| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat / House of Representatives |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
17 December 1969
Last amendment: 31.03.2008 |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 560 |
| Constituencies |
33 multi-member constituencies corresponding to the provinces. |
| Voting system |
Proportional:
Proportional system using the party list.
Political parties must ensure that at least 30 per cent of their candidates are women.
Voters may cast their ballot for either a political party or a candidate.
In order to win parliamentary representation, parties must surpass the threshold of 2.5 cent of the total votes. Seats are distributed according to the Hare quotient. Any candidates who win 30 per cent of the divisor (the lowest electoral quotient) are automatically elected.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled by a person chosen by the former Representative's party.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 17 years or married at the time of registration
- Indonesian citizenship
- disqualifications: insanity, ex-members of the prohibited Indonesian Communist Party or affiliated mass organisations, direct or indirect involvement in the attempted Communist coup of 1965, imprisonment or confinement of at least five years' duration, members of the armed forces |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
Qualified electors
- age: 21 years
- Indonesian citizenship
- proficiency in Indonesian language
- graduation from a secondary high school or equivalent knowledge and experience in social and governmental activities
- loyalty to Pancasila as the basic ideology of the State |
| Incompatibilities |
- members of the armed forces (to elected seats)
- civil servants
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| Candidacy requirements |
Submission of candidates by political parties (independent candidates are not allowed).
Political parties which contested the previous elections are automatically qualified to endorse candidates while other parties must submit to the scrutiny of the General Election Commission.
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