The following article lists the members of the Indonesian House of Representatives for the 1956–1959 period. Its membership consisted of 257 members elected in the 1955 Indonesian legislative election and 15 members appointed as representatives of ethnic minorities and Papua, which was then under the control of the Netherlands.
Fractions in the house consisted of two types: single-party fractions (marked in green) and multi-party fractions (marked in yellow).
57 | 1 | 58 | ||
Masyumi Party | 57 | 3 | 60 | |
Nahdlatul Ulama | 45 | 2 | 47 | |
Communist Party of Indonesia | 32 | 0 | 32 | |
National Progressive | 11
| 0 | 11 | |
8 | 0 | 8 | ||
Indonesian Christian Party | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
Catholic | 7
| 1 | 8 | |
Proclamation Supporter | 6
| 0 | 6 | |
Development | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
Indonesian Socialist Party | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
Islamic Education Movement | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
League of Supporters of Indonesian Independence | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Movement to Defend the Pancasila | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Police Employee's Association of the Republic of Indonesia | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Islamic Tharikah Unity Party | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
PIR-Hazairin | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Unity | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Independent | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 257 | 15 | 272 | |
Source: |
Office | Membership Number | Constituency | Portrait | Name | Party | Refs | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | 1 | Central Java | Sartono | PNI | ||||
Deputy Speaker | 17 | South Sumatra | Zainul Arifin | NU | ||||
Deputy Speaker | 57 | West Java | Arudji Kartawinata | PSII | ||||
Deputy Speaker | 11 | South Sumatra | Zainal Abidin Ahmad | Masyumi |
D. Hage | 268 | European Minority | |||
Albert Karubuy | 260 | Unity (representing West Irian) | |||
J.R. Koot | 270 | European Minority | |||
Lie Po Yoe | 271 | Chinese Minority | |||
Oei Tjeng Hien | 263 | Chinese Minority | |||
Muhammad Padang | 258 | Unity (representing West Irian) | |||
Johannes Cornelis Princen | 265 | European Minority | |||
Christoffel M. du Puy | 266 | European Minority | |||
J.L.W.R. Rhemrev | 269 | European Minority | |||
Silas Papare | 259 | Unity (representing West Irian) | |||
Tan Eng Hong | 264 | Chinese Minority | |||
Tan Kiem Liong | 262 | Chinese Minority | |||
Tjung Tin Jan | 261 | Chinese Minority | |||
E.F. Wens | 267 | European Minority | |||
Ang Tjiang Liat | 272 | Chinese Minority |