General Election System In Indonesia, Indonesians Optimistic About The Country S Democracy Economy Pew Research Center

Elections in indonesia have taken place since 1955 to elect a legislatureat a national level indonesian people did not elect a head of state the president until 2004.

Operation election day usa. Indonesia will hold its 12th general elections and first simultaneous legislative and presidential elections in april. For the first time presidential parliamentary and regional elections are all taking place. Indonesia has built a robust system for holding free and fair elections despite considerable logistical and political challenges.

Since 2004 the election process has been done directly by people and organized by an independent commission which is called kpu komisi pemilihan umum. It was a multiparty election with a high turnover of 915 per cent of registered voters or about 39 million voters. The elections represent the single largest election day in the world.

Sixteen parties participated in the elections nationally including four new parties. However at a time of growing global concern about democratic regression from the united states to the philippines the broader democratic system is under attack on various fronts. According to the kpu 1928 million voters are eligible to cast their vote in one of 809500 polling stations scattered across the archipelago.

A short guide to indonesias election a thousand indonesias at stake in one election mr widodo won 555 of the vote to mr prabowos 445 the election commission said. Language law and looking past the boats. Indonesia had its first democratic election in september 1955.

The election of 1955. About 192 million people in indonesia are eligible to cast their vote in a general election on 17 april. There were a total of 28 political parties that gained seats but only 4 that shared roughly equal 75 per cent of the vote.

Unlike the general election before 2004 the president and vice president election was executed by general assembly. From 2004 to 2014 presidential elections were held three months after. For the first time in the countrys history the president the vice president members of the peoples consultative assembly mpr and members of local legislative bodies were elected on the same day with over 190 million eligible voters.

2019 concurrent presidential and legislative elections frequently asked questions page 2 of 12 for the 2019 cycle the general election commission komisi pemilihan umum kpu has set april 17 as the date for the presidential and legislative elections.