The Patriot Party () was a political party in Indonesia. It was established as the Pancasila Patriot's Party as a result of a deliberations at the sixth national conference of the Pancasila Youth () organization in 1996. At the time, the organization's political goals were channeled by Golkar, but in its conference the year after the 1998 Fall of Suharto, Pancasila Youth withdrew from Golkar. The conference also decided the time was right to establish a political party, and it was declared on 1 June 2001, the anniversary of Sukarno's Pancasila speech. The party was officially and legally established two years later.Partai-Partai Politik Indonesia: Ideologi dan Program 2004-2009 (Indonesian Political Parties: Ideologies and Programs 2004-2009 Kompas (1999) pp. 406-408 Thus the Patriot Party was described as the political wing of the Pancasila Youth.
In the 2004 Indonesian legislative election, the party only won 0.9% of the popular vote and no seats. The party therefore had to change its name and undergo the ratification process by the General Elections Commission name to allow it to contest the 2009 elections. In the 2009 elections, the party only won 0.5 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning it was awarded no seats in the People's Representative Council.Profil Partai Politik (Profile of Political Parties), Kompas newspaper 14 July 2008 pp. 38-39Indonesian General Election Commission website Official Election ResultsThe Jakarta Post 10 May 2009 Democratic Party controls 26% of parliamentary seats
Following its poor result in the 2009 vote, the party joined nine other smaller parties to form the National Unity Party (), another short-lived party.
Election results Presidential election results Election Ballot number Candidate Running mate 1st round Share of votes Outcome 2nd round Share of votes Outcome 2004 1WirantoSalahuddin Wahid 26,286,788 22.15%align=center colspan="3" 2009 2Susilo Bambang YudhoyonoBoediono 70,997,833 53.15%
Legislative election results Election Ballot number Leader Seats Votes Outcome of election ± Total % 2004 21Yapto Soerjosoemarno 1,073,1390.95% 2009 30 0 547,798 0.53%
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