National People's Party
Partai Rakyat Nasional
AbbreviationPRN
Founded23 July 1950 (1950-07-23)
Dissolved14 April 1961 (1961-04-14)
Split fromIndonesian National Party
Women's wingWanita Nasional
Membership (1951)2,000,000 (claimed)
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing

The National People's Party (Indonesian: Partai Rakjat Nasional, abbr. PRN)[a] was a political party in Indonesia which existed from 1950 to 1961. Founded as a breakaway from the Indonesian National Party, the PRN...

History

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also known as the Independent Indonesian Nationalist Party (Indonesian: Partai Nasional Indonesia–Merdeka, abbr. PNI–Merdeka) until October 1950,

Supported the president's Konsepsi[3]

...dissolved along with all but ten of Indonesian's political parties.[4][5]

Ideology

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According to the party constitution, the Peraturan Dasar Partai Rakjat Nasional (transl. Basic Law of the National People's Party), the PRN was based upon three ideologies, that of democracy, nationalism, and gotong royong or communal work.[1]

Organization

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According to the party constitution, the PRN was led by the Central Leadership Council...[6]

To carry out its work, the Central Leadership Council has departments, each of which is led by a chairman and a deputy chairman who are each elected. The number of departments was determined by the party council and consists of at least four departments, that being the department of politics, the department of broadcasting and propoaganda, the department of the economy, and the department of social affairs...[7]

Women's wing... Wanita Nasional = National Women

Election results

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House of Representatives

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Election Seats won Votes Share Chairman Ref.
1955
2 / 257
242,125 0.64% Djody Gondokusumo [8]

Constitutional Assembly

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Election Seats won Votes Share Chairman Ref.
1955
3 / 514
220,652 0.58% Djody Gondokusumo [9]

Notes

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  1. ^ Spelling based on the Republican Spelling System in use from 1947 until 1972. In modern Indonesian orthography, the word Rakjat would be spelled as Rakyat.

References

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Citations

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Sources

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  • Kepartaian di Indonesia [The Party System in Indonesia] (in Indonesian) (1st ed.). Jakarta: Ministry of Information. 1950. OCLC 416698897.
  • Kepartaian di Indonesia [The Party System in Indonesia] (in Indonesian) (2nd ed.). Jakarta: Ministry of Information. 1951. OCLC 13176355.
  • Kepartaian di Indonesia [The Party System in Indonesia] (in Indonesian) (3rd ed.). Jakarta: Ministry of Information. 1954. OCLC 23569628.
  • Pemilu Indonesia dalam Angka dan Fakta Tahun 1955–1999 [General Elections of Indonesia in Numbers and Facts 1955–1999] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: General Elections Commission. 2000. OCLC 48558935.
  • Feith, Herbert (1971) [1957]. The Indonesian Elections of 1955 (2nd ed.). Ithaca, New York: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University. OCLC 559908755.
  • Feith, Herbert (2007) [1962]. The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia (Reprint ed.). Jakarta: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 9793780452. OCLC 1052847096.
  • Feith, Herbert (2009) [1958]. The Wilopo Cabinet, 1952–1953: A Turning Point in Post-Revolutionary Indonesia (Reprint ed.). Jakarta: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 9786028397155. OCLC 499242516.
  • Mortimer, Rex (2006) [1974]. Indonesian Communism Under Sukarno: Ideology and Politics, 1959–1965 (Reprint ed.). Jakarta: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 9789793780290. OCLC 697538151.
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