WHETHER or not a region has its influence in the internal political constellation of the Golkar Party can be judged from two things: the number of seats in the House of Representatives (DPR) secured in the election, and the number of its chapters at the regency and municipality levels.

The assumption is as follows: the number of seats secured in the DPR reflects the strength of the grassroots of the party in Senayan. The number of chapters at reg