2014 Indonesian legislative election
Indonesia
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All 560 seats in the House of Representatives
281 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.53% (Increase 3.54pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
PDI-P Megawati Sukarnoputri 18.95 109 +15
Golkar Aburizal Bakrie 14.75 91 −15
Gerindra Prabowo Subianto 11.81 73 +47
Demokrat Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 10.18 61 −87
PKB Muhaimin Iskandar 9.04 47 +19
PAN Hatta Rajasa 7.59 49 +3
PKS Anis Matta 6.79 40 −17
NasDem Surya Paloh 6.72 35 New
PPP Suryadharma Ali 6.53 39 +1
Hanura Wiranto 5.27 16 −1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Demokrat		 Setya Novanto
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Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 9 April 2014 to elect 136 members of the Regional Representative Council (DPD), 560 members of the People's Representative Council (DPR) and members of regional assemblies at the provincial and regency/municipality level.[1] For eligible voters residing outside Indonesia, elections were held on 5 or 6 April 2014 based on the decision of the electoral commission of each different countries.

Seats up for election

Legislative elections in Indonesia: April 2014[2]
Level Institution Seats contested
National People's Representative Council
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR) 		560
National Regional Representative Council
Dewan Perwakilan Daerah (DPD) 		132
Province
Provinsi 		People's Regional Representative Council Level I
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah I (DPRD I) 		2,112
Regency
Kabupaten/Kota 		People's Regional Representative Council Level II
Dewan Perwakilian Rakyat Daerah II (DPRD II) 		16,895
Total 19,699

Parties contesting the elections

A total of 46 parties registered to take part in the election nationwide, from which only 12 parties (plus 3 Aceh parties) passed the requirements set by the General Elections Commission (KPU). To contest the elections, all parties had to have

In addition, at least one-third of each party's candidates had to be female.[2]

Initially, all parties with seats in the DPR were to be allowed to contest the election without the need for verification, but on 29 August 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court overturned this provision, obliging all parties to undergo the process.[3]

The results were instrumental to the presidential election in July. The requirement for a presidential ticket had to be supported by a party or a coalition of parties winning at least 20% of the seats or 25% of the popular votes in the legislative election.

The 12 national and three Aceh parties together with their ballot numbers were:

  1. Nasdem Party (Partai Nasional Demokrat, Nasdem)
  2. National Awakening Party (Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa, PKB)
  3. Prosperous Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, PKS)
  4. Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan, PDI-P)
  5. Party of Functional Groups (Partai Golongan Karya, Golkar)
  6. Great Indonesia Movement Party (Partai Gerakan Indonesia Raya, Gerindra)
  7. Democratic Party (Partai Demokrat, PD)
  8. National Mandate Party (Partai Amanat Nasional, PAN)
  9. United Development Party (Partai Persatuan Pembangunan, PPP)
  10. People's Conscience Party (Partai Hati Nurani Rakyat, Hanura)
  11. Aceh Peace Party (Partai Damai Aceh, PDA)
  12. Aceh National Party (Partai Nasional Aceh, PNA)
  13. Aceh Party (Partai Aceh, PA)
  14. Crescent Star Party (Partai Bulan Bintang, PBB)
  15. Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan Indonesia, PKPI)

Election schedule

A polling station used for the 2014 Indonesian legislative elections. The four ballot boxes are at the front, while the voting booths are at the rear.

The schedule for the elections, as determined by the Indonesian General Elections Commission is as follows:[4]

Date Event
9 August 2012 Voter registration begins
9–15 April 2013 Registration of candidates for the DPR, DPD and DPRD
4 August 2013 Publication of final list of DPR candidates
16 August 2013 Publication of provisional electoral roll
16 March 2014 Start of election campaign
6–8 April 2014 Quiet period - no campaigning allowed
9 April 2014 Election day
7–9 May 2014 Announcement of results
11–17 May 2014 Announcement of seat allocations
1 October 2014 DPR and DPD members sworn in

