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Indonesian presidential election, 1999

Indonesian legislative election, 1999
Indonesia
← 1997 7 June 1999 2004 →

462 (of 500) seats of the People's Representative Council
  First party Second party Third party
  Megawati Sukarnoputri Akbar Tandjung
Leader Megawati Soekarnoputri Akbar Tanjung Matori Abdul Djalil
Party PDI–P Golkar PKB
Last election New party 325 seats, 74.51% New party
Seats won 153 120 51
Seat change New party Decrease205 New party
Popular vote 35,689,073 23,741,749 13,336,982
Percentage 33.76% 22.46% 12.62%
Swing New party Decrease50.05% New party

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Hamzah Haz
Leader Hamzah Haz Amien Rais Yusril Ihza Mahendra
Party PPP PAN Crescent Star Party
Last election 89 seats, 22.43% New party New party
Seats won 51 34 13
Seat change Decrease31 New party New party
Popular vote 11,329,905 7,528,956 2,049,708
Percentage 10.71% 7.12% 1.94%
Swing Decrease11.72% New party New party

leadership before election

MPR: Harmoko (Golkar)
DPR: Harmoko (Golkar)

New leadership

MPR: Amien Rais (PAN)
DPR: Akbar Tanjung (Golkar)


MPR: Harmoko (Golkar)
DPR: Harmoko (Golkar)

MPR: Amien Rais (PAN)
DPR: Akbar Tanjung (Golkar)

The Indonesian legislative election, 1999, held on June 7, 1999, was the first election since the end of the New Order and the first free election in Indonesia since 1955. With the ending of restrictions on political activity following the fall of Suharto, a total of 48 parties contested the 462 seats up for election in the People's Representative Council. A further 38 seats were reserved for the armed forces.

Under the New Order, only two political parties forcibly merged in 1973 plus the functional group 'Golkar' had been allowed to participate in elections. With the start of the Reform Era, more than 100 new political parties emerged. New elections were called for 1999 and 148 parties registered with the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Of these, only 48 passed the selection process, overseen by intellectual Nurcholish Madjid The elections were to be overseen by an independent General Elections Commission (KPU) of 53 members, one from each party and five government representatives

The system used was based on proportional representation at the provincial level. Within each province, parties were awarded seats in proportion to their share of the vote. The largest number of seats was in East Java province, with 82, while the lowest was in Bengkulu and East Timor with 4 each. Voters chose parties, not people as the candidate list was closed, meaning the decision as to who would sit in the legislature was decided by the parties.


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