Democratic Nationhood Party

Democratic Nationhood Party Partai Demokrasi Kebangsaan
Chairman	Ryaas Rasyid
Secretary-General	Rapiuddin Hamarung
Founded	28 July 2002
Headquarters	Jakarta
Ideology	Pancasila
DPR Seats	0
Website
http://www.pdk.or.id/
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The Democratic Nationhood Party (Indonesian: Partai Demokrasi Kebangsaan) is 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, now President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's spokesman, who were disatissfied with the progress of the reform movement following the Fall of Suharto^[1].

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]

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 Official Election Results
5. ^ The Jakarta Post 10 May 2009 Democratic Party controls 26% of parliamentary seats