Electoral system

On polling day, voters were given four ballot papers, one each for the national People's Representative Council (DPR) and Regional Representative Council (DPD) and one each for their local provincial and regency/municipality Regional Representative Councils (DPRD I and DPRD II). Candidates for the DPR and DPRDI/II stand on a party platform. The ballot papers had a section for each of the parties with the party number and symbol. Under the symbols, that parties candidates were listed. Voters could vote for just the party, or one of the candidates (or both) by punching a hole in the ballot paper with the tool provided. Candidates for the DPD stood on an individual basis, so voters need to punch a hole in the candidate's picture, ballot number or name.[5]

Allocation of seats

For the DPR election, each province was divided into between one and eleven electoral districts depending on population. Each of these electoral districts elected between three and ten members by proportional representation with a 3.5% national threshold.[5]

Province DPR seats Electoral
districts
Aceh 13 2
North Sumatra 30 3
West Sumatra 14 2
Riau 11 2
Riau Islands 3 1
Jambi 7 1
South Sumatra 17 2
Bangka–Belitung Islands 3 1
Bengkulu 4 1
Lampung 18 2
Jakarta 21 3
West Java 91 11
Banten 22 3
Central Java 77 10
Yogyakarta 8 1
East Java 87 11
Bali 9 1
West Nusa Tenggara 10 1
East Nusa Tenggara 13 2
West Kalimantan 10 1
Central Kalimantan 6 1
South Kalimantan 11 2
East Kalimantan 8 1
North Sulawesi 6 1
Gorontalo 3 1
Central Sulawesi 6 1
South Sulawesi 24 3
Southeast Sulawesi 5 1
West Sulawesi 3 1
Maluku 4 1
North Maluku 3 1
Papua 10 1
West Papua 3 1
Total 560 77

Once the votes were counted, the General Elections Commission eliminated any party that had failed to obtain a 3.5% share of the national vote. It then allocated seats in the DPR via a two-stage process. First, the number of votes to secure one DPR seat in each electoral district was calculated by dividing the number of valid votes by the number of seats to be elected in each district. Each party's vote in each district was divided by this amount to determine the number of seats won outright. Any party with less than this amount won no seats in this first stage. The remaining votes were then used to determine which party won any seats so far unallocated by awarding these seats to the parties with the largest remainders until all seats were allocated.[2]

For the DPD, each province returns four members regardless of size and population. The candidates for DPD stood independently. Voters were given one and only one vote. The system used is the Single Non-Transferable Vote.

Only parties with at least 25% of the popular vote or that control 20% of seats in the DPR were able to nominate candidates for the presidential election. Parties that did not achieve this percentage had to form a coalition with other parties to make up the required percentage share to nominate a candidate.[6]

Opinion polls

Numerous opinion polls have been done by many different pollsters to gauge the voting intention of the electorate. However, many of them are regarded to be unreliable.[7] The quality of polling in Indonesia varies considerably. Further, some of the polling institutions provide little information about their polling methods. Therefore, the data set out below should be treated with care.

