Documentos de Académico
Documentos de Profesional
Documentos de Cultura
Dutch Colonialism
President Sukarno
1945-1967
Balancing between the
Military (right)
and the Communists (PKI)
Diversity
October 1965 Coup
President Suharto, 1967-1998
Time cover 1966
DPR DPD
House of Regional
Representatives Representative
560 seats Council
(Lower House) 132 seats
(4 from each Province)
(Upper House)
Special Requirements
• Party must have 3.5 % of national vote to qualify for
any seats
• 1/3 of candidates on party list must be women
• To run, a Party needs:
– a regional chapter in every province in the country (with
a permanent office)
– a chapter in at least 75 percent of each province’s
regencies or municipalities (with a permanent office)
– a chapter in at least half of each regency’s or
municipality’s districts (permanent office not required)
– at least 1,000 members
President Abdurrahman Wahid,
1999-2001
President Megawati Sukarnoputri
2001-2004
Pres. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY)
2004-2014
Economic Growth
Economic Growth
MPR Seats
2014 Schedule
Campaign Schedule Rules
• Campaign period for 2014 legislative
elections: January 11 through April 5
• outdoor rallies, banners, large meetings, and
campaign advertisements in mass media will
only be allowed from March 16 to April 5
• campaigning will cease four days prior to the
election (April 9)
Major Parties
Preliminary Results
Presidential Election
• To nominate a Presidential Candidate:
– a party needs at least 25% of the popular vote in
parliamentary elections—or 20% of the seats
• First Round July 9, 2014
• Pres/VP combo wins with
– 50 percent of the vote nationwide; and
– more than 20 percent of the vote in over half the
provinces
• If no one achieves this in first round, second
round held between top two candidates
(September if necessary)
Candidates?
Frontrunner
Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (PDI-P)
(Jokowi)
Golkar Candidate Gerindra Candidate
Aburizal Bakrie Prabowo Subianto