Great Indonesia Movement Party

The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Indonesian: Partai Gerakan Indonesia Raya, Gerindra) is a political party in Indonesia. The party has nominated former Indonesian special forces commander Prabowo Subianto as its presidential candidate.

Prabowo only resigned from the Golkar Party in July 2008, and the provincial level election teams were formed as recently as February 2009. The party claims a membership of 15 million, with the party's base of support across Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. The idea for the party name came from Prabowo's billionaire younger brother, Hashim Djojohadikusomo, who helped pay for Gerindra's prime-time TV advertising campaign. ^[1][2][3]

The party won 4.5 percent of the vote in the 2009 legislative election, and was awarded 26 seats in the People's Representative Council.^[4][5]

Regional strength

In the legislative election held on 9 April 2009, Gerindra's share of the vote was higher than its national average in the following provinces:

• South Sumatra 6.0%

• Lampung 5.5%

• Jakarta 5.4%

• West Java 4.8%

• Banten 4.7%

• Central Java 5.0%

• Yogyakarta 4.5%

• Sulawesi 4.0%

• East Java 5.1%

• South Kalimantan 4.5%

• East Kalimantan 4.8%

• East Nusa Tenggara 5.2%

References

External links

• (Indonesian) Partai Gerindra's Official Website
• (Indonesian) Partai Gerindra's Official Facebook Page
• (Indonesian) Partai Gerindra's Official Twitter Stream