Democratic Party (Indonesia)

"Partai Demokrat" redirects here. Not to be confused with Democratic Party (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Indonesian Democratic Party or Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.

Democratic Party
Partai Demokrat
General ChairmanAgus Harimurti Yudhoyono
Secretary-GeneralTeuku Riefky Harsya
DPR group leaderEdhie Baskoro Yudhoyono
Founded9 September 2001; 23 years ago (2001-09-09)
HeadquartersJakarta
Youth wingGenerasi Muda Demokrat (Democratic Young Generation)
Women's wingSrikandi Demokrat (Democratic Srikandi)
Membership (2022)345,359[1]
IdeologyPancasila[2][3]
Indonesian nationalism[4]
Economic liberalism[4]
Pluralism[2]
Secularism[2][4]
Political positionCentre[5][6] to centre-right[7]
National affiliationAdvanced Indonesia Coalition
SloganNasionalis, Religius
(Nationalist, Religious)[8]
Anthem
  • Hymne Partai Demokrat
    (Democratic Party Hymn)
  • Mars Partai Demokrat
    (Democratic Party March)
Ballot number14
DPR seats
44 / 580
DPRD I seats
206 / 2,372
DPRD II seats
1,479 / 17,510
Website
www.demokrat.or.id

The Democratic Party (Indonesian: Partai Demokrat lit. 'Democrats' Party') is a centre to centre-right nationalist political party in Indonesia. Currently, it holds 44 seats in the House of Representatives (DPR). It is led by Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), the son of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), who served as the President of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014.

Founded in September 2001 as the political vehicle of SBY, the party gained its initial parliamentary representation following the 2004 legislative election, and SBY was elected as president.[2] It then became one of the major parties in SBY's governing coalition. In 2009, the party assumed power by winning the majority of votes in the legislative election and became the ruling and largest party in the DPR, with SBY re-elected for his second term. In 2014, the party performed poorly in the legislative election, losing half of its seats in the DPR and subsequently served as the opposition to the Joko Widodo (Jokowi) administration. In the 2020 party congress, AHY was elected as the chairman. In 2024, it joined the government coalition and AHY was appointed as the Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning.

  1. ^ "Info Pemilu - Partai Demokrat". Komisi Pemilihan Umum RI. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Ananta, Arifin & Suryadinata 2005, pp. 23–24.
  3. ^ Nainggolan, Bestian; Wahyu, Yohan (2016). Partai Politik Indonesia 1999-2019 (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Kompas Media Nusantara. p. 151. ISBN 978-602-412-005-4.
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Bulkin2013a was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bulkin2013b was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hwang2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Aspinall, Edward; Fossati, Diego; Muhtadi, Burhanuddin; Warburton, Eve (24 April 2018). "Mapping the Indonesian political spectrum". New Mandala. Retrieved 2 March 2024.