Concern for the Nation Functional Party

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Concern for the Nation Functional Party
Partai Karya Peduli Bangsa
Chairman HR Hartono
Secretary-GeneralHartono
Founded9 September 2002
Headquarters Jakarta
Ideology Pancasila
Nationalism
Reactionism [1]
Political position Right-wing [1]
Ballot number 02
DPR seats0

The Concern for the Nation Functional Party (Indonesian : Partai Karya Peduli Bangsa) is a right-wing reactionary political party in Indonesia. The party was established by former members of the Golkar Party who were dissatisfied with Golkar's abandonment of former president Suharto including former minister Hartono and Suharto's daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana. Suharto himself approved the party name. [2]

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In the 2004 legislative election, the party won 2.1% of the popular vote and 2 out of 500 seats in the Regional Representatives Council. In the 2009 legislative election, the party won only 1.4 percent of the votes, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning it lost both seats in the council, as well as receiving no seats in the People's Representative Council. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Regional strength

In the legislative election held on 9 April 2009, support for the PKPB was higher than the party's national average in the following provinces:

West Sumatra 1.4%

Bengkulu 2.2%

Jambi 2.5%

South Sumatra 1.7%

Lampung 2.7%

West Java 1.8%

Banten 1.8%

Yogyakarta 1.7%

West Kalimantan 1.9%

South Kalimantan 1.7%

Bali 1.5%

West Nusa Tenggara 2.4%

East Nusa Tenggara 1.7%

West Sulawesi 1.6%

Central Sulawesi 2.4%

South East Sulawesi 2.8%

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Lindsay 2009: "...and the Partai Karya Peduli Bangsa (PKPB) — the right-wing reactionary Golkar break-away party formed in 2002."
  2. Tempo March 31-April 06, 2009, pp30-31
  3. Indonesian General Election Commission website [ permanent dead link ] Official Election Results
  4. The Jakarta Post 10 May 2009 Archived 13 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Democratic Party controls 26% of parliamentary seats
  5. Indonesian General Elections Commission
  6. Daniel Dhakidae (ed)(2005)