The Labour Party ( id, Partai Buruh) was a

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. It had its origins in the Indonesian Prosperous Laborers organization (SBSI), which in 1993 threw its support behind the

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(PDI) as a vehicle for its political aspirations. When the PDI split in 1996, it allied itself with the breakaway faction led by

Megawati Sukarnoputri Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (; born 23 January 1947) is an Indonesian politician who served as the fifth president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. She previously served as the eighth Vice President of Indonesia, vice president f ...

, which led to it coming under pressure from the New Order government of

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. On 30 July 1996, SBSI chairman Muchtar Pakpahan was detained on subversion charges. Following the

fall of Suharto Suharto resigned as President of Indonesia on 21 May 1998 following the collapse of support for his 32-year long presidency. Vice President B. J. Habibie took over the presidency. Suharto's grip on power weakened following severe economic and ...

in 1998, the SBSI became disillusions with Megawati's now renamed Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle and decided to establish its own party, the National Labour Party ( id, Partai Buruh Nasional). After the failure in 1999 election, the party changed its name to Social Democrat Labour Party ( id, Partai Buruh Sosial Demokrat). The party stood in the

2004 Indonesian legislative election Indonesia held legislative elections on 5 April 2004 for both houses of the People's Consultative Assembly, the country's national legislature. This included all 550 seats in the People's Representative Council and 128 seats of the new Regional R ...

, but won only 0.6 percent of the vote and no legislative seats. Party chairman However, the party has 12 representatives in provincial assemblies. The party subsequently changed its name to the Labour Party.Bambang Setiawan & Bestian Nainggolan (Eds) (2004) ''Partai-Partai Politik Indonesia: Ideologi dan Program 2004-2009 (Indonesian Political Parties: Ideologies and Programs 2004-2009'' Kompas . p213''Kompas'' newspaper 18 October 2008, p5 After initially failing to qualify, following a lawsuit the party won the right to contest the

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. However, the party won only 0.25 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning it was awarded no seats in the

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. On 5 October 2021, the party, together with other 10 Indonesian labour mass organizations re-formed into the newly reformed Labour Party.

Ballot number history

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: 37 (as ''Partai Buruh Nasional'') *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

: 2 (as ''Partai Buruh Sosial Demokrat'') *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

: 44 (as ''Partai Buruh'')

References

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