The Nanggroe Aceh Party ( id, Partai Nanggroe Aceh) is a regional

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

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. It was established as National Aceh Party (''Partai Nasional Aceh''), as a result of a split within the

Aceh Party The Aceh Party ( id, Partai Aceh) is a regional political party in Indonesia. It contested the 2009 elections in the province of Aceh, and is the largest party in the People's Representative Council of Aceh, Aceh provincial legislature. History Th ...

triggered by disagreements over the candidate for governor in the 2012 Aceh gubernatorial election. It was founded by

Irwandi Yusuf Irwandi Yusuf (ايرواندي يوسف; born 2 August 1960) is an Indonesian politician who was the Governor of Aceh. He was re-elected Governor in early 2017 after serving an earlier term between 2006 and 2012. Irwandi first won a term as g ...

, who was Aceh's governor between 2007 and 2012. The party qualified to contest the

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in Aceh, and won 4.7 percent of the vote, winning three seats in the provincial legislature. In 2017, the party changed its initial name with the "N" now means ''Nanggroe'' (Acehnese for ''land'') instead of ''Nasional''.

Electoral history

Government seats

The party holds six seats out of 81 in the

People's Representative Council of Aceh The People's Representative Council of Aceh ( id, Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Aceh, abbreviated to DPR Aceh or DPRA) is the unicameral regional legislature of the Indonesian province of Aceh. Unlike other regional legislatures in Indonesia in general ...

following the 2019 legislative election. It also holds the speakership of the regency council of

South Aceh Regency South Aceh Regency ( id, Kabupaten Aceh Selatan) is a regency in the Aceh special region of Indonesia. It is located on the west coast of the island of Sumatra. The regency covers an area of 4,173.82 square kilometres and had a population of 202, ...

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