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The Crescent Star Party ( Indonesian : Partai Bulan Bintang ) is a conservative political party in Indonesia based on Islam.

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18-652: Crescent Star Party may refer to: Crescent Star Party (Indonesia) Crescent Star Party (Turkey) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Crescent Star Party . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crescent_Star_Party&oldid=851296138 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

36-533: A role in bringing about world peace based on the values of Islam. Note: Bold text indicates the party member 2014 Indonesian legislative election [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 9 April 2014 to elect 136 members of the Regional Representative Council (DPD), 560 members of

54-447: A section for each of the parties with the party number and symbol. Under the symbols, that parties candidates were listed. Voters could vote for just the party, or one of the candidates (or both) by punching a hole in the ballot paper with the tool provided. Candidates for the DPD stood on an individual basis, so voters need to punch a hole in the candidate's picture, ballot number or name. For

72-640: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Crescent Star Party (Indonesia) The party's origins go back to the banning of the Islamic Masyumi Party by Sukarno in 1960. After the ban, supporters and followers of the party established the Crescent Star Family ( Keluarga Bulan Bintang ) to continue to press for the implementation of Sharia law and Islamic teaching in Indonesia. Following

90-562: The 1999 elections , winning 1.9% of the vote and 13 seats in the People's Representative Council . Yusril was appointed justice and law minister. In mid-2000 internal conflict broke out in the party over Yusril's acceptance of financial assistance from former president Jusuf Habibie . It ended with party member Hartono Mardjono establishing a rival Crescent Star Party. After losing a court case, Hartono then established he Indonesian Islamic Party ( Partai Islam Indonesia ), but this failed to qualify for

108-468: The 2004 elections . In these elections, the Crescent Star Party won 2.6% of the popular vote and 11 seats. Yusril was later replaced by Malem Sambat Kaban . In the 2009 legislative election , the party won 1.8 percent of the votes, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning it lost all its seats in the People's Representative Council . After losing its national parliament seats in

126-414: The People's Representative Council (DPR) and members of regional assemblies at the provincial and regency/municipality level. For eligible voters residing outside Indonesia, elections were held on 5 or 6 April 2014 based on the decision of the electoral commission of each different countries. The 2014 Lampung gubernatorial election was held concurrently. A total of 46 parties registered to take part in

144-428: The presidential election . Parties that did not achieve this percentage had to form a coalition with other parties to make up the required percentage share to nominate a candidate. Numerous opinion polls have been done by many different pollsters to gauge the voting intention of the electorate. However, many of them are regarded to be unreliable. The quality of polling in Indonesia varies considerably. Further, some of

162-452: The 2009 election, the party never regained its national prominence, only winning 1.46% of the national vote in the 2014 elections , 0.79% in 2019 , and 0.32% in 2024 , placing it 16th out of the 18 political parties participating in the 2024 elections. The party wants to realize an Islamic way of life. Its mission is to build a society and nation that is developed, highly independent in nature, intelligent, just, democratic and that will play

180-545: The DPR election, each province was divided into between one and eleven electoral districts depending on population. Each of these electoral districts elected between three and ten members by proportional representation with a 3.5% national threshold. Once the votes were counted, the General Elections Commission eliminated any party that had failed to obtain a 3.5% share of the national vote. It then allocated seats in

198-517: The DPR via a two-stage process. First, the number of votes to secure one DPR seat in each electoral district was calculated by dividing the number of valid votes by the number of seats to be elected in each district. Each party's vote in each district was divided by this amount to determine the number of seats won outright. Any party with less than this amount won no seats in this first stage. The remaining votes were then used to determine which party won any seats so far unallocated by awarding these seats to

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216-512: The Indonesian General Elections Commission is as follows: On polling day, voters were given four ballot papers, one each for the national People's Representative Council (DPR) and Regional Representative Council (DPD) and one each for their local provincial and regency/municipality Regional Representative Councils (DPRD I and DPRD II). Candidates for the DPR and DPRDI/II stand on a party platform. The ballot papers had

234-520: The election nationwide, from which only 12 parties (plus 3 Aceh parties) passed the requirements set by the General Elections Commission (KPU). To contest the elections, all parties had to have In addition, at least one-third of each party's candidates had to be female. Initially, all parties with seats in the DPR were to be allowed to contest the election without the need for verification, but on 29 August 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court overturned this provision, obliging all parties to undergo

252-562: The fall of Sukarno and the transition to the New Order in which Suharto came to power, members of the organization wanted to revive the Masyumi Party, but this was not allowed by the new regime. In the 1970s, in a meeting in Malang , a new party called Parmusi ( Partai Muslimin Indonesia , Muslim Party of Indonesia) was formed. It came fourth in the 1971 legislative elections . In 1973, the party

270-497: The parties with the largest remainders until all seats were allocated. For the DPD, each province returns four members regardless of size and population. The candidates for DPD stood independently. Voters were given one and only one vote. The system used is the Single Non-Transferable Vote . Only parties with at least 25% of the popular vote or that control 20% of seats in the DPR were able to nominate candidates for

288-459: The polling institutions provide little information about their polling methods. Therefore, the data set out below should be treated with care. The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle won the highest vote share with 18.95% of the votes, followed by Golkar with 14.75% and the Gerindra Party with 11.81%. However, none of the parties were able to nominate their own presidential candidate for

306-455: The process. The results were instrumental to the presidential election in July . The requirement for a presidential ticket had to be supported by a party or a coalition of parties winning at least 20% of the seats or 25% of the popular votes in the legislative election. The 12 national and three Aceh parties together with their ballot numbers were: The schedule for the elections, as determined by

324-495: Was forced to merge with other Islamic parties into the United Development Party . With the fall of Suharto in 1998, supporters of Masyumi decided to establish a new party. The original plan was to use Masyumi name again, but after consideration, they settled on the name "Crescent Star Party". The party's first leader was Yusril Ihza Mahendra , a lawyer and former speechwriter for President Suharto. The party stood in

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