General elections will be held in Indonesia on 17 April 2019. For the first time, the president, and members of People's Consultative Assembly, will be elected on the same day.
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Background
Despite plans to introduce electronic voting, the House of Representatives in March 2017 announced it would not mandate e-voting in the 2019 elections because of hacking fears and because not all parts of Indonesia have internet access.
On 7 April 2017, the General Elections Commission (KPU), the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and the Home Affairs Ministry held a meeting with the House of Representatives' special committee deliberating a draft law concerning the 2019 elections. After the meeting, Home Affairs Ministry Secretary General Yuswandi A. Temenggung said the campaign period for the elections would be limited to six months, while the voting day could be on 13, 17, or 19 April 2019. The chairman of the House special committee deliberating the bill, Lukman Edy, on 25 April 2017 announced that Wednesday, 17 April 2019, had been implicitly agreed upon as the date for the elections.
Nominations of candidates for the national and regional legislatures as well as candidates for president and vice president will be complete by September 2018. The campaign period is scheduled to take place from 13 October 2018 to 13 April 2019 followed by a three-day "quiet period" before polling day on 17 April. The final results will be announced between 17 and 23 September. Swearing-in of the president and vice president is scheduled for 20 October.
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Presidential candidates
In July 2017 the People's Representative Council confirmed that only parties coalitions with at least 20% of seats in the legislature, or 25% of votes in the previous election, would be eligible to field a presidential candidate.
Potential candidates
- Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia
- Prabowo Subianto, former Commander of the Army Strategic Reserve Command and 2014 presidential candidate
- Anies Baswedan, Governor of Jakarta
- Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, retired army major and 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial candidate
- Gatot Nurmantyo, former Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI)
- Zulkifli Hasan, Speaker of People's Consultative Assembly
Previous
- Basuki Tjahaja Purnama commonly known as Ahok, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle
Formal declarations
The following parties have named their prospective presidential candidates:
Contesting parties
On 17 February, the General Elections Commission announced that 14 parties had passed the verification precedes,and would be eligible to contest the legislative election. The Crescent Star Party subsequently appealed to the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), which ruled it could participate, making a total of 15 parties.
Opinion polls
Presidential vote
Legislative vote
References
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