Democratic Party (Indonesia)

The Democratic Party ( Partai Democrat, PD) is a political party in Indonesia. It was founded on 9 September 2001. Your political orientation based on the Pancasila, so the five principles of the Indonesian Constitution.

In the parliamentary elections of 2004, the PD was 7.5 % of the vote and 57 seats out of 550.

In the first direct election of the President, 2004, the PD Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono nominated. He was already in the first ballot the most voted and sat in the runoff with 69 % of the vote against the incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri from the PDI - P by.

After the chairman of the party, Anas Urbaningrum, resigned in February 2013 over corruption allegations, was Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono also chairman of the party.

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