1955 Indonesian Constitutional Assembly election

1955 Indonesian Constitutional Assembly election
15 December 1955
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ki Sarmidi Mangunsarkoro Mohammad Natsir
Party PNI Masyumi
Seats won 119 112
Popular vote 9,070,218 7,789,619
Percentage 23.97% 20.59%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Abdul Wahab Hasbullah D.N. Aidit
Party NU PKI
Seats won 91 80
Popular vote 6,989,333 6,232,512
Percentage 18.47% 16.47%
Elected Speaker

Wilopo
PNI

Elections were held in Indonesia on 15 December 1955 to elect all 514 members of the Constitutional Assembly. The Provisional Constitution of 1950 had provided for the establishment of an elected body to draw up a permanent constitution following Indonesia's independence from the Netherlands. In April 1953, the House of Representatives passed the election bill. The elections for the house were set for September 1955, while those for the Constitutional Assembly were held three months later.

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