Indonesian Workers and Employers Party

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Indonesian Workers and Employers Party Partai Pengusaha dan Pekerja Indonesia
Chair	Daniel Hutapea
Secretary General	Zulkifli Hasan
Founded	11 April 2002
Headquarters	Jakarta
DPR Seats	N/A (New Party)
Ideology	Pancasila
Ballot number	03
Presidential candidate	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Website	partai-ppi.com

The Indonesian Workers and Employers Party (Indonesian: Partai Pengusaha dan Pekerja Indonesia) is a political party in Indonesia. The party aims to integrate the struggle of Indonesian employers and workers.^[1][2][3] It contested the 2009 elections, but won only 0.7 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning it was awarded no seats in the People's Representative Council.^[4][5][6]

[edit] Regional strength

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

Aceh 0.9%

West Sumatra 0.7%

Bengkulu 1.0%

South Sumatra 0.7%

Lampung 0.8%

Yogyakarta 0.8%

West Kalimantan 0.8%

Central Kalimantan 0.9%

South Kalimantan 0.7%

East Kalimantan 0.9%

Bali 1.5%

West Nusa Tenggara 1.3%

East Nusa Tenggara 1.3%

West Sulawesi 3.0%

Central Sulawesi 0.8%

South East Sulawesi 1.0%

North Maluku 0.9%

West Papua 1.1%

[edit] References

1. ^ Profil Partai Politik (Profile of Political Parties), Kompas newspaper 14 July 2008 pp. 38-39
2. ^ http://www.indonesiamemilih.com/partai/view/03 accessed 29 September 2008 (Indonesian)
3. ^ Tempo magazine No. 0931/March 31-April 06, 2009, p.33
4. ^ Indonesian General Election Commission website Official Election Results
5. ^ The Jakarta Post 10 May 2009 Democratic Party controls 26% of parliamentary seats
6. ^ Profil Partai Politik (Profile of Political Parties), Kompas newspaper 14 July 2008 pp. 38-39

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