Nanggroe Aceh Party

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Nanggroe Aceh Party
Partai Nanggroe Aceh
Chairman Irwandi Yusuf
Secretary-General Miswar Fuady
Founded4 December 2011
Split from Aceh Party
Headquarters Banda Aceh
Ideology Aceh nationalism
Aceh regionalism
Ballot number 18
DPR seats0
DPRD I seats
6 / 81
DPRD II seats
46 / 620
Website
http://www.pna.or.id

The Nanggroe Aceh Party (Indonesian : Partai Nanggroe Aceh) is a regional political party in Indonesia. It was established as National Aceh Party (Partai Nasional Aceh), as a result of a split within the Aceh Party triggered by disagreements over the candidate for governor in the 2012 Aceh gubernatorial election. It was founded by Irwandi Yusuf, who was Aceh's governor between 2007 and 2012. [1] The party qualified to contest the 2014 elections in Aceh, and won 4.7 percent of the vote, winning three seats in the provincial legislature. [2]

Contents

In 2017, the party changed its initial name with the "N" now means Nanggroe (Acehnese for land) instead of Nasional. [3]

Electoral history

ElectionBallot numberSeats (in DPRA)
2014 123 [4]
2019 186 [5]
2024 18 [6] TBD

Government seats

The party holds six seats out of 81 in the People's Representative Council of Aceh following the 2019 legislative election. It also holds the speakership of the regency council of South Aceh Regency. [7]

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