2004 Indonesian legislative election

2004 Indonesian legislative election

← 1999 5 April 2004 2009 →
All 550 seats in the House of Representatives 276 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.07%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Golkar Akbar Tandjung 21.58 128 +8 PDI-P Megawati Sukarnoputri 18.53 109 −44 PKB Alwi Shihab 10.57 52 +1 PPP Hamzah Haz 8.15 58 0 Demokrat Subur Budhisantoso 7.45 55 New PKS Hidayat Nur Wahid 7.34 45 +38 PAN Amien Rais 6.44 53 +19 PBB Yusril Ihza Mahendra 2.62 11 −2 PBR Bursah Zarnubi [id] 2.44 14 New PDS Denny Tewu [id] 2.13 13 New PKPB HR Hartono 2.11 2 New PKPI Edi Sudradjat [id] 1.26 1 −3 PPDK Ryaas Rasyid [id] 1.16 4 New PNIM Sukmawati Sukarnoputri 0.81 1 +1 Pelopor Rachmawati Sukarnoputri 0.77 3 New PPDI Mentik Budiwiyono 0.75 1 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by province Speaker before Speaker after Akbar Tandjung Golkar Agung Laksono Golkar

Legislative elections were held in on 5 April 2004 for both houses of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia. This included all 550 seats in the People's Representative Council and 128 seats of the newly formed Regional Representative Council.

Final results of the popular vote tally showed that Golkar, the former ruling party of the New Order era, received the most votes. It had lost to the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle in the 1999 legislative election. The Democratic Party and the Prosperous Justice Party, two of the newest parties to participate in the elections, received a combined 14.8% of the popular vote.

Based on the final allocation of seats in the People's Representative Council, Golkar, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, the National Awakening Party, the United Development Party, the Democratic Party, the Prosperous Justice Party, and the National Mandate Party were qualified to submit candidates for the country's first direct presidential election later in the year.

The election has been described as the most complicated election in the history of democracy.^[1][2]