National Awakening Party

The National Awakening Party (Template:Langx; Template:Literally, PKB), is an centrist Islam-based<ref name="Al">Al-Hamdi, Ridho. (2017). Moving towards a Normalised Path: Political Islam in Contemporary Indonesia. JURNAL STUDI PEMERINTAHAN (JOURNAL OF GOVERNMENT & POLITICS). Vol. 8 No. 1, February 2017. p.52, pp.56, p.62.</ref><ref name="Al2">Al-Hamdi, Ridho. (2013). Partai politik Islam: Teori dan praktik di Indonesia. Yogyakarta: Graha Ilmu.</ref> political party in Indonesia. It is also the party of the former Vice President of Indonesia, Ma'ruf Amin, who was elected to its Shura Council.

The party was founded in 1999 by the traditionalist strand of Muslim society in Indonesia, which overlaps with the membership of Nahdlatul Ulama.<ref>Evans, Kevin Raymond. (2003). The history of political parties and general elections in Indonesia. Jakarta: Arise Consultancies.</ref> The party is described as a nationalist Muslim party, which promotes inclusive and nationalist principles and upholds Pancasila doctrine.<ref name="Al"/>

In 2014, the party obtained 9.04 percent of the popular vote, which is an increase from 4.95 percent in 2009 but lower than 10.57 percent in 2004.<ref name="Al"/> The party is currently led by Muhaimin Iskandar.

Origins

The PKB was established on 11 May 1998. Kyai (religious scholars), held a meeting at the Langitan Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) to discuss several problems facing Indonesia they deemed to be critical. They developed an official statement, which Kyai Muchid Muzadi of Jember and Gus Yusuf Muhammad, were sent to deliver to President Suharto. Before they were able to deliver the statement, however, Suharto resigned on 21 May 1998.

On 30 May 1998, the Kyai held a grand meeting, or Istighosah, at the office of the East Java branch of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Islamic organization. The meeting resulted in KH Cholil Bisri being urged to form a party based on the NU's political aspirations. After initially resisting their request, due to his desire to continue his work with the pesantren, Bisri eventually relented and accepted the leadership role.

A week later, on 6 June, Bisri met the Kyai in order to discuss the formation of the new party. Invitations had been sent via telephone, and more than 200 Kyai attended the meeting, which was held in Bisri's home in Leteh, Rembang, Central Java. This meeting resulted in the formation of the "Standing Committee", consisting of 11 people, with Bisri as chairman and Gus Yus as secretary. In turn, this committee worked in a marathon session, preparing a platform and party components, including the logos which would become the party's symbol. The logos were created by KH A. Mustofa Bisri.

The Standing Committee and representatives of the NU held a major conference in Bandung, on 4 July 1998, which was attended by 27 regional representatives. In a discussion regarding the name of the organization, the proposed names were the "National Awakening Party", the "Nahdlatul Ummah Awakening Party" and the "Ummah Party". The name chosen was "Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa" (PKB) meaning "National Awakening Party". The party's declaratory was 72 people, representing the age of the NU organization, consisting of the Standing Committee Team (11), the Lajnah Assistance Team (14), Team NU (5), the NU Assistance Team (7), and two Representatives from each of the 27 regions (27 x 2). The 72 founders signed the Party's Platform and its components.

Subsequent to this, however, the PBNU decided that only five people could become the party's declaratory. Those five were Kyai Munasir Ali, Kyai Ilyas Ruchiyat, Kyai Muchid Muzadi, KH A. Mustofa Bisri and KH Abddurahman Wahid, who was the chairman of the PBNU. The 72 names of the party's original declaratory were erased by the PBNU.

The party's base of support is strongest in Java Island and draws from the constituency that formerly supported the conservative Muslim organization NU. The PKB differs from Nahdlatul Ulama in that while it supports a role for Islam in government, it does not share the older organization's support for an explicitly Islamic republic.<ref>Evans, Kevin R (2003). The history of political parties & general elections in Indonesia. Jakarta: Arise Consultancies.</ref>

General elections

The National Awakening Party stood in the 1999 elections, winning 13 percent of the votes. In the 2004 elections, the party gained 10.57% (11,989,564) of votes and 52 seats in the People's Representative Council. However, the party won only 4.9 percent of the votes in the 2009 legislative election, and 27 seats in the legislature.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Policies

According to the party website, the party's policies are to:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Strengthen democracy to increase the prosperity of people living in villages
• Strengthen the protection of farmers and fishermen
• Accelerate the development of disadvantaged regions
• Make labourers prosperous
• Increase the involvement of women in strategic sectors

For the 2014 elections, the party plans to focus more intensively on its policies related to villages, in particular such as village representation, the allocation of funding for villages and the development of education and health facilities.

