Nusantara Awakening Party

Not to be confused with National Awakening Party.

Nusantara Awakening Party (Indonesian: Partai Kebangkitan Nusantara, PKN) is a political party in Indonesia founded on January 7, 2022, and received legal recognition from the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in January 2022.

Nusantara Awakening Party
General Chairman	Anas Urbaningrum
Secretary-General	Sri Mulyono
Founded	January 7, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-07)
Split from	Demokrat
Preceded by	Functional Party of Struggle
Headquarters	Mangunsarkoro No. 16 Menteng, Jakarta
Ideology	Pancasila
Ballot number	9
DPR seats	0 / 580
DPRD I seats	4 / 2,372
DPRD II seats	52 / 17,510
Website
pimnas-pkn.id
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The party was founded by former Democratic Party legislator I Gede Pasek Suardika, who became the first party head, along with other expelled cadres. The party was established by taking over a minor party, the Functional Party of Struggle (Partai Karya Perjuangan), which had been inactive after failing to participate in elections.^[1]

The party qualified to participate in 2024 Indonesian general election, along with four other new parties, after fulfilling administrative criteria and actual verification by the KPU RI in December 2022.^[2] The party declared itself to be neutral in the 2024 presidential election.^[3]

History

The party was established by former members of the Democratic Party who remained loyal to former chairman Anas Urbaningrum, who left the party and had since been imprisoned on corruption charges. The party was initiated by former legislator I Gede Pasek Suardika, who was joined by former Democratic Party cadre Ian Zulfikar, HMI activist Asral Hardi, journalist and photographer Bobby Triadi, and Sri Mulyono.

The party was declared on 28 October 2021—coinciding with the Youth Pledge Day—at the final Functional Struggle Party congress, where it was transformed to Nusantara Awakening Party through changes on the party constitution.^[1] The party quickly registered the change to the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, and was recognised on 7 January 2022.^[4]

Anas himself participated in the party founding by giving advise and suggestions to its initiators, including Suardika. He later endorsed the party founding despite not giving the time of when to join the party.^[5] In February 2023, Suardika promised that Anas will be given a high-ranking position in the party after the end of his prison term expected April 2023.^[6] On 14 July 2023, Suardika handed over the chairmanship to Anas.^[7] Suardika became chairman of the party's executive committee ("Majelis Agung").^[8]

In the 2024 legislative election, the party won 326,800 votes nationwide (0.215%), the least of all 18 nationally contesting parties and failed to win a seat in the national House of Representatives.^[9] At the provincial legislature level, the party won two seats in the legislature of Highland Papua, along with a seat each in South Sumatra and Central Papua.^[10][11] At the regency/city level, the party had 54 elected legislators,^[12] with the party's largest contingent being in Musi Banyuasin Regency of South Sumatra with four elected legislators.^[13]

Leadership

• Chairperson: Anas Urbaningrum
• Executive Committee Chairman: I Gede Pasek Suardika
• Deputy Chairperson: Gerry H Hukubun
• Treasurer: Mirwan Amir
• Secretary General: Sri Mulyono
• Head of Organisational Department: Pranyoto Ateng
• Head of Membership Department: Yuyun. K. Soemopawiro
• Election Campaign Bureau Chief: Bona Simanjuntak
• Executive Director: I Made Sudanayasa

Election results

Legislative election results

Election	Ballot number	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Party leader
2024	9	0 / 580	326,800	0.22%	Neutral	Anas Urbaningrum

Presidential election results

Election	Ballot number	Candidate	Running mate	1st round (Total votes)	Share of votes	Outcome	2nd round (Total votes)	Share of votes	Outcome
2024	Neutral	Neutral

References

1. Saptohutomo, Aryo Pratomo (6 April 2022). "Profil Partai Kebangkitan Nusantara, Cita-cita Politik Para Loyalis Anas Urbaningrum". Kompas.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 23 January 2021.
2. Ameliya, Tri Meilani (14 December 2022). "KPU tetapkan 17 partai politik peserta Pemilu 2024". Antara News. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
3. Oktaviani, Tari (10 February 2024). "PKN Durung Siapa?". Kompas.com. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
4. Ramadhan, Azhar Bagas (1 November 2021). "Partai Kebangkitan Nusantara Resmi Didaftarkan ke Kemenkumham". detikcom. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
5. "Dirikan Partai Kebangkitan Nusantara, Gede Pasek Berdiskusi Dengan Anas Urbaningrum". Kebangkitannusantara.id. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
6. Savitri, Putu Indah (21 February 2023). "PKN siapkan jabatan khusus untuk Anas Urbaningrum setelah bebas". Antara News. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
7. "Sah! Anas Urbaningrum Jadi Ketua Umum PKN, Gantikan Gede Pasek". Tribun Jogja (in Indonesian). 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
8. "Anas Urbaningrum Dipastikan Jadi Ketum PKN, Gede Pasek Ketua Majelis Agung". liputan6.com (in Indonesian). 13 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
9. Arjanto, Dwi (23 March 2024). "Tak Bisa Dikonversi Jadi Kursi di DPR, Suara 10 Parpol yang Gagal Ambang Batas Parlemen Pemilu 2024 Hangus". Tempo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 12 July 2024.
10. "Visualisasi Pergeseran Kursi DPRD di Tanah Papua: Peta Politik Baru, Pemain Lama". Narasi Tv (in Indonesian). 21 May 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
11. Pahlevi, Reiza (22 May 2024). "Sah! Mahkamah Konstitusi Putuskan PKN Dapat 1 Kursi DPRD Sumsel". detiksumbagsel (in Indonesian). Retrieved 12 July 2024.
12. "Raih 58 Kursi PKN di Pileg 2024 Tak Membuat PKN Jumawa". Batam Times (in Indonesian). 30 July 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
13. "PKN di Sumsel Raih 6 Kursi, Lucianty: Kami Partai Muda dan Pendatang Baru di Pemilu 2024". palembang.inews.id (in Indonesian). 13 April 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.