Poll source
 Date(s) administered Sample size Demokrat
 Golkar
 PDI-P
 PKS
 PAN
 PPP
 PKB
 Gerindra
 Hanura
 Nasdem
 PBB
 PKPI
 Und.
 Lead
2009 election 9 April 2009 104,048,118 20.85% 14.45% 14.03% 7.88% 6.01% 5.32% 4.94% 4.46% 3.77% – 1.79% 0.90% 15.60% 6.40%
LSI (Lingkaran) 1–8 March 2013 1,200 11.7% 22.2% 18.8% 3.7% 4.0% 4.0% 4.5% 7.3% 2.6% 4.5% – – 16.7% 3.4%
LSN 26 February–15 March 2013 1,230 4.3% 19.2% 20.5% 4.6% 4.1% 3.4% 4.1% 11.9% 6.2% 5.3% 0.4% 0.2% 15.8% 1.3%
LKP 20–30 March 2013 1,225 7.8% 19.2% 18.8% 5.1% 4.6% 3.9% 4.4% 10.5% 8.1% 6.3% 0.9% 0.3% 10.1% 0.4%
LSN 1–10 May 2013 1,230 6.1% 19.7% 18.3% 3.8% 3.8% 4.3% 4.6% 13.9% 6.9% 4.8% 1.4% 0.05% 11.9% 1.4%
LIPI 10–31 May 2013 1,799 11.1% 14.5% 14.9% 2.6% 2.5% 2.9% 5.6% 7.4% 1.9% 2.2% 0.6% 0.3% 31.1% 0.4%
IRC May 2013 - 7.5% 12.2% 14.7% 2.8% 2.8% 2.4% 2.8% 11.1% 4.0% 4.5% 0.4% 0.3% - 3.6%
PDB 11–18 June 2013 1,200 9.4% 14.1% 14.53% 1.2% 2.56% 2.31% 2.56% 8.89% 1.03% 3.33% 0.34% 0.09% 21.11% 0.43%
IRC 8–11 July 2013 794 7.66% 7.00% 17.96% 3.30% 1.45% 0.9% 1.19% 6.61% 5.95% 2.11% 1.4% 1.5% 44.1% 10.30%
Kompas July 2013 1,400 10.1% 16.0% 23.6% 2.20% 2.5% 4.2% 5.7% 13.6% 2.7% 4.1% – – 13.4% 7.6%
Alvara 15–23 August 2013 1,532 7.4% 8.4% 14.8% 3.4% 2.1% 2.2% 1.7% 12.5% 3.8% 4.6% 0.1% 0.1% 39.0% 2.3%
SSSG 25 August–9 September 2013 1,250 10.3% 5.0% 13.6% 2.9% 2.7% 0.9% 0.6% 5.6% 2.2% 1.9% 0.9% 0.1% – 3.3%
LSI (Lingkaran) 12 September–5 October 2013 1,200 9.8% 20.4% 18.7% 4.4% 5.2% 4.6% 4.6% 6.6% 3.4% 2.0% 0.6% 0.3% 19.4% 1.7%
Pol-Tracking Institute 13 September–11 October 2013 2,010 8.8% 16.9% 18.5% 2.9% 2.0% 3.4% 4.6% 6.6% 3.5% 2.1% 0.7% 0.1% - 2.4%
Indikator 10–20 October 2013 1,200 (400) 9.2% 17.5% 21.6% 3.1% 1.2% 4.7% 4.5% 9.1% 4.1% 3.7% 0.9% 0% 20.3% 4.1%
Indikator (if Joko Widodo runs) 8.8% 16.9% 37.8% 0.6% 2.5% 3.6% 2.5% 6.6% 3.5% 1.4% 0.3% 0% 21.1% 20.9%
Morgan October 2013 2,985 15% 21% 24% 5% 5% 2% 7% 12% 5% 2% 1% – 1% 3%
Morgan November 2013 2,960 14% 21% 29% 5% 5% 2% 5% 12% 5% 2% 0% – – 8%
Charta Politika 28 November–6 December 2013 2,010 7.4% 12.6% 15.8% 3.8% 4.4% 3.8% 5.9% 7.8% 4.1% 3.9% 0.4% 0.3% 29.7% 3.2%
Indo Barometer 4–15 December 2013 1,200 5.4% 14.2% 28.8% 2.5% 4.2% 2.1% 7.1% 9.2% 2.5% 0.8% 0.4% 0.0% 22.9 14.6%
Pol-Tracking Institute 16–23 December 2013 1,200 7.92% 15.93% 22.44% 3.00% 2.67% 4.50% 4.59% 8.67% 4.25% 2.50% 0.25% 0.00% 23.27% 6.49%
Kompas December 2013 1,380-1,400 7.2% 16.5% 21.8% 2.3% 3.2% 2.4% 5.1% 11.1% 6.6% 6.9% 1.1% 0.1% 6.7% 5.3%
Morgan December 2013 2,144 14% 20% 26% 4% 5% 2% 6% 12% 6% 3% 1% – 1% 6%
LSI (Lingkaran) 6–16 January 2014 1,200 4.7% 18.3% 18.2% 2.2% 3.3% 3.6% 3.7% 8.7% 4.0% 2.0% 0.7% 0.5% 30.1% 0.1%
LSJ 12–26 January 2014 1,240 6.12% 17.74% 19.83% 3.87% 4.51% 4.83% 4.67% 12.58% 6.85% 6.94% 1.20% 0.24% 10.62% 2.09%
Morgan January 2014 3,000 11% 20% 27% 4% 5% 2% 7% 14% 6% 2% 1% – 1% 7%
Median 28 January–15 February 2014 1,500 5.7% 17.8% 21.4% 5.1% 3.5% 4.9% 5.0% 6.2% 4.8% 3.6% 1.1% 0.1% 20.8% 3.6%
Morgan February 2014 2,934 10% 20% 29% 4% 4% 2% 6% 15% 7% 2% 1% – – 9%
LKP 26 February–4 March 2014 1,240 6.7% 18.1% 21.8% 3.7% 3.3% 3.5% 5.7% 11.1% 11.3% 3.1% 1.1% 0.3% 10.3% 3.7%
Charta Politika 1–8 March 2014 1,200 8.0% 16.4% 21.2% 3.2% 4.5% 5.1% 7.2% 12.0% 4.8% 2.6% 0.4% 0.1% 14.5% 4.8%
Morgan 1–15 March 2014 2,300 11% 22% 27% 4% 4% 3% 3% 17% 6% 2% 1% – – 5%
Morgan 16–30 March 2014 1,965 10% 17% 37% 4% 4% 2% 3% 14% 6% 3% – – – 20%
JSI 24–30 March 2014 1,200 9.0% 18.0% 24.7% 4.3% 6.5% 5.4% 7.9% 11.8% 6.1% 4.4% 0.9% 0.9% – 6.7%
Election results 9 April 2014 124,972,491 10.19% 14.75% 18.95% 6.79% 7.59% 6.53% 9.04% 11.81% 5.26% 6.72% 1.46% 0.91% – 4.20%

