COUNTRY	Republic of Indonesia
ELECTION TYPE	Parliamentary
DATE	April 5, 2004

• 550 seats in the seats in the House of Representatives or DPR (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat)
• Regional House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah):
  • 1,838 seats for provincial House of Representatives
  • 12,760 seats for district (regent/city) House of Representatives
• 128 seats for the new Regional Representative Council or DPD (Dewan Pewakilan Daerah).

• Chief of State and Head of Government: President MEGAWATI Sukarnoputri
• Assembly: Indonesia has a unicameral House of Representatives or DPR (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat) which consists of 550 seats.

• The president is elected by direct popular vote to serve a five year term.*
• Members of the DPR are elected via an open list proportional representation system while the DPD candidates are elected using a Single Non Transferable Vote (SNTV). In this system, voters in each precinct will vote for one candidate only, with each province required to elect four representatives to the DPD.

*Note: Originally the president was elected by the People’s Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawarahan Rakyat or MPR) until a constitutional amendment passed allowing the public to cast direct ballots.

• Party: Federation of Functional Groups (Golkar)
  Leader: Akbar TANDJUNG
  Seats won in this election: 128
  Seats won in last election: 120
  
  
• Party: Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)
  Leader: MEGAWATI Sukarnoputri
  Seats won in this election: 109
  Seats won in last election: 154
  
  
• Party: United Development Party (PPP)
  Leader: Hamzah HAZ
  Seats won in this election:58
  Seats won in last election: 58
  
  
• Party: National Awakening Party (PKB)
  Leader: Alwi SHIHAB
  Seats won in this election:52
  Seats won in last election: 51
  
  
• Party: National Mandate Party (PAN)
  Leader: Amien RAIS
  Seats won in this election:52
  Seats won in last election: 35
  
  
• Party: Crescent Moon and Star Party (PBB)
  Leader: Yusril Ihza MAHENDRA
  Seats won in this election:11
  Seats won in last election: 13

• Parliamentary elections were held in Indonesia on June 7, 1999.

• Population: 216,948,359 (February 6, 2004)
• Number of registered voters: 147,219,531 (February 6, 2004)

• Twenty-four political parties met the requirements to be registered in the upcoming polls.
• Political parties that obtain at least .3% of the seats in the DPR, and 4% of the seats in the DPRD throughout at least one half of the total provinces and regencies/cities are able to participate in subsequent elections. If a party does not meet these requirements, can elect to amalgamate with another political party to obtain the required seats.
• A political party or a coalition of parties must obtain at least 15% of the number of DPR seats or 20% of the national votes in the DPR elections to nominate a presidential candidate.
• Major issues surrounding the elections included government corruption, economic instability, and poll-related violence.
• The large scale of the election poses logistical challenges and constitutional amendments in 2002 and 2003 which have changed the election framework have increased the complexity of the election process.

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