Wahid's bloc could include PKB, PAN, PPP and perhaps even Golkar, now led by Akbar Tandjung, a former Muslim student activist.

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"People are expecting change, and Habibie does not symbolize this, " says Alwi Shihab, a chairman of Gus Dur's National Awakening Party (PKB).

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His National Awakening Party (PKB) came third in the June polls (13%) and sits fourth in terms of actual number of MPR seats (57).

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Gus Dur, the chief of Nahdlatul Ulama, a rural-based Muslim group that boasts 30 million members as well as its own political vehicle, the National Awakening Party (PKB).

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Wahid's National Awakening Party (PKB), based on the 30-million-strong Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) mass Muslim movement that he leads, was considered the PDI-P's natural partner in the coming coalition-building battle for the presidency.

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Among the largest underlying components of PKB, in trading today Ingersoll-Rand Plc ( NYSE: IR) is up about 0.5%, Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. ( NYSE: JEC) is up about 0.3%, and Tutor Perini Corp ( NYSE: TPC) is up by about 1.1%.

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The half-blind cleric--who leads the Nadhlatul Ulama, a moderate Muslim organization with 30 million members--has actually won greater support from a loose coalition of eight Islamic parties known as the Central Axis than from his own PKB, which still claims to back Megawati.

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There is less agreement over the runner-up - the official count has the PKB in second place, while the unofficial ones have Golkar - but it seems likely that, as the results continue to come in from the outer islands (where the ruling party is strong), Golkar will creep up and eventually finish in the No.2 spot.

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