CIAO DATE: 04/2011
August 2009
The April 9, 2009, legislative elections in Indonesia marked the beginning of the third set of national elections since a return to democratic rule following the end of the New Order of former President Soeharto and the first based on an open-list system. This was the world’s largest centrally administered, single-day election, with more than 171 million names on the voter register and approximately 519,000 polling stations. Thirty-eight political parties contested nearly 19,000 seats in national, provincial, and district assemblies, while an additional six local parties competed for seats in Aceh province. The results of the legislative elections had an impact on the July 8 presidential elections, with only parties or coalitions that won 25 percent of the popular vote, or 112 parliamentary seats, able to nominate presidential candidates. Of the 46 parties that contested the legislative elections, only Partai Demokrat individually met this threshold, resulting in multiparty coalitions competing for the presidency.
Resource link: Final Report: April 9, 2009 Legislative Elections in Indonesia [PDF] - 3.6M