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Legislative elections were held in
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
on 9 April 2014 to elect 136 members of the
Regional Representative Council The Regional Representative Council (, DPD; alternatively translatable as the House of Regions or the House of Regional Representatives or the Senate of Indonesia), is one of two parliamentary chambers in Indonesia. Together with the House o ...
(DPD), 560 members of the
People's Representative Council The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (, DPR-RI or simply DPR) is one of two elected chambers of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the national legislature of Indonesia. It is considered the lower house, while th ...
(DPR) and members of regional assemblies at the provincial and regency/municipality level. For eligible voters residing outside Indonesia, elections were held on 5 or 6 April 2014 based on the decision of the electoral commission of each different countries. The 2014 Lampung gubernatorial election was held concurrently.


Seats up for election


Parties contesting the elections

A total of 46 parties registered to take part in the election nationwide, from which only 12 parties (plus 3
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parties) passed the requirements set by the
General Elections Commission The General Elections Commission (, abbreviated as KPU) is the body that organises elections in Indonesia. Its responsibilities include deciding which parties can contest elections, organising the voting and announcing the results and seats won ...
(KPU). To contest the elections, all parties had to have *A branch office and branch in every province *A branch office and branch in at least 75% of the regencies or municipalities in every province *A branch (but not necessarily a permanent office) in at least 50% of the districts in every regency or municipality *At least 1,000 registered members In addition, at least one-third of each party's candidates had to be female. Initially, all parties with seats in the DPR were to be allowed to contest the election without the need for verification, but on 29 August 2012, Indonesia's
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overturned this provision, obliging all parties to undergo the process. The results were instrumental to the presidential election in July. The requirement for a presidential ticket had to be supported by a party or a coalition of parties winning at least 20% of the seats or 25% of the popular votes in the legislative election. The 12 national and three Aceh parties together with their ballot numbers were: #
NasDem Party The NasDem Party () or the National Democratic Party () is a political party in Indonesia. It is partly funded by media baron Surya Paloh who founded the similarly named organization, National Democrats (). Despite this, and logo similarity, Nasi ...
(''Partai Nasional Demokrat'', NasDem) #
National Awakening Party The National Awakening Party (; , PKB), is an Islam-basedAl-Hamdi, Ridho. (2017). ''Moving towards a Normalised Path: Political Islam in Contemporary Indonesia''. JURNAL STUDI PEMERINTAHAN (JOURNAL OF GOVERNMENT & POLITICS). Vol. 8 No. 1, Febru ...
(''Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa'', PKB) #
Prosperous Justice Party The Prosperous Justice Party (, sometimes called the Justice and Prosperity Party, Indonesian name literally translated "Party of Secure/Peaceful Justice"), frequently abbreviated to PKS, and formerly the Justice Party (, PK), is an Islamism, Isl ...
(''Partai Keadilan Sejahtera'', PKS) #
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (, PDI-P) is a centre to centre-left secular-nationalist political party in Indonesia. Since 2014, it has been the ruling and largest party in the House of Representatives (DPR), having won 110 seat ...
(''Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan'', PDI-P) #
Golkar The Party of Functional Groups (), often known by its abbreviation Golkar, is a Centre politics, centre to Centre-right politics, centre-right big tent secular nationalist political parties in Indonesia, political party in Indonesia. Founded in ...
(''Partai Golongan Karya'') #
Gerindra Party The Great Indonesia Movement Party (), better known as the Gerindra Party, is a nationalist, right-wing populist political party in Indonesia. Since 2014, it has been the third-largest party in the House of Representatives (DPR), having won 86 s ...
(''Partai Gerakan Indonesia Raya'', Gerindra) # Democratic Party (''Partai Demokrat'', PD) #
National Mandate Party The National Mandate Party (), frequently abbreviated to PAN, is a non-sectarian, religion-basedAl-Hamdi, Ridho (2017). ''Moving towards a Normalised Path: Political Islam in Contemporary Indonesia''. Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan (Journal of Governme ...
(''Partai Amanat Nasional'', PAN) #
United Development Party The United Development Party (, PPP) is an Islam-based Al-Hamdi, Ridho (February 2017). ''Moving towards a Normalised Path: Political Islam in Contemporary Indonesia''. Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan (Journal of Government & Politics). Vol. 8 No. 1, p ...
(''Partai Persatuan Pembangunan'', PPP) #
People's Conscience Party The People's Conscience Party (), better known by its abbreviation, Hanura, is a political party in Indonesia. It was established following a meeting in Jakarta on 13–14 December 2006 and first headed by former Indonesian National Armed Forces c ...
(''Partai Hati Nurani Rakyat'', Hanura) # Aceh Peace Party (''Partai Damai Aceh'', PDA) # Aceh National Party (''Partai Nasional Aceh'', PNA) #
Aceh Party The Aceh Party (, , PA) is a regional political party in Indonesia. It contested the 2009 elections in the province of Aceh, and is the largest party in the Aceh provincial legislature. It currently controls the governorship. Aceh Party is led by ...
(''Partai Aceh'', PA) # Crescent Star Party (''Partai Bulan Bintang'', PBB) #
Indonesian Justice and Unity Party The Justice and Unity Party (, abbreviated as PKP) formerly known as Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (, abbreviated as PKPI) is a list of political parties in Indonesia, political party in Indonesia. The party was founded as the Justice and ...
(''Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan Indonesia'', PKPI)


