The National Front Party (, Barnas) is a political party in Indonesia. It was founded by Vence Rumangkang, former member of the Democratic Party advisory board.Party political advertisement by Partai Barisan Nasional in Kompas newspaper 3 September 2008 p8http://www.indonesiamemilih.com/partai/view/03 accessed 29 September 2008 (Indonesian)Tempo magazine No. 0931/March 31-April 06, 2009, pp30-31
The party contested the 2009 elections, but won only 0.7 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning it was awarded no seats in the People's Representative Council.Indonesian General Election Commission website Official Election ResultsThe Jakarta Post 10 May 2009 Democratic Party controls 26% of parliamentary seatsProfil Partai Politik (Profile of Political Parties), Kompas newspaper 14 July 2008 pp. 38-39
Regional strength In the legislative election held on 9 April 2009, support for Barnas was higher than the party's national average in the following provinces:
Aceh 0.9%
North Sumatra 0.9%
Bengkulu 1.1%
Riau 0.7%
Jambi 1.0%
South Sumatra 1.7%
Banten 0.8%
West Kalimantan 1.4%
Central Kalimantan 0.8%
West Nusa Tenggara 0.9%
East Nusa Tenggara 1.0%
West Sulawesi 0.7%
North Sulawesi 2.2%
South Sulawesi 0.8%
South East Sulawesi 1.2%
Maluku 0.9%
North Maluku 1.3%
West Papua 1.6%
Election result Presidential election results Election Ballot number Candidate Running mate 1st round Share of votes Outcome 2nd round Share of votes Outcome 2009 Neutral Neutral
Legislative election results Election Ballot number Leader Seats Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election ± 2009 6 Ventje Rumangkang 760,712 0.73
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