Indonesian Justice and Unity Party

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The Justice and Unity Party (Indonesian: Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan, abbreviated as PKP) formerly known as Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (Indonesian: Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan Indonesia, abbreviated as PKPI) is a political party in Indonesia.

Justice and Unity Party
Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan
AbbreviationPKP
General ChairmanYussuf Solichien
Secretary-GeneralSyahrul Mamma
Founded
  • 15 December 1998; 25 years ago (1998-12-15) (as PKP, original)
  • 2 September 2002; 21 years ago (2002-09-02) (as PKPI)
  • 2 September 2021; 2 years ago (2021-09-02) (as PKP, rename)
Split fromGolkar
HeadquartersJakarta
Membership (2022)553,594
IdeologyPancasila
Indonesian nationalism
Secularism
Political positionCentre
National affiliationOnward Indonesia Coalition
DPR seats
0 / 575
DPRD I seats
4 / 2,232
DPRD II seats
155 / 17,340
The party's logo in the 1999 election.

The party was founded as the Justice and Unity Party (Indonesian: Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan, PKP) on 15 December 1998 / 15 January 1999 as a split from Golkar Party. According to PKP leaders, particularly retired General and first party president Edi Sudrajat, PKP's leader, Golkar was insufficiently cooperative with reform movements then active. The PKP also argued that Golkar's attitude toward Pancasila and the original 1945 constitution threatened the unity of Indonesia.

In the 1999 legislative elections, the party won 1.01% of the vote. This was not enough to qualify it to run in the following elections, so the party members established a new party under the current name. The party chairmanship remained in the hands of Edi Sudradjat. In the 2004 legislative elections, the party won 1.3% of the popular vote and 1 out of 550 seats. In the 2009 legislative election, the party won 0.9 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning that it lost its only seat in the People's Representative Council.

The party opposes the International Monetary Fund and privatization. Its main support is concentrated in North Sumatra, West Java and Central Java. It did not qualify for the 2024 election. The party is connected to the Indonesian National Armed Forces.

Election results

Legislative election results

Election Ballot number Total seats won Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election Party leader
1999 41
4 / 500
1,065,686 1.01%  4 seats, Opposition Edi Sudradjat
2004 10
1 / 550
1,424,240 1.26%  3 seats, Governing coalition Edi Sudradjat
2009 7
0 / 560
934,892 0.90%  1 seat, Governing coalition Meutia Hatta
2014 15
0 / 560
1,143,094 0.91%  0 seats, Governing coalition Sutiyoso
2019 20
0 / 575
312,775 0.22%  0 seats, Governing coalition Diaz Hendropriyono
2024 Did not qualify Yussuf Solichien

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 4 Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Jusuf Kalla 39,838,184 33.57%
Runoff
69,266,350 60.62% Elected
2009 2 Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Boediono 73,874,562 60.80% Elected
2014 2 Joko Widodo Jusuf Kalla 70,997,833 53.15% Elected
2019 01 Joko Widodo Ma'ruf Amin 85,607,362 55.50% Elected

Note: Bold text suggests the party's member

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