Village People's Union

Semar, the PRD election symbol

The Village People's Union (Indonesian: Persatuan Rakjat Desa, PRD) was a political party in Indonesia. The party was based amongst the Sundanese population in West Java.[1] In the 1955 parliamentary election, PRD got 77,919 votes (0.2% of the national vote). One parliamentarian was elected from the party.[2] After the election the party joined the Fraction of Upholders of the Proclamation, a heterogenous parliamentary group with ten MPs.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Bertrand, Jacques. Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia. Cambridge Asia-Pacific studies. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004. p. 229
  2. ↑ Feith, Herbert. The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. An Equinox classic Indonesia book. Jakarta [u.a.]: Equinox, 2007. p. 435
  3. ↑ Feith, Herbert. The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. An Equinox classic Indonesia book. Jakarta [u.a.]: Equinox, 2007. p. 472
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