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Indonesië gaat (symbolen) kiezen (Indonesia goes to choose symbols)

Indonesia goes to choose symbols

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Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant, 27 September 1955, p. 5: preview of Indonesia's first general election, with about 43 million voters, 63 parties and symbol-based ballots for illiterates (hammer and sickle versus buffalo head). It expects a PKI-Masjumi contest and notes that Indonesian women have emerged as a political force within the existing parties. Gerwani is not named.

Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant, 27 September 1955, hlm. 5: pratinjau pemilu umum pertama Indonesia dengan sekitar 43 juta pemilih, 63 partai dan surat suara bergambar bagi yang buta huruf (palu arit versus kepala banteng). Diperkirakan persaingan PKI-Masjumi dan dicatat bahwa perempuan Indonesia muncul sebagai kekuatan politik di dalam partai-partai. Gerwani tidak disebut.

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaMasyumiIndonesian National PartyIndonesian Socialist Party

Places

IndonesiaJakartaEast Kalimantan

Events

1955 parliamentary election

Topics

elections and parliamentPKIwomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

election campaignislam and religionparty rivalrywomen as political force

Details

Date
1955-09-27
Creator
Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant
Publication
Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant (1955-09-27) - Indonesië gaat (symbolen) kiezen [Delpher MMKB19-000255075-a00069].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.916) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
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01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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