2004 Indonesian legislative election

2004 Indonesian legislative election
Indonesia
← 1999 5 April 2004 2009 →

All 550 seats in the House of Representatives
276 seats needed for a majority
Turnout84.07%
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]

  1. ^ Dillon, Paul (1 July 2004). "'SBY' is the people's choice in Indonesia". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2 July 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Freedom in the World – Indonesia (2005)". Freedom House. 20 December 2004. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2009.