Democratic Nationhood Party

The Democratic Nationhood Party (Indonesian: Partai Demokrasi Kebangsaan) was a political party in Indonesia. It was established in 2002 as the United Democratic Nationhood Party by a group of intellectuals including Ryaas Rasyid and Andi Mallarangeng, formerly president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's spokesman, who were disatissfied with the progress of the reform movement following the Fall of Suharto.^[1]

Democratic Nationhood Party Partai Demokrasi Kebangsaan
Chairman	Ryaas Rasyid
Secretary-General	Rapiuddin Hamarung
Founded	28 July 2002
Headquarters	Jakarta
Ideology	Pancasila
Ballot number	20
DPR seats	0
Website
http://www.pdk.or.id/
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In the 2004 Indonesian legislative election, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote and 5 out of 550 seats. In the 2009 elections, the party stood as the Democratic Nationhood Party. The party set itself a target of 4 million votes in the election, in which it stood on a platform of creating a transparent, accountable and efficient administration.^[2][3] In the 2009 legislative election, the party won 0.6 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning it lost its seats in the People's Representative Council.^[4][5] Following its poor result in the 2009 vote, the party joined nine other smaller parties to form the National Unity Party (Indonesian: Partai Persatuan Nasional).^[6]

References

1. Partai-Partai Politik Indonesia: Ideologi dan Program 2004-2009 (Indonesian Political Parties: Ideologies and Programs 2004-2009 Kompas (1999) ISBN 979-709-121-X pp134-136
2. Profil Partai Politik (Profile of Political Parties), Kompas newspaper 14 July 2008 pp. 38-39
3. Tempo magazine No. 0931/March 31-April 06, 2009, p.33
4. Indonesian General Election Commission website^{[permanent dead link‍]} Official Election Results
5. The Jakarta Post 10 May 2009 Archived May 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Democratic Party controls 26% of parliamentary seats
6. Ajeng Ritzki Pitakasari (14 April 2011). "Tersingkir di Pemilu 2009, Sepuluh Partai Dirikan Partai Persatuan Nasional (Sidelined from the election, 10 parties establish the National Unity Party)". Tempo.co (in Indonesian). Republika online. Retrieved 25 February 2018.