The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) was formed in November 2014 and first participated in the general election (Pemilu) in 2019.
In its first election, PSI garnered approximately 2.65 million votes, or 1.89% of the total national valid votes. They failed to secure seats in the House of Representatives (DPR), as political parties need to achieve at least 4% of the national vote to enter parliament.
In the 2019 DPR election, Jakarta became PSI's largest source of votes.
PSI received approximately 583,000 votes from Jakarta. This contributed about 22% to PSI's national vote total, but only represented 8.8% of the total votes cast in the capital city.
Other provinces that contributed the most votes to PSI at that time were West Java, East Java, Central Java, Banten, North Sumatra, East Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi, and Lampung.
However, proportionally, PSI only received around 1% to 2% of the total votes in these nine provinces.
Here's a breakdown of the 10 provinces that were PSI's largest vote sources in the 2019 election:
1. Jakarta: 583,000 votes (8.8% of the total votes in the province)
2. West Java: 402,000 votes (1.7%)
3. East Java: 329,000 votes (1.5%)
4. Central Java: 249,000 votes (1.3%)
5. Banten: 151,000 votes (2.6%)
6. North Sumatra: 99,000 votes (1.5%)
7. Papua: 75,000 votes (2.3%)
8. East Nusa Tenggara: 69,000 votes (2.3%)
9. South Sulawesi: 65,000 votes (1.4%)
10. Lampung: 58,000 votes (1.4%)
Currently, PSI is rumored to be recruiting President Jokowi's son, Kaesang Pangarep, as one of their members.
This rumor surfaced after PSI uploaded a video on its social media account featuring a story about someone intending to enter the political world, while showing a silhouette of a man resembling Kaesang.
However, PSI Deputy Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, Grace Natalie, has not yet given a clear confirmation regarding the video.
"Is it (Kaesang)? Well, pray for us," Grace told Detik.com on Wednesday (20/9/2023).