The Indonesian Unity Party (Indonesian: Partai Sarikat Indonesia, lit. ‘Indonesian Union Party‘) was a political party in Indonesia.
It had its origins in an August 2002 meeting of 15 political parties that had failed to reach the electoral threshold in the 1999 legislative election to qualify for the subsequent election. The idea was that the parties would band together to establish a new party. However, this proved impossible because of differences such as religion and ideologies. Three parties soon dropped out, then another two but driven by the desire to take part in the next election, the remaining ten formed an alliance. By the time the Bogor Political Memorandum was signed on 24 November 2002 only eight parties remained. The following month, the new party was founded.
In the 2004 legislative election, the Indonesian Unity Party won 0.6% of the popular vote and no 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 and no seats.[1][2][3][4][5] In April 2005, the party officially merged into the National Mandate Party (PAN).[6]
Election results
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | Amien Rais | Siswono Yudo Husodo | 17,392,931 | 14.66% | Eliminated | Lost | ||
| 2009 | 1 | Megawati Sukarnoputri | Prabowo Subianto | 32,548,105 | 26.79% | Lost | |||
Legislative election results
| Election | Ballot number | Leader | Seats | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | ± | Total | % | ||||
| 2004 | 22 | Rahardjo Tjakraningrat | 0 / 550
|
679,296 | 0.60% | Opposition | |
| 2009 | 43 | Mardinsyah | 0 / 560
|
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|
141,558 | 0.14% | Opposition |
References
- ^ “Archived copy”. Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) InfoPartai.com Indonesian - ^ http://www.pemiluindonesia.com/parpol/partai-persatuan-nahdlatul-ummah-indonesia-ppnui.html Archived 2008-09-30 at the Wayback Machine accessed 29 September 2008
- ^ Akhirnya KPU Putuskan 4 Parpol Gurem Ikut Pemilu 2009 (Finally the General Elections Commission Allows 4 small parties to contest the 2009 elections Detik.com
- ^ Indonesian General Election Commission website[permanent dead link] Official Election Results
- ^ The Jakarta Post 10 May 2009 Archived 13 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Democratic Party controls 26% of parliamentary seats
- ^ Tempo.co (6 April 2005). “PSI Masuk PAN (PSI Joins PAN)”. Tempo.co (in Indonesian). Tempo online. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
