Indonesian Democratic Vanguard Party

Infobox Indonesian Political Party
name_english = Indonesian Democratic Vanguard Party
name_native = Partai Penegak Demokrasi Indonesia

chair = Mentik Budiwiyono
SecGen = Joseph William Lea Wea
foundation = 1973 (as PDI
2003 (with new name)
headquarters = Jakarta
DPRseats = 1 (0.2%)
ideology = Pancasila
website = -
BallNo = 19The Indonesian Democratic Vanguard Party ("Partai Penegak Demokrasi Indonesia") is a political party in Indonesia. At the last legislative elections, 5 April 2004, the party won 0.8% of the popular vote and 1 out of 550 seats.

It is a continuation of Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), one of the two state-approved parties during the New Order. After the PDI failed to achieve enough votes in the 1999 legislative elections to qualify for the 2004 elections, it changed its name to the Indonesian Democratic Vanguard Party (PDI Party)Bambang Setiawan & Bestian Nainggolan (Eds) (2004) "Partai-Partai Politik Indonesia: Ideologi dan Program 2004-2009 (Indonesian Political Parties: Ideologies and Programs 2004-2009" Kompas ISBN 979-709-121-X. p213] In 2004 it won one seat and will contest the legislative elections in 2009.

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