1955 Indonesian Constitutional Assembly election

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Indonesia on 15 December 1955. The Indonesian Provisional Constitution of 1950 had provided for the establishment of a democratically elected Constitutional Assembly to draw up a permanent constitution. In April 1953 the legislature passed the election bill. The elections for the People's Representative Council were set for September 1955, with the Constitutional Assembly elections three months later.

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indonesian National Party	9,070,218	23.97	119
	Masyumi Party	7,789,619	20.59	112
	Nahdlatul Ulama	6,989,333	18.47	91
	Communist Party of Indonesia	6,232,512	16.47	80
	Indonesian Islamic Union Party	1,059,922	2.80	16
	Indonesian Christian Party	988,810	2.61	16
	Catholic Party	748,591	1.98	10
	Socialist Party of Indonesia	695,932	1.84	10
	League of Supporters of Indonesian Independence	544,803	1.44	8
	Islamic Education Movement	465,359	1.23	7
	Labour Party	332,047	0.88	5
	Murba Party	248,633	0.66	4
	National People's Party	220,652	0.58	3
		179,346	0.47	3
	Dayak Unity Party	169,222	0.45	3
	Permai	164,386	0.43	2
	Great Indonesia Unity Party–Wongsonegoro	162,420	0.43	2
	Consultative Council for Indonesian Citizenship	160,456	0.42	2
		157,976	0.42	2
		152,892	0.40	2
	Party of the People of Free Indonesia	143,907	0.38	2
		134,011	0.35	2
	Great Indonesia Unity Party–Hazairin	101,509	0.27	2
	Islamic Victory Force	84,862	0.22	1
	Islamic Tharikah Unity Party	74,913	0.20	1
	Acoma Party	55,844	0.15	1
		39,874	0.11	1
	Village People's Party	39,278	0.10	1
		38,356	0.10	1
		35,035	0.09	1
		33,823	0.09	1
		33,660	0.09	1
		31,988	0.08	1
		30,060	0.08	1
	Other parties	426,856	1.13	0
Total		37,837,105	100.00	514

Source: General Election Commission

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