Gelora Party

Indonesian People's Wave Party
Partai Gelombang Rakyat Indonesia
General ChairmanAnis Matta
Secretary-GeneralMahfudz Siddiq
Founded28 October 2019; 4 years ago (2019-10-28)
Split fromPKS
HeadquartersJakarta
IdeologyIslamic democracy
Islamic modernism
Populism
Pancasila
Political positionCentre to centre-right
National affiliationAdvanced Indonesia Coalition
Ballot number7
Website
partaigelora.id

Indonesian People's Wave Party (Indonesian: Partai Gelombang Rakyat Indonesia), commonly abbreviated as Gelora (Passion), is a political party of Indonesia. The party establishment was declared on 10 November 2019, and its political party status was recognised by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights on 2 June 2020.[1]

The party is founded by former Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) members Anis Matta and Fahri Hamzah, among others, with actor and former West Java deputy governor Deddy Mizwar also joined the new party. Gelora Party portrays itself as nationalist and an adherent of Pancasila despite their former Islamist Prosperous Justice Party background.[2] Gelora Party aimed to attract undecided voters, and to participate in 2020 local elections.

Ideology

Anis Matta described the party's ideology as "Pancasila with Islamic identity", and stated that Gelora is not "PKS-Perjuangan" (Prosperous Justice Party-Struggle).[3]

Election results

Legislative election results

Election Ballot number Total seats won Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election Party leader
2024 7 Anis Matta

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
2024 2 Prabowo Subianto Gibran Rakabuming Raka

Note: Bold text suggests the party's member

References

  1. ^ Rochman, Fathur (2 June 2020). Burhani, Ruslan (ed.). "Menkumham Serahkan SK Badan Hukum Partai Gelora". antaranews.com (in Indonesian).
  2. ^ Dewi Nurita (23 February 2020). "Partai Gelora Mengklaim sebagai PKS yang Mengindonesia". Tempo.co (in Indonesian).
  3. ^ Sudrajat (2019-11-13). "Anis Matta Tegaskan Partai Gelora Bukan PKS Perjuangan" [Anis Matta asserts that the Gelora Party is not "PKS-Struggle"]. Detik.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-11-25.