Masjumi
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Council of Indonesian Muslim Associations
Partai Majelis Syuro Muslimin Indonesia |
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| Abbreviation | Masyumi |
| Chairman |
Hasyim Asyari (first) Soekiman Wirjosandjojo Mohammad Natsir |
| Secretary-General | Various |
| Founded | 24 October 1943 (organization) 7 November 1945 (party) |
| Dissolved | 13 September 1960 |
| Merger of |
Nahdlatul Ulama Muhammadiyah |
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| Succeeded by | Crescent Star Family (later became Crescent Star Party) |
| Headquarters | Djakarta, Indonesia |
| Newspaper | Abadi |
| Membership (1950) | 10 million |
| Ideology | Islam, Pan-Islamism |
Masyumi Party (Indonesian: Partai Majelis Syuro Muslimin Indonesia) (Council of Indonesian Muslim Associations) was a major Islamic political party in Indonesia during the Liberal Democracy Era in Indonesia. It was banned in 1960 by President Sukarno for supporting the PRRI rebellion.
Masyumi was the name given to an organization established by the occupying Japanese in 1943 in an attempt to control Islam in Indonesia. Following the Indonesian Declaration of Independence, on 7 November 1945 a new organization called Masyumi was formed. In less than a year it became the largest political party in Indonesia. It included the Islamic organizations such as Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah. During the period of liberal democracy era, Masyumi members had seats in the People's Representative Council and the party supplied prime ministers such as Muhammad Natsir and Burhanuddin Harahap.
Masyumi came second in the 1955 election. It won 7,903,886 votes, representing 20.9% of the popular vote, resulting in 57 seats in parliament. Masyumi was popular in modernist Islamic regions such as West Sumatra, Jakarta, and Aceh. 51.3% of Masyumi's vote came from Java, but Masyumi was the dominant party for regions outside Java, and it established itself as the leading party for the one third of people living outside Java. In Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi, Masyumi gained a significant share of the vote. In Sumatra, 42.8% voted for Masyumi. while the figure for Kalimantan was 32%, and for Sulawesi 33.9%.
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