Village People's Union

The Village People's Union (Indonesian: Persatuan Rakjat Desa, PRD) was a political party in Indonesia. The party was based amongst the Sundanese population in West Java.[1] In the 1955 parliamentary election, PRD got 77,919 votes (0.2% of the national vote). One parliamentarian was elected from the party.[2] After the election the party joined the Fraction of Upholders of the Proclamation, a heterogenous parliamentary group with ten MPs.[3]

Semar, the PRD election symbol

References

1. Bertrand, Jacques. Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia. Cambridge Asia-Pacific studies. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004. p. 229
2. Feith, Herbert. The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. An Equinox classic Indonesia book. Jakarta [u.a.]: Equinox, 2007. p. 435
3. Feith, Herbert. The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. An Equinox classic Indonesia book. Jakarta [u.a.]: Equinox, 2007. p. 472