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Workers unloading ballot boxes in Jakarta the day before the election. The Indonesian Government budgeted Rp 25 trillion (~USD 1.7 billion) for the election preparations in 2022–2023, over half of which was used by the General Elections Commission (KPU) and most of the remaining funds used by the General Election Supervisory Agency. [111]
This change and an amendment for direct election of the President and Vice-President were significant steps for Indonesia on the road towards full democracy. [ 11 ] The 2004 legislative election was held on 5 April 2004.
The general election period is regulated in Article 6A and Article 22E of the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and by the Law on General Elections.The presidential and vice-presidential candidate pairs are proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties that have at least 20% of the seats in the House of Representatives (DPR) or at least 25% of the national vote from ...
The election was described as "one of the most complicated single-day ballots in global history." [3] Jokowi's 85.6 million votes were the most votes cast for a single candidate in any democratic election in Indonesia's history, exceeding the record of his predecessor Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who won 73.8 million votes in 2009. [4]
The election occurred as part of the general election, which also included elections for the president, members of the national House of Representatives (DPR), and members of the Regional Representative Council (DPD). Elections were held in all 38 Indonesian provinces, along with 415 of Indonesia's 416 regencies and 93 of 98 cities.
The President of Indonesia is directly elected every five years. As stipulated in Article 7 of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, incumbent President Prabowo Subianto is eligible to run for a second term. The presidential election was required to be held before the end of his current term on 20 October 2029.
On the other hand, regional leaders elected in 2020 would only serve for less than a full five-year term, ranging from three to four years. [7] On 24 January 2022, the House of Representatives agreed to set the date of the 2024 local elections at 27 November 2024. [8] The elections are regulated by the Law No. 10 of 2016 on local elections. [9]
Logo of the elections. Simultaneous local elections (Pilkada Serentak) were first held in Indonesia in 2015. [2]The leadup to the 2020 elections saw several regulations being issued by the General Elections Commission (KPU) barring certain candidates from running, from adulterers [3] to politicians who had been charged with corruption. [4]