Indonesian National Party Marhaenism

Infobox Indonesian Political Party
name_english = Indonesian National Party Marhaenism
name_native = Partai Nasional Indonesia Marhaenisme

chair = Sukmawati Sukarnoputri
SecGen = Ardy Muhammad
foundation = 1998
headquarters = Jakarta
DPRseats = 1 (0.2%)
ideology = Teachings of Sukarno
website = http://dpp-pni.tripod.com/
BallNo = 15The Indonesian National Party Marhaenism (Indonesian: "Partai Nasional Indonesia Marhaenisme") is a political party in Indonesia.

On 26 October 1995, former Indonesian National Party member Supeni established the Indonesian National Union (PNI). With the 1998 fall of President Suharto, came the chance to revive the Indonesian National Party. At a meeting on 20 May 1998 it was decided to change the name of the Indonesian National Union, and on 17 June 1998 the Indonesian National Party (PNI) was declared. It subsequently became know as PNI-Supeni to distinguish it from the other versions of the PNI, all claiming to be descendants of the old party. In December 1998 PNI-Supeni merged with PNI-Masa MarhaenJulia I. Suryakusuma (Coordinator) (1999?) "Almanak Parpol Indonesia (Almanac of Indonesian Political Parties)" API, (no ISBN) pp. 284-395, 395-396] , and contested the 1999 legislative election, winning 0.33% of votes, and gaining one seat in the People's Representative Council. After the election, the party name was changed to Indonesian National Party Marhaenism so the party could compete in the 2004 elections. On 4 July 2000, Sulamawati Sukarnoputri, one of the daughters of Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, became party chairmanBambang 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 pp. 25-26] . The party won of 0.8% votes and again finished with one seat in the People's Representative Council. The party is to contest the next elections due to be held on 9 April 2009.

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