1997 Indonesian legislative election

1997 Indonesian legislative election

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425 of the 500 seats in the House of Representatives
213 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Harmoko Ismail Hasan Metareum Megawati Sukarnoputri[a]
Party Golkar PPP PDI
Last election 68.10%, 282 seats 17.00%, 62 seats 14.89%, 56 seats
Seats won 325 89 11
Seat change Increase 43 Increase 27 Decrease 45
Popular vote 84,187,907 25,340,028 3,463,225
Percentage 74.51% 22.43% 3.06%
Swing Increase 6.41pp Increase 5.43pp Decrease 11.83pp

Speaker before election

Wahono
Golkar

Elected Speaker

Harmoko
Golkar

Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 29 May 1997. There were three simultaneous elections in one because voters were electing members of two levels of regional government (provincial and regency levels) as well as the national-level People's Representative Council. This was the last election of President Suharto's New Order regime, which collapsed one year later. Like the preceding New Order elections, it was won outright by the Golkar organization.


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