POLITICS2014 Indonesian Elections

2014 Indonesian Elections

The 3rd Indonesian presidential election will be held on 9 July 2014.The term will last for five-years. This election has two candidates: Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa are running against Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla.

Incumbent president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term in office.

According to the 2008 election law, only parties or coalitions controlling 20% of DPR seats or winning 25% of the popular votes in the 2014 parliamentary elections are eligible to nominate a candidate. This law was challenged in the Constitutional Court but in late January 2014 the Court ruled that the requirement would stand for this election.

No one party reached the threshold alone in the 2014 legislative elections, as a result two coalitions were formed. The coalition to support Prabowo/Hatta includes Gerinda, PPP, PKS, Golkar and PAN The coalition to support Joko/JK includes PDI-P, NasDem and Hanura

 

2014 Indonesian Elections

Arrangement for the election Arrangements for the conduct of elections in

Indonesia are carried out under the supervision of the Komisi Pemilihan Umum, or KPU Indonesian Election Commission.

The presidential elections in 2014 will be carried out in accordance with Law (Undang-undang) No 42 of 2008 about the election of a President and Vice President.

Arrangements for nominations An important requirement, set out in Law No 42

of 2008 (Clause 9), is that nominations of candidates for the presidential election may only be made by a party (or coalition of parties) which has at least 20% of the seats in the national parliament (the DPR, or the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat) or which received 25% of national votes in the previous national legislative election for the DPR. In practice, these conditions set a rather high bar for nomination. The liklihood is that only candidates supported by one of the major parties, and perhaps with some support from several of the minor parties, will be able to meet the conditions for nomination. Amongst other things, the effect of this requirement is likely to be to strictly limit the number of candidates who will be able to stand for the presidency.

Indonesia is working towards e-voting in the hope of implementing the new system in the 2014 general elections. The basis of the e-voting system is electronic identity cards (e-KTP) which are expected to be ready by 2012 nation-wide, but have been tried in six districts/cities, namely Padang (West Sumatra), Denpasar (Bali), Jembrana (Bali), Yogyakarta(Java), Cilegon (West Java) and Makassar (South Sulawesi).

Political parties Candidates for president are nominated as individuals

(along with a vice-presidential running partner). However, support from the main political parties is likely to play a key role in influencing the result. Partly for this reason, the highly changeable map of political parties in Indonesia contributes to the uncertainty of political trends in the run-up to the presidential election. In recent years, the number of political parties contesting major elections (both elections for the national and regional parliaments, and the presidential elections) has varied considerably.

In 2004, 24 parties contested the national elections and 16 secured enough seats to be represented in the national parliament.

In 2009, 38 parties contested the national elections and 9 secured enough seats to be represented in the national parliament.

In 2014, 12 parties contested the national legislative elections on 9 April and three more were authorised to run candidates in Aceh. (Brief details of the parties are listed at the relevant page on website of the Electoral Commission

2014 Indonesian Elections

Summary of registered parties support in the 2014 presidential election (Nationwide; excluding Aceh-only parties)Known as Party English name Supporting DPR seats PDI–P (Partai Demokrasi Indonesia – Perjuangan) Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle Nominee: Joko Widodo (PDI-P)Running mate: Jusuf Kalla (Golkar)Minority coalition:PDI–P/Hanura/NasDem/PKB

207 / 560 Hanura (Partai Hati Nurani Rakyat) People's Conscience Party , NasDem (Partai Nasional

Demokrat ) ,National Democratic Party PKB(Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa) National Awakening Party, PKPI (Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan Indonesia) Indonesian Justice and Unity Party,Gerindra (Partai Gerakan Indonesia Raya) Great Indonesia Movement Party

Nominee: Prabowo Subianto (Gerindra)Running mate: Hatta Rajasa (PAN)Majority coalition:Gerindra/Golkar/PPP/PKS/PAN

292 / 560 (Partai Golongan Karya) Golkar ,PPP (Partai Persatuan Pembangunan) United Development

Party ,PKS (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera) Prosperous Justice Party ,PAN (Partai Amanat Nasional) National Mandate Party ,PBB (Partai Bulan Bintang) Crescent Star Party

PD (Partai Demokrat) Democratic Party (Currently none) 61 / 56