National Sun Party

National Sun Party Partai Matahari Bangsa
Chairman	Imam Addaruqutni
Secretary-General	Ahmad Rofiq
Founded	26 December 2006
Headquarters	Jakarta
Ideology	Islam
DPR Seats	0
Website
http://www.pmb.or.id/
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The National Sun Party (IndonesianPartai Matahari Bangsa) is a political party in Indonesia. It contested the 2009 elections. ^[1].

The party was established by activists from the National Mandate Party (PAN) who were frustrated at the way their path to the leadership was blocked by the older generation. The party was founded by members of the Muhammadiyah, and some senior party members still belong to the organization, as do 75% of party members. The party hopes that younger people will assume leadership of Indonesia in 2014. It set a target of 30 seats in the 2009 legislative election, but won only 0.4 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning it was awarded no seats in the People's Representative Council.^[2][3][4].^[5]

Regional strength

In the legislative election held on 9 April 2009, support for the PMB was higher than the party's national average in the following provinces:

Aceh 0.4%

North Sumatra 0.8%

West Sumatra 1.2%

Bengkulu 1.2%

Riau 0.8%

Riau Islands 0.6%

Jambi 1.1%

South Sumatra 0.4%

Banten 0.4%

Central Kalimantan 0.5%

South Kalimantan 0.6%

West Nusa Tenggara 0.8%

East Nusa Tenggara 0.6%

West Sulawesi 0.4%

Central Sulawesi 0.7%

South East Sulawesi 0.6%

Maluku 0.4%

North Maluku 1.1%

West Papua 1.3%

References

1. ^ Profil Partai Politik (Profile of Political Parties), Kompas newspaper 14 July 2008 pp. 38-39
2. ^ Indonesian General Election Commission website Official Election Results
3. ^ The Jakarta Post 10 May 2009 Democratic Party controls 26% of parliamentary seats
4. ^ Profil Partai Politik (Profile of Political Parties), Kompas newspaper 14 July 2008 pp. 38-39
5. ^ Tempo magazine No. 0931/March 31-April 06, 2009, pp34-35