National Awakening Party

National Awakening Party

*Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa*
National Awakening Party Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa
General Chairman	Muhaimin Iskandar
Secretary-General	Hasanuddin Wahid
DPR group leader	Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal
Founded	9 July 1998; 26 years ago; 23 July 1998; 26 years ago (declaration)
Headquarters	Jakarta
Student wing	Gemasaba (One Nation's Student Movement)
Youth wing	Garda Bangsa (Nation's Guard)
Membership (2022)	388,638
Ideology	Pancasila; Islamic democracy; Pluralism; Indonesian nationalism; Centrism
Political position	Centre
National affiliation	Onward Indonesia Coalition
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
Regional affiliation	Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats; Asia Pacific Democrat Union
Anthem	Hymne PKB; (PKB Hymn); Mars PKB; (PKB March);
Ballot number	1
DPR seats	58 / 575
DPRD I seats	180 / 2,232
DPRD II seats	1,553 / 17,340
Website
	pkb.id
	Politics of Indonesia; Political parties; Elections;

The National Awakening Party (Indonesian: Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa; lit. 'Party of the Nation's Awakening'), frequently abbreviated to PKB, is an Islam-based^[5]^[6] political party in Indonesia.

The party was founded in 1999 by the traditionalist strand of Muslim society in Indonesia, which overlaps with the membership of Nahdlatul Ulama.^[7] The party is described as a nationalist Muslim party, which promotes inclusive and nationalist principles and upholds Pancasila doctrine.^[5]

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.^[5] 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.^[8]

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.^[9]^[10]

Policies

According to the party website, the party's policies are to:^[11]

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

Relationship of National Awakening Party and Nahdlatul Ulama became worsened due to differences in political stance during 2024 Indonesian general election.^[12]^[13] Since Muhaimin Iskandar loss in the election, the party increasingly distanced itself from Nahdlatul Ulama and often taking actions that disadvantaging Nahdlatul Ulama political interests. Due to this, Nahdlatul Ulama Central Committee announced plan for taking over the National Awakening Party leadership on 26 July 2024.^[14]^[15]

Election results

Legislative election results

Election	Ballot number	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader
1999	35	51 / 500	13,336,982	12.61%^[16]	51 seats, Governing coalition	Matori Abdul Djalil
2004	15	52 / 550	11,989,564	10.57%^[17]	1 seat, Governing coalition	Alwi Shihab
2009	13	28 / 560	5,146,302	4.94%^[17]	24 seats, Governing coalition	Muhaimin Iskandar
2014	2	47 / 560	11,298,957	9.04%^[18]	19 seats, Governing coalition	Muhaimin Iskandar
2019	1	58 / 575	13,570,097	9.69%^[19]	11 seats, Governing coalition	Muhaimin Iskandar
2024	1	68 / 580	16,115,655	10.62%	10 seats, TBA	Muhaimin Iskandar

Presidential election results

Election	Ballot number	Candidate	Running mate	1st round (Total votes)	Share of votes	Outcome	2nd round (Total votes)	Share of votes	Outcome
2004	4	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	Jusuf Kalla	39,838,184	33.57%	Runoff	69,266,350	60.62%	Elected
2009	2	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	Boediono	73,874,562	60.80%	Elected
2014	2	Joko Widodo^[20]	Jusuf Kalla	70,997,833	53.15%	Elected
2019	1	Joko Widodo	Ma'ruf Amin	85,607,362	55.50%	Elected
2024	1	Anies Baswedan	Muhaimin Iskandar	40,971,906	24.95%	Lost

Note: Bold text indicates PKB member

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

#	Deputy speaker	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office			Term
1	Khofifah Indar Parawansa	6 October 1999	28 October 1999	22 days	Hamzah Haz	Akbar Tandjung	14
1	Khofifah Indar Parawansa	6 October 1999	28 October 1999	22 days	A.M. Fatwa
2	Muhaimin Iskandar	28 October 1999	1 October 2004	4 years, 339 days	Tosari Widjaja
		28 October 1999	1 October 2004	4 years, 339 days	A.M. Fatwa
		1 October 2004	1 October 2009	5 years, 0 days	Soetardjo Soerjogoeritno	Agung Laksono	15
		1 October 2004	1 October 2009	5 years, 0 days	Zaenal Ma'arif (2004–2007)	Agung Laksono	15
		1 October 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 305 days	Azis Syamsuddin (2019–2021)	Puan Maharani	18
					Lodewijk F. Paulus (2021–present)
					Sufmi Dasco Ahmad
					Rachmad Gobel

Colour key

United Development Party (PPP)
National Mandate Party (PAN)
Party of Functional Groups (Golkar)
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)
Reform Star Party (PBR)
Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra)
Nasdem Party

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