The West Java Regional House of Representatives (; , abbreviated to DPRD Jabar) is the

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one. Unicameralism has become an increasingly common type of legislature, making up nearly ...

legislature A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial power ...

of the Indonesian province of

West Java West Java (, ) is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to t ...

. Consisting of 120 people from the political parties with the most votes and elected every five years.

History

The council was first founded in 1950, with Djaja Rahmat as its speaker. The council, which was called a "temporary provincial council" () initially had 60 members. Before 1950, a similar body was present which was headed by

Oto Iskandar di Nata Oto Iskandar di Nata ( Sundanese: , also spelled Otto Iskandardinata, called Otista and nicknamed Si Jalak Harupat; born 31 March 1897 – disappeared 19 December 1945, retrospectively declared dead 20 December 1945) was an Indonesian politician ...

. After being renamed to its present name in 1955, the number of councillors went up from 60 to 75, down to 74, before becoming the present 100.

Composition

Speakers

Electoral districts

For the 2019 legislative election, there were 120 seats for contest from 15 electoral districts: *West Java 1:

Bandung Bandung is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, the city is the List of Indonesian cities by population, fourth-most populous city and fourth largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Surabay ...

Cimahi Cimahi () is a landlocked city located immediately west of the larger city of Bandung, in West Java Province, Indonesia and within the Bandung Metropolitan Area. It covers an area of 42.43 km2 and had a population at the 2010 Census of 541 ...

(8 seats) *West Java 2:

Bandung Regency Bandung Regency () is an administrative landlocked regency located to the south, southeast, east and northeast of the city of Bandung. The northern parts of the Bandung Regency are effectively part of Greater Bandung (technically the whole of t ...

(10 seats) *West Java 3:

West Bandung Regency West Bandung Regency () is a landlocked regency of West Java Province of Indonesia. It was established on 2 January 2007, after having been formerly part of Bandung Regency. The capital of this new regency is Ngamprah, an industrial district on ...

(4 seats) *West Java 4:

Cianjur Regency Cianjur Regency is a Regency (Indonesia), regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Java, Indonesia. The area of the regency is 3,503.75 km2 and its population at the 2010 Census was 2,171,281;Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. the 2020 Census produ ...

(6 seats) *West Java 5:

Sukabumi Sukabumi () is a landlocked city surrounded by the Sukabumi Regency, regency of the same name (within which it is an enclave and exclave, enclave) in the southern foothills of Mount Gede, in West Java, Indonesia, about south of the national ca ...

Sukabumi Regency Sukabumi Regency (; Sundanese: ) is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' in southwestern Java, as part of West Java province of Indonesia. The regency seat is located in Palabuhan Ratu, a coastal district facing the Indian Ocean. The regency fully encirc ...

(8 seats) *West Java 6:

Bogor Regency Bogor Regency ( Indonesian: ''Kabupaten Bogor'') is a landlocked regency (''kabupaten'') of West Java province in Indonesia, situated south of DKI Jakarta. Covering an area of 2,991.78 km2, it is considered largely a bedroom community for J ...

(11 seats) *West Java 7:

Bogor Bogor City (), or Bogor (, ), is a landlocked city in the West Java, Indonesia. Located around south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide.

(3 seats) *West Java 8:

Bekasi Bekasi (, ) is the List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city with the largest population in the province of West Java, Indonesia, located on the eastern border of Jakarta. It serves as a commuter town, commuter city within the Jakarta m ...

Depok Depok ( Sundanese: ᮓᮨᮕᮧᮊ᮪) is a landlocked city in West Java province. It is located directly south of Jakarta, it is the third largest urban centre in the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area after Jakarta and Bekasi and it has an area ...

(11 seats) *West Java 9:

Bekasi Regency Bekasi Regency () is a regency () of West Java Province, Indonesia. Its regency seat is in the district of Central Cikarang. It is bordered by Jakarta Special Region (the administrative cities of North Jakarta and East Jakarta) and by Bekasi ...

(7 seats) *West Java 10:

Karawang Regency Karawang Regency is a Regency (Indonesia), regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Java, Indonesia. The town of West Karawang, Karawang is its administrative centre. The regency covers an area of 1,911.09 km2 and had a population of 2,127,791 people ...

Purwakarta Regency Purwakarta Regency (Sundanese: ᮕᮥᮁᮝᮊᮁᮒ) is a district area located in the Province of West Java, Indonesia. The administrative capital is the large town of Purwakarta, which is approximately 80 km southeast of Jakarta and 44 km n ...

(8 seats) *West Java 11:

Majalengka Regency Majalengka Regency is the landlocked regencies ''(kabupaten)'' in West Java, Indonesia. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,166,473 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,305,476 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat S ...

Subang Regency Subang Regency (; ) is a regency (''kabupaten'') in West Java province of Indonesia. The Regency is bordered by the Java Sea in the north, Indramayu Regency in the east, Sumedang Regency in the southeast, West Bandung Regency in the south, and ...

Sumedang Regency Sumedang Regency is a landlocked regency ''(kabupaten)'' of the West Java Province of Indonesia. The regency covers an area of 1,558.72 km2 and had a population of 1,093,602 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,152,5 ...

(11 seats) *West Java 12:

Cirebon Cirebon (, formerly rendered Cheribon or Chirebon in English) is a port city on the northern coast of the Indonesian island of Java. It is the only coastal city of West Java, located about 40 km west of the provincial border with Central J ...

Cirebon Regency Cirebon Regency is a Regency (Indonesia), regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Java Province of Indonesia. The town of Sumber, Cirebon, Sumber is its regency seat. It covers 1,076.76 km2 and had a population of 2,068,116 at the 2010 censusBiro Pu ...

Indramayu Regency Indramayu Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') of the West Java province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 2,078.03 km2 and had a population of 1,663,737 at the 2010 census and 1,834,434 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as of mid ...

(12 seats) *West Java 13: Banjar,

Ciamis Regency Ciamis Regency (Indonesian: ''Kabupaten Ciamis'', Sundanese: ) is a landlocked regency in West Java, Indonesia, and shares a provincial border with Central Java. Its seat is the town of Ciamis, also the primary urban center. Formerly, the rege ...

Kuningan Regency Kuningan Regency is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of the West Java province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,194.09 km2, and it had a population of 1,035,589 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,167,686 at the 2020 c ...

, Pangandaran Regency (8 seats) *West Java 14:

Garut Regency Garut Regency is a Regency (Indonesia), regency in the Indonesian province