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EFFORT TO REUNITE THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
(1950 – 1960)

Based on Article 77 of the 1950 Constitution, the DPRS would have 236
members, consisting of 148 members of the RIS DPR, 29 RIS Senate
members, 46 BP-KNIP members, and 13 DPA-RI members. However, at
the beginning of the formation of the DPRS in 1950, there were 232 DPRS
members. The strength of political parties at that time could be seen
through the distribution of parliamentary seats (DPR).

Masyumi had 49 members (21%) in the DPRS, fol-
lowed by the PNI with 36 seats (16%). Outside of
the two parties, no single party had more than 20
members. The third most significant power in the
DPRS was the PSI, whose leader, Sutan Syahrir, Masyumi had 49
was prime minister during the revolution, with 17 members (21%) in
members.
the DPRS, followed

Furthermore, based on historical records from by the PNI with 36
1954, DPRS had 235 members. In 1950, there
were 17 factions, and 26 of the members did not seats (16%). Outside
belong to any faction. The number of factions of the two parties,
then increased to 20.
no single party

Looking at DPRS’ composition in 1950, there had more than 20
were at least three dominant political ideologies:
the nationalist, the leftist, and the Islamic groups. members.
The nationalist was represented by around 71
members of the DPRS, most of whom came from
the PNI with 36 members. In total, the national-
ist group made up 30 percent of the parliament.
The left, which included PKI, Murba Party, and
PSI, had 47 members, making up 20 percent of the parliament, while
the Islamic group, represented by the Masyumi Party and PSII, had a
combined total of 54 members, making up 23 percent of the parliament.
The remaining 11 percent consisted of the 26 non-party members whose
ideological views were unclear.

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