Election schedule

The schedule for the elections, as determined by the Indonesian General Elections Commission is as follows:


Electoral system

On polling day, voters were given four ballot papers, one each for the national
People's Representative Council The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (, DPR-RI or simply DPR) is one of two elected chambers of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the national legislature of Indonesia. It is considered the lower house, while th ...
(DPR) and
Regional Representative Council The Regional Representative Council (, DPD; alternatively translatable as the House of Regions or the House of Regional Representatives or the Senate of Indonesia), is one of two parliamentary chambers in Indonesia. Together with the House o ...
(DPD) and one each for their local provincial and regency/municipality Regional Representative Councils (DPRD I and DPRD II). Candidates for the DPR and DPRDI/II stand on a party platform. The ballot papers had a section for each of the parties with the party number and symbol. Under the symbols, that parties candidates were listed. Voters could vote for just the party, or one of the candidates (or both) by punching a hole in the ballot paper with the tool provided. Candidates for the DPD stood on an individual basis, so voters need to punch a hole in the candidate's picture, ballot number or name.


Allocation of seats

For the DPR election, each province was divided into between one and eleven electoral districts depending on population. Each of these electoral districts elected between three and ten members by
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with a 3.5% national threshold. Once the votes were counted, the
General Elections Commission The General Elections Commission (, abbreviated as KPU) is the body that organises elections in Indonesia. Its responsibilities include deciding which parties can contest elections, organising the voting and announcing the results and seats won ...
eliminated any party that had failed to obtain a 3.5% share of the national vote. It then allocated seats in the DPR via a two-stage process. First, the number of votes to secure one DPR seat in each electoral district was calculated by dividing the number of valid votes by the number of seats to be elected in each district. Each party's vote in each district was divided by this amount to determine the number of seats won outright. Any party with less than this amount won no seats in this first stage. The remaining votes were then used to determine which party won any seats so far unallocated by awarding these seats to the parties with the largest remainders until all seats were allocated. For the DPD, each province returns four members regardless of size and population. The candidates for DPD stood independently. Voters were given one and only one vote. The system used is the
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. Only parties with at least 25% of the popular vote or that control 20% of seats in the DPR were able to nominate candidates for the
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. Parties that did not achieve this percentage had to form a coalition with other parties to make up the required percentage share to nominate a candidate.


Opinion polls

Numerous opinion polls have been done by many different pollsters to gauge the voting intention of the electorate. However, many of them are regarded to be unreliable. The quality of polling in Indonesia varies considerably. Further, some of the polling institutions provide little information about their polling methods. Therefore, the data set out below should be treated with care.


Results

The
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (, PDI-P) is a centre to centre-left secular-nationalist political party in Indonesia. Since 2014, it has been the ruling and largest party in the House of Representatives (DPR), having won 110 seat ...
won the highest vote share with 18.95% of the votes, followed by
Golkar The Party of Functional Groups (), often known by its abbreviation Golkar, is a Centre politics, centre to Centre-right politics, centre-right big tent secular nationalist political parties in Indonesia, political party in Indonesia. Founded in ...
with 14.75% and the
Gerindra Party The Great Indonesia Movement Party (), better known as the Gerindra Party, is a nationalist, right-wing populist political party in Indonesia. Since 2014, it has been the third-largest party in the House of Representatives (DPR), having won 86 s ...
with 11.81%. However, none of the parties were able to nominate their own presidential candidate for the
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because none of them reached the 20%
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.


By province


Gallery

File:TPSLN Tainan-2.jpg, Polling station for overseas Indonesians in Tainan, Taiwan File:VotersIndnesia2014.jpg, Voters examining the list of legislative candidates File:IndonesianBallotPaper2014.jpg, An election official holding up a ballot paper during the vote count File:IndonesianElection14count.jpg, Counting underway in a polling station in Bali


References

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