LSI Survey: 68 Percent of the Public Can Name All Five Principles of Pancasila

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) indicates that 68 percent of the public can name all five principles of Pancasila completely. The results of the survey titled “Evaluation and Public Commitment to Pancasila” were presented by LSI Executive Director Djayadi Hanan in Cikini, Central Jakarta, on Sunday (12/4/2026). As many as 68.2 percent of respondents know all five principles completely; 11.5 percent know four principles; 5.3 percent know three; 4.4 percent know two; and 5.2 percent know only one. However, another 5.3 percent could not name even one principle correctly. “The majority of the public views all five principles of Pancasila as important for national and state life,” Djayadi emphasised. Among the 92.7 percent of respondents who know Pancasila, 92.8 percent of them know the first principle; 83.5 percent the second; 81.7 percent the third; 76.4 percent the fourth; and 82.5 percent the fifth. From that population, the researchers selected 2,020 respondents randomly using multistage random sampling. With that sample size, the survey’s margin of error is ±2.2 percent at a 95 percent confidence level, assuming simple random sampling. The respondents were interviewed face-to-face by trained interviewers. To maintain data quality, the team conducted random supervision of 20 percent of the sample through follow-up visits to respondents (spot checks). The results found no significant errors in the interview process. The survey ran from 4 March 2026 to 12 March 2026.