National Mandate Party

National Mandate Party Partai Amanat Nasional
Abbreviation	PAN
General Chairman	Zulkifli Hasan
Secretary-General	Eko Hendro Purnomo
DPR group leader	Putri Zulkifli Hasan
Founded	23 August 1998; 26 years ago (23 August 1998)
Headquarters	Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, Jakarta
Youth wing	BM PAN (National Mandate Upholder Young Front)
Women's wing	PUAN (National Mandate Women)
Membership (2022)	567,415[1]
Ideology	Pancasila[2] Islamic democracy[3][4] Religious nationalism[5]
Political position	Centre-right[8]
National affiliation	Advanced Indonesia Coalition
Slogan	PAN Terdepan (PAN to the Next Frontier)
Anthem	Mars PAN (PAN March)
Ballot number	12
DPR seats	48 / 580
DPRD I seats	160 / 2,372
DPRD II seats	1,236 / 17,510
Website
pan.or.id
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The National Mandate Party (Indonesian: Partai Amanat Nasional), frequently abbreviated to PAN, is a non-sectarian, religion-based^{[3][4][9][10][5]} political party in Indonesia.

It was founded by the modernist strand of Muslim society in Indonesia, including Amien Rais, the chairman of the Muhammadiyah organization, during the Indonesian Revolution. The party contested the 2009 elections under the chairmanship of Sutrisno Bachir.^[11][12] It is described as a nationalist Muslim party.^[9] It also upholds the Pancasila doctrine.^[2]

In 2014, the party obtained 7.59 percent of the popular vote, which is an increase from 6.03 percent in 2009 and 6.44 percent in 2004.^[9]

On 14 May 1998, around 50 political figures, including Goenawan Mohammad, Faisal Basri, and Amien Rais established an organization called the Peoples Mandate Council (Indonesian: Majelis Amanat Rakyat, MARA) open to anybody who wanted to listen and express opinions. At the time, Amien Rais said that MARA would assess the performance of President Suharto's cabinet over the next six months. He also said that the people needed a strong forum that was respected by those in power and that the power structure under Suharto was not good at listening to people's opinions because it had become arrogant. At the time of the downfall of the Suharto regime in 1998, many new parties were being established and some of them wanted Amien Rais and other members of MARA to join them. One of these was the Crescent Star Party whose eventual leader Yusril Ihza Mahendra tried to persuade Amien Rais to establish a party. When he refused the offer, the party went its own way. On July 27, 1998 (the day after the declaration of the creation of the Crescent Star Party), Amien Rais announced the establishment of a new party to be called the People's Mandate Party (Indonesian: Partai Amanat Bangsa, PAB). This was changed to the current name after a lengthy voting process. The new party had its roots in the principles of religious morality, humanity, and prosperity.^[13][14]

On 11 February 2020, a PAN national congress, held in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, was marred by violence when party members started throwing chairs at one another amid a dispute over candidates to lead the party. One PAN member suffered a broken leg during the melee. Reports said thugs had been deployed at the congress to support Mulfachri Harahap's candidacy for the party leadership.^[15] PAN leader Zulkifli was re-elected at the congress, receiving 331 votes, while Mulfachri received 225 votes.^[16]

In the 1999 elections, PAN won 7.4 percent of the vote and 34 seats in the legislature. The party then played a key role in putting together a central axis of Islamic political parties in the People's Consultative Assembly which helped ensure that Abdurrahman Wahid defeated Megawati Sukarnoputri when that chamber elected the president.

However, PAN's support for Abdurrahman Wahid did not last long. Less than a year after officially confirming its support for him at its first congress in Yogyakarta in February 2000, the party withdrew this support, saying it was concerned about the condition of the nation and state of Indonesia. Not long after that, Abdurrahman Wahid was voted out of office and replaced by Megawati Sukarnoputri.

For the 2004 elections, the party set a target of 15 percent of the vote. To promote his presidential candidacy, Amien Rais made a series of visits around the country. He also said that he was convinced that a retired military officer should be his vice-president. However, in the legislative election, the party won 6.4% of the popular vote and 52 out of 550 legislative seats. For the presidential election, Amien Rais stood with Siswono Yudo Husodo as his running mate but only won 15% of the vote.^[17]

The party came fifth in the 2009 legislative election with 6% of the vote, gaining 43 seats in the People's Representative Council.^[18]

Despite its declining influence and popularity, the party aimed to garner at least 10 percent of the vote in 2014.^[19] However, in the legislative election, PAN only won 7.49 percent of the vote.^{[citation needed]} A few weeks after the legislative election, PAN announced party leader Hatta Rajasa as vice presidential candidate to run alongside Prabowo Subianto.^[20]

At the time of own establishment in 1998, the party has declared Pancasila as its ideological base.^[2] However, subsequently, as outside scholars note, due to the party’s close cooperation with the Islamic organization Muhammadiyah, its support from predominantly Muslim voters and other reasons, the party’s ideology became more religious^[5] and more Muslim or Islamic democratic, but far from Islamism.^[3][9][10] Nowadays, PAN is the moderate and most progressive among other Indonesian religious parties.^[4]

PAN is open to all elements of society, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or religion. According to the party website, PAN strives for the sovereignty of the people, social justice, and a better life for the people to bring about an Indonesian nation that is prosperous, developed, independent, and dignified. It also wants to realize good and clean governance that protects all the people and brings prosperity and to see a united, sovereign nation. The party wants to play a part in implementing world order based on independence, eternal peace, and social justice, and wants Indonesia to be respected in the international community.^[21]

Election	Ballot number	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Seat change	Outcome of election	Party leader
1999	15	34 / 500	7,528,956	7.12%[22]	34 seats	Governing coalition	Amien Rais
2004	13	53 / 550	7,303,324	6.44%[23]	19 seats	Governing coalition	Amien Rais
2009	9	46 / 560	6,273,462	6.01%[23]	7 seats	Governing coalition	Sutrisno Bachir
2014	8	49 / 560	9,481,621	7.59%[24]	3 seats	Opposition (2014–2015, 2018–2019)	Hatta Rajasa
						Governing coalition (2015–2018)
2019	12	44 / 575	9,572,623	6.84%[25]	5 seats	Opposition (2019–2021)	Zulkifli Hasan
						Governing coalition (2021–2024)
2024	12	48 / 580	10,984,639	7.24%	4 seats	Governing coalition	Zulkifli Hasan

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