Parkindo

Parkindo (Indonesian: Partai Kristen Indonesia, Indonesian Christian Party) was a political party in Indonesia from 1950 to 1973. Founded by Johannes Leimena and Melanchton Siregar, the former Military Governor of North Sumatra, who has known as a local teacher in Tarutung. Its support was concentrated in Protestant areas of Indonesia. It had considerable influence despite the small number of Christians in Indonesia due to the large numbers of Christians in the civil service, the Army and educational establishments and because of the high profile of party leader Johannes Leimena who served in several Indonesian cabinets and as deputy prime minister. In the 1955 Indonesian legislative election, the party won 2.6% of the vote and eight seats in the People's Representative Council. However, in the 1971 elections, the last it contested before being merged into the Indonesian Democratic Party, it gained only 1.34% of the vote.

References

• Evans, Kevin Raymond, (2003) The History of Political Parties & General Elections in Indonesia, Arise Consultancies, Jakarta, ISBN 979-97445-0-4
• Feith, Herbert (2007) The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia Equinox Publishing (Asia) Pte Ltd, ISBN 978-979-3780-45-0
• Liddle, R. William (1994) Pemilu-Pemilu Orde Baru (Elections of the New Order), LP3ES, Jakarta ISBN 978-979-8015-88-5