Indonesian presidential election, 1999

Indonesian legislative election, 1999

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462 (of 500) seats of the People's Representative Council
First party Second party Third party   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 205 New party Popular vote 35,689,073 23,741,749 13,336,982 Percentage 33.76% 22.46% 12.62% Swing New party 50.05% New party   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   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 31 New party New party Popular vote 11,329,905 7,528,956 2,049,708 Percentage 10.71% 7.12% 1.94% Swing 11.72% 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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