. On the day itself, polls opened at 8 am. People cast their vote by piercing the party symbol on the ballot paper and then dipped a finger in indelible ink to prevent repeat voting. When

459-573: The five government representatives. Eventually, later that same day President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie in a live TV broadcast declared the results were valid. The PDI-P, led by Megawati Sukarnoputri , had won the largest share of the vote with Golkar in second place. The process of allocating seats in the People's Representative Council took several months with the PPI announcing the results on 1 September. A total of 21 parties had won seats, with

486-539: The formation of the new party. Invitations had been sent via telephone, and more than 200 Kyai attended the meeting, which was held in Bisri's home in Leteh, Rembang , Central Java . This meeting resulted in the formation of the "Standing Committee", consisting of 11 people, with Bisri as chairman and Gus Yus as secretary. In turn, this committee worked in a marathon session, preparing a platform and party components, including

513-401: The information was easy to access. One way the public could access the latest results was by sending a short message service text to a specific number. The sender then received information about provincial or party results. On 9 June, Carter's team reported that although there had been "shortcomings" and allegations of financial abuses, they did not appear to have had a significant impact on

540-463: The logos which would become the party's symbol. The logos were created by KH A. Mustofa Bisri. The Standing Committee and representatives of the NU held a major conference in Bandung , on 4 July 1998, which was attended by 27 regional representatives. In a discussion regarding the name of the organization, the proposed names were the "National Awakening Party", the "Nahdlatul Ummah Awakening Party" and

567-581: The newspapers urging people to use their vote. In the final week, the main parties held huge rallies in the capital: the PKB on 1 June, the National Mandate Party (PAN) on 2 June, the PDI-P on 3 June and Golkar on 4 June, at which its supporters were attacked. At one minute past midnight on 5 June, all party flags, banners and posters began to be removed as the campaign officially ended. International observers continued to arrive to oversee

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594-608: The office of the East Java branch of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Islamic organization. The meeting resulted in KH Cholil Bisri being urged to form a party based on the NU's political aspirations. After initially resisting their request, due to his desire to continue his work with the pesantren, Bisri eventually relented and accepted the leadership role. A week later, on 6 June, Bisri met the Kyai in order to discuss

621-487: The polling day activities. The count was slow, with votes taking several weeks to count. Before he left Indonesia, Carter expressed his concern about this. At a meeting at the General Election Commission building on 26 June, only 22 of the 53 members of the commission were prepared to accept the result. These comprised the representatives of 17 of the parties (with 93% of the vote between them) and

648-459: The vote. The East Java province had the most number of seats, with 82, while the lowest was in Bengkulu and East Timor with four each. The official election campaign began on 19 May 1999 and ended on 4 June to allow two 'rest days' before the vote itself. It was divided into three stages, with different parties being allowed to campaign on different days. However, before the campaign, there

675-415: The votes were counted, each ballot paper was held up for onlookers to see. There was independent monitoring down to the level of polling stations by Indonesians as well as by 100 observers and support staff from 23 counties led by Jimmy Carter. On polling day, Carter said that it would have been extremely difficult to manipulate the election data because of the well-prepared information network and because

702-485: Was attacked and damaged The traffic circle in front of Hotel Indonesia was a popular spot for rallies. Meanwhile, there was an increase of people heading for Singapore to escape possible violence as polling day neared, with one newspaper reporting that more than 78,000 people had left. As well as rallies, the major parties took out full-colour advertisements in newspapers. Each party was also given air time TV for statements by lone spokespeople. There were also ads in

729-644: Was violence between supporters of rival parties. Four people were killed in fighting between followers of the United Development Party (PPP) and the National Awakening Party (PKB) on 1 May and three more died in clashes between Golkar and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) supporters on 11 May. On the first day of the campaign there was a parade of party vehicles in Central Jakarta. The Golkar float

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