The Democratic Renewal Party (Indonesian: Partai Demokrasi Pembaruan (PDP)) was a political party in Indonesia. It was established in 2005 by former members of the Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle (PDI-P) who were once close aides of party leader Megawati Sukarnoputri. Following the 2005 PDI-P congress, differences appeared over the nature of democratic methods within the party. A group of people, including Petrus Selestinus, took the view that although the PDI-P was a modern political party, it still used the old authoritarian methods such as giving absolute prerogative rights to the party chairman and having only one candidate for senior positions. This group then established the Democratic Renewal Party. Unlike the PDI-P, it had a system of collective leadership, with 35 people forming the national leadership.http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2005/12/02/pdp-deemed-serious-threat-pdip.html The Jakarta Post (12/2/05) PDP deemed serious threat to PDI-P (Accessed 20/7/08)Satu Tawaran Pembaruan... (An Offer of Renewal) Interview with Roy BB Janis in Kompas 6 September 2008 p5

The party contested the 2009 elections, but won only 0.9 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning it gained 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

Following its poor result in the 2009 vote, the party joined nine other smaller parties to form the National Unity Party ().

Election results Legislative election results Election Ballot number Leader Seats Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election ± 2009 16 Roy B. B. Janis 896,959 0.86%

Presidential election results Election Ballot number Pres. candidate Running mate 1st round Share of votes Outcome 2nd round Share of votes Outcome 2009 2 Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Boediono 73,874,562 60.80%

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External links Party website (Indonesian) Activity Photos