Is PDI-P left wing or right wing?

On economic organisation PDI-P scores −02 on a scale from −10 (common ownership) to +10 (private property and markets). On social and cultural order it scores +01. A single left–right figure combines these and four further measurements that move independently, which is why the atlas reports six.

Is PDI-P authoritarian?

On the organisation of power, which measures whether authority is dispersed among institutions that can stop each other or concentrated in a single centre, PDI-P scores +03. Competitive presidential democracy; the party held the presidency from 2014 to 2024 and lost it in 2024.

Atlas / Organisations / PDI-P

PDI-P

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle · 1999– · Indonesia · Secular Nationalist · Electoral party · coding confidence medium

−02ECcollective

+01CUtraditional

+03AUmonist

+04SCcentral

+03IDascriptive

−05CHlawful

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

Sukarnoist secular nationalism and Pancasila pluralism, against political Islam and for the unity of the archipelago.

Economic model

Fuel subsidies, infrastructure, resource downstreaming, state enterprise expansion.

Organisation of powers

Competitive presidential democracy; the party held the presidency from 2014 to 2024 and lost it in 2024.

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The evidence for every score

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EC · Economic organisation · scored −02

Coded −2: fuel subsidies, infrastructure and state enterprise expansion.

Documented act or statuteThe health insurance scheme JKN was extended toward universal coverage after 2014.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored +01

Coded +1: secular nationalist against political Islam.

Programme textDefends Pancasila against proposals for an Islamic legal basis for the state.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +03

Coded +3: competitive democracy, with the party holding then losing the presidency.

Documented act or statuteHeld the presidency from 2014 to 2024 and lost it at the 2024 election.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +04

Coded +4: a unitary state with the archipelago's unity as a founding commitment.

Programme textOpposes federalism as a threat to national unity.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +03

Coded +3: Pancasila pluralism with six recognised religions.

Documented act or statuteAtheism is not a recognised option on identity documents.

CH · Method and tempo · scored −05

Coded −5: electoral throughout since 1999.

Documented act or statuteDescends from the party suppressed under the New Order and legalised at the transition.

Where it came from, and what came after

succeededNahdlatul Ulama
Two rival readings of Indonesian pluralism, one confessional and one secular, both defending the same constitution.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Indonesia

Cite this page

Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). PDI-P. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/pdip/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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