1999 Indonesian presidential election

1999 Indonesian presidential election

20–21 October 1999
Presidential election
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700 members of the People's Consultative Assembly 351 votes needed to win
Turnout	98.71% ( 5.64pp)
Candidate Abdurrahman Wahid Megawati Sukarnoputri Party PKB PDI-P Electoral vote 373 313 Percentage 54.37% 45.63%
Votes of the People's Consultative Assembly   Abdurrahman Wahid: 373   Megawati Sukarnoputri: 313   Invalid/blank: 5   Abstentions: 9
President before election B. J. Habibie Golkar Elected President Abdurrahman Wahid PKB
Vice-presidential election
← 1998 21 October 1999 2001 →
700 members of the People's Consultative Assembly 351 votes needed to win
Turnout	97.86% ( 2.14pp)
Candidate Megawati Sukarnoputri Hamzah Haz Party PDI-P PPP Electoral vote 396 284 Percentage 58.24% 41.76%
Votes of the People's Consultative Assembly   Megawati Sukarnoputri: 396   Hamzah Haz: 284   Invalid/blank: 5   Abstentions: 15
Vice President before election Vacant Elected Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri PDI-P

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From 20 to 21 October 1999, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the legislative branch of Indonesia, met to elect both the president and vice president of the country for a five-year term. The incumbent president, B. J. Habibie, declined to stand for election. On 20 October, Abdurrahman Wahid, chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama, was elected president and inaugurated on the same day. Wahid's opponent, Megawati Sukarnoputri was subsequently elected vice president the next day.^[1] The elections represented the first relatively democratic and peaceful transfer of power in the history of Indonesia.^[2]