1955 Indonesian legislative election

1955 Indonesian legislative election

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All 257 seats of the House of Representatives
129 seats needed for a majority
Registered43,104,464[1]
Turnout91.54%[2]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Sidik Djojosukarto[a] Mohammad Natsir
Party PNI Masyumi Party
Seats won 57 57
Popular vote 8,434,653 7,903,886
Percentage 22.32% 20.92%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Abdul Wahab Hasbullah D. N. Aidit
Party Nahdlatul Ulama PKI
Seats won 45 39
Popular vote 6,955,141 6,176,914
Percentage 18.41% 16.35%


Prime Minister before election

Burhanuddin Harahap
Masyumi

Elected Prime Minister

Ali Sastroamidjojo
PNI

Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 29 September 1955 to elect the 257 members of the House of Representatives. The election was the first national election held since the end of the Indonesian National Revolution, and saw over 37 million valid votes cast in over 93 thousand polling locations. The result of the election was inconclusive, as no party was given a clear mandate. The legislature which was elected through the election would eventually be dissolved by President Sukarno in 1959, through Presidential Decree number 150.

  1. ^ Feith 1999, p. 5.
  2. ^ Feith 2007, p. 429.
  3. ^ Feith 2007, p. 579.


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