Indonesian Democratic Party of Devotion
| Indonesian Democratic Party of Devotion Partai Kasih Demokrasi Indonesia | |
|---|---|
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| Chairman | Roy Rening |
| Secretary-General | Random Gultom |
| Founded | 22 August 1998 |
| Headquarters | Jakarta |
| Ideology | Pancasila |
| Ballot number | 32 |
| Presidential candidate | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
| DPR Seats | 0 |
| Website | |
| pkdindonesia.com | |
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Politics of Indonesia Political parties Elections | |
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Devotion (Indonesian: Partai Kasih Demokrasi Indonesia) is a political party in Indonesia. It was one of two Christian parties contesting the 2009 elections.[1]
The party was originally established in 1998 as the Catholic Democratic Party. In the 1999 legislative election, the party won one seat in the legislature. For the 2004 election, it had to change its name in order to meet the requirements to contest the vote, but the party eventually failed the verification process. It then joined together with other parties and changed its name to the Indonesian Democratic Party of Devotion. The party targeted the 14-15 million voters in Christian regions of Indonesia in the 2009 legislative election, hoping to gain 30 percent of the votes in those areas. However, the party won only 0.3 percent of the national vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning it was awarded no seats in the People's Representative Council.[2][3][4]
Regional strength
In the legislative election held on 9 April 2009, support for the PKDI was higher than the party's national average in the following provinces:
North Sumatra 0.7%
Riau Islands 0.5%
Jakarta 0.4%
Yogyakarta 0.4%
West Kalimantan 0.5%
Central Kalimantan 0.4%
East Kalimantan 0.5%
East Nusa Tenggara 3.1%
West Sulawesi 0.5%
North Sulawesi 0.5%
Central Sulawesi 0.8%
South Sulawesi 0.5%
Maluku 0.5%
North Maluku 0.4%
West Papua 1.0%
Papua 0.9%
References
- ↑ Profil Partai Politik (Profile of Political Parties), Kompas newspaper 14 July 2008 pp. 38-39
- ↑ Tempo magazine No. 0931/March 31-April 06, 2009, pp 44-45
- ↑ Indonesian General Election Commission website Official Election Results
- ↑ The Jakarta Post 10 May 2009 Democratic Party controls 26% of parliamentary seats