2024 Planned Takeover by Nahdlatul Ulama

The relationship between National Awakening Party and Nahdlatul Ulama worsened due to differences in political stance during 2024 Indonesian general election.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Since Muhaimin Iskandar's loss in the election, the party increasingly distanced itself from Nahdlatul Ulama and often took actions that disadvantage Nahdlatul Ulama's political interests. Due to this, Nahdlatul Ulama Central Committee announced plans for taking over the National Awakening Party leadership on 26 July 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Election results

Legislative election results

Election	Ballot number	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader
1999	35	Template:Composition bar	13,336,982	12.61%<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Increase51 seats, Governing coalition	Matori Abdul Djalil
2004	15	Template:Composition bar	11,989,564	10.57%<ref name="Pileg04">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Increase1 seat, Governing coalition	Alwi Shihab
2009	13	Template:Composition bar	5,146,302	4.94%<ref name="Pileg04"/>	Template:Decrease24 seats, Governing coalition	Muhaimin Iskandar
2014	2	Template:Composition bar	11,298,957	9.04%<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Increase19 seats, Governing coalition	Muhaimin Iskandar
2019	1	Template:Composition bar	13,570,097	9.69%<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:Increase11 seats, Governing coalition	Muhaimin Iskandar
2024	1	Template:Composition bar	16,115,358	10.62%	Template:Increase10 seats, Governing coalition<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Muhaimin Iskandar

Presidential election results

Election	Ballot number	Candidate	Running mate	1st round Template:Small	Share of votes	Outcome	2nd round Template:Small	Share of votes	Outcome
2004	4	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	Jusuf Kalla	39,838,184	33.57%	Runoff	69,266,350	60.62%	Template:Yes2
2009	2	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	Boediono	73,874,562	60.80%	Template:Yes2
2014	2	Joko Widodo<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Jusuf Kalla	70,997,833	53.15%	Template:Yes2
2019	1	Joko Widodo	Ma'ruf Amin	85,607,362	55.50%	Template:Yes2
2024	1	Anies Baswedan	Muhaimin Iskandar	40,971,906	24.95%	Template:No2

Note: Bold text indicates the party member

List of deputy speakers of the People's Representative Council from PKB

#	Portrait	Deputy speaker	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office	Serving with		Speaker		Term
rowspan="2"; style="text-align:center;background:Template:Party color;"|Template:White		Khofifah Indar Parawansa	6 October 1999	28 October 1999	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Hamzah Haz	rowspan="4"; style="background:Template:Party color"|	Akbar Tandjung	14
style="background:Template:Party color"|						A.M. Fatwa
rowspan="8"; style="text-align:center;background:Template:Party color;"|Template:White		Muhaimin Iskandar	28 October 1999	1 October 2004	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Tosari Widjaja
style="background:Template:Party color"|						A.M. Fatwa
1 October 2004			1 October 2009	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Soetardjo Soerjogoeritno	rowspan="2"; style="background:Template:Party color"|	Agung Laksono	15
					style="background:Template:Party color"|	Zaenal Ma'arif (2004–2007)
1 October 2019			1 October 2024	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Azis Syamsuddin (2019–2021)	rowspan="7"; style="background:Template:Party color"|	Puan Maharani	18
					style="background:Template:Party color"|	Lodewijk F. Paulus (2021–2024)
					style="background:Template:Party color"|	Sufmi Dasco Ahmad
					style="background:Template:Party color"|	Rachmad Gobel
rowspan="3"; style="text-align:center;background:Template:Party color;"|Template:White		Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal	1 October 2024	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Adies Kadir		19
style="background:Template:Party color"|						Sufmi Dasco Ahmad
style="background:Template:Party color"|						Saan Mustopa

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See also

• List of Islamic political parties