People's Conscience Party

People's Conscience Party
Partai Hati Nurani Rakyat
Chairman Oesman Sapta Odang
Founded 21 December 2006
Headquarters Jakarta
Ideology Pancasila
Liberal corporatism
Ballot number 10
Presidential candidate Joko Widodo
DPR Seats
16 / 560
Website
http://hanura.or.id/

The People's Conscience Party (Indonesian: Partai Hati Nurani Rakyat, Partai Hanura) is a political party in Indonesia. It was established following a meeting in Jakarta on 13–14 December 2006 and is headed by former Indonesian Military commander Wiranto.[1][2]

Background

After being eliminated in the first round of the 2004 Indonesian presidential election, Wiranto was "traumatized" by his defeat and decided not to run for the presidency without his own political vehicle. He resigned from the Golkar Party in 2006 and established a new political party, the name of which he chose himself. The party's target voters are the people who voted for Wiranto in 2004. The party conducted a door-door grassroots campaign. The basis of its support is in West Java, Gorontalo, South Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara and Bali The party's target in the 2004 elections was 15 percent of the vote.[3]

The result of the Indonesian legislative election, 2009 was announced on 9 May 2009. Hanura won 3.77 percent of the national vote, which translated into 18 legislative seats. The party had supported Golkar chairman Jusuf Kalla for the presidency, in which both parties lost out to the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle and the Democratic Party. Hanura chairman Wiranto was his vice-presidential candidate, despite Wiranto's previous statement that he would not settle for the vice-presidency.[4][5] Following cabinet reshuffle in July 2016, Wiranto was appointed as coordinating minister for politics, legal and security affairs, prompting the party to hold convention to select Wiranto's successor as party chairman.[6]

Party Platform

The party's mission is to:

List of Chairman

Name Period
Wiranto 2006 - 2016
Oesman Sapta Odang 2016 - present

Election results

Legislative election results

Election Total seats won Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election Election leader
2009
17 / 560
3,925,620 3.77% Increase17 seats, Opposition Wiranto
2014
16 / 560
6,579,498 5.26% Decrease1 seat, Governing Coalition Wiranto

References

  1. Profil Partai Politik (Profile of Political Parties), Kompas newspaper 14 July 2008 pp. 38-39
  2. Jane Perlez (February 26, 2003). "Indonesian General Is Charged". New York Times.
  3. Tempo magazine No. 0931/March 31-April 06, 2009, pp28-29
  4. "KPU Ubah Perolehan Kursi Parpol di DPR (KPU Changes Allocations of Parties' seats in the DPR)". Indonesian General Election Commission (in Indonesian). 14 May 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
  5. "Wiranto Tolak Jadi Cawapres ARB, Golkar Lirik dari Partai Demokrat (Wiranto refuses to be a vice-presidential candidate)". Jakarta Observer (in Indonesian). April 2014.
  6. Karlis Salna; Yudith Ho (July 27, 2016). "Jokowi Taps Ex-Generals Amid Terrorism Threat, China Tensions". Bloomberg.
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