Indonesia

House of Representatives

Political system
Presidential system
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Election results

Data on parliamentary elections, including the background, candidates, voter turnout, results and the formation of the new legislature. By default the latest election results are displayed. Select a date to view results from previous elections.

Background

Election date(s)
17 Apr 2019
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature
No information available
Timing of election
Upon normal expiry
Number of seats at stake
575
Scope of elections
Full renewal

Candidates

Number of parties contesting the election
16

Results

About the election

The ruling coalition and its allies supporting President Joko Widodo (see note 1) won the elections, taking a total of 349 seats in the 575-member House of Representatives (see note 2). In the opposition camp, the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra), led by former military general Prabowo Subianto, came first with 78 seats. Its allies – the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and the National Mandate Party (PAN) – took 94 seats. In the presidential elections, the incumbent President Widodo, who had picked an influential Islamic cleric Ma’ruf Amin as his running mate, defeated Mr. Prabowo. Mr. Widodo campaigned on the government’s records, citing in particular poverty reduction, economic growth and infrastructure work in Jakarta. Mr. Prabowo rejected the presidential election results, arguing that he was the victim of "structural, systematic and massive" fraud. On 27 June, the Constitutional Court rejected the claim, thereby confirming Mr. Widodo’s victory.

In 2019, Indonesia, which has 187 million registered voters and is made up of 18,000 islands - held presidential, national and regional elections in one single day (see note 3). The election commission claimed that over 550 of some 7.3 million election personnel died due to overwork related conditions. The Government announced it would evaluate the 2019 elections after the new government is sworn in.

Note 1:

The coalition is led by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) of former President Megawati Sukarnoputri. In addition, the President received the support of the Party of Functional Groups (Golkar ), the National Democratic Party (NasDem), the National Awakening Party (PKB), and the United Development Party (PPP ).

Note 2:

The statutory number of the House of Representatives has increased from 560 to 575 due to the formation of a new province, North Kalimantan (which has three seats) and 12 additional seats allotted to eight other provinces due to demographic change.

Note 3:

From 2004 to 2014, presidential elections were held three months after parliamentary elections. The results of the parliamentary elections determined which parties could put up candidates for the presidential election. In 2013, the Coalition of Civil Society for Simultaneous Elections challenged the electoral law and filed a judicial review petition with the Constitutional Court. The Coalition said simultaneous elections would improve voter turnout, save money and strengthen the country’s presidential system. In January 2014, the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of the petitioners and ordered simultaneous elections as of 2019. Presidential candidates still need the support of parties commanding at least 20% of seats in the outgoing House of Representatives or those which had secured 25% of the votes in the previous parliamentary election.

Number of parties winning seats
9
Percentage of parties winning seats
56.3%
Percentage of seats won by largest party or coalition
22.3%
Alternation of power after elections
No
Number of parties in government
5
Names of parties in government
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Party of Functional Groups (Golkar), National Democratic Party (NasDem), National Awakening Party (PKB), United Development Party (PPP)

Parties or coalitions winning seats

Parties or coalitions winning seats
Political group Total
Indonesian Democratic Party - Struggle (PDI-P) 128
Party of Functional Groups (Golkar) 85
Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) 78
National Democratic Party (NasDem) 59
National Awakening Party (PKB) 58
Democratic Party (PD) 54
Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) 50
National Mandate Party (PAN) 44
United Development Party (PPP) 19
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
475
Number of women elected
100
Percentage of women elected
17.4%
Women Directly Elected
100
Sources

House of Representatives (18.09.2019, 24.09.2019)

BBC

BBC Monitoring

The Jakarta Post

The Australia-Indonesia Centre

The New York Times

New legislature

Total number of men after the election
475
Total number of women after the election
100
Percentage of women after the election
17.4%
First-term parliamentarians
276
Percentage of first-term parliamentarians
48.0%
Date of the first session
01 Oct 2019

First Speaker of the new legislature

Personal details for the first Speaker of the new legislature
Puan Maharani (Female)
Date of birth: 06 Sep 1973
Political party
Indonesian Democratic Party - Struggle (PDI-P)
Date of election
02 Oct 2019

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No