Abstract:
Until the 2009 great election, the government of Indonesia has executed ten great elections, namely
1955, 1971, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2004 and 2009. The great elections of 1971 was
followed by ten OPPs, the great election of 1977 only followed by three OPPs with the Party Of United
Development (PPP) as a fusion of four party Islam, as well as the 1982 election. The election of 1987
was followed by three OPP, but in the meantime PPP took off its earlier base which is an Islam base, as
well as on the great elections of 1992, 1997 and 1999. While the great elections 2004 and 2009 was
followed by more than twenty OPPs although only produced less than ten OPPs to obtain seats in
parliament. The origin PPP was using the symbol of Ka'bah, Islamic ideology, since the election of 1987
the party changed its symbol into a five pointed star of yellow gold in 4 equal sides of a square shield
and took off the Islamic ideology. The party is originally derived from a fraction of the unity of
development consisting of four Islam party, namely: NU, Parmusi, PSII, and PERTI which was formed
on January 5, 1973. This paper describes; the formation of the PPP from the beginning until the
transformation of new party without ideology of Islam and became an open party, the basic
characteristics of the PPP which was colored by the characteristics of each Islamic political party which
joined the PPP and the dynamics until PPP took of its Islam ideology and became an open party.