Results

Main article: Results of the 2014 Indonesian legislative election

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle won the highest vote share with 18.95% of the votes, followed by Golkar with 14.75% and the Great Indonesia Movement Party with 11.81%. However, none of the parties were able to nominate their own presidential candidate for the 2014 Indonesian presidential election because none of them reached the 20% electoral threshold.

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle23,681,23318.95+4.92109+15
Golkar18,432,21614.75+0.3091–15
Gerindra Party14,760,09011.81+7.3573+47
Democratic Party12,728,95010.18–10.6661–87
National Awakening Party11,299,0179.04+4.1047+19
National Mandate Party9,481,3957.59+1.5849+3
Prosperous Justice Party8,480,1586.79–1.0940–17
Nasdem Party8,402,8946.72New35New
United Development Party8,157,5226.53+1.2139+1
People's Conscience Party6,590,8045.27+1.4916–1
Crescent Star Party 1,826,0571.46–0.3300
Indonesian Justice and Unity Party1,143,1380.91+0.0100
Total124,983,474100.00–5600
Valid votes124,983,47489.26
Invalid/blank votes15,033,34110.74
Total votes140,016,815100.00
Registered voters/turnout187,866,69874.53
Source: KPU Buku Data & Infografik Pemilu Anggota DPR RI & DPD RI 2014 pp27,31-32

By province

Province Total
seats 		Seats won
PDI-P Golkar Gerindra Demokrat PAN PKB PKS PPP Nasdem Hanura
Aceh 13 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 0
North Sumatra 30 4 4 4 3 3 1 3 2 3 3
West Sumatra 14 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 1 0
Riau 11 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
Jambi 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
South Sumatra 17 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 1
Bengkulu 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Lampung 18 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 1
Bangka Belitung Islands 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Riau Islands 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Jakarta 21 6 3 3 2 0 0 3 3 1 0
West Java 91 18 17 10 9 7 7 11 7 1 4
Central Java 77 18 11 10 4 8 10 4 7 5 0
Yogyakarta 8 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
East Java 87 17 11 11 11 7 15 2 4 7 2
Banten 22 4 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 1 1
Bali 9 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Nusa Tenggara 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
East Nusa Tenggara 13 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1
West Kalimantan 10 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
Central Kalimantan 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
South Kalimantan 11 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0
East Kalimantan 8 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
North Sulawesi 6 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Central Sulawesi 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
South Sulawesi 24 2 5 3 3 3 0 2 3 2 1
Southeast Sulawesi 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Gorontalo 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Sulawesi 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maluku 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
North Maluku 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Papua 10 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0
West Papua 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 560 109 91 73 61 49 47 40 39 35 16
Source: Kompas.com

Gallery

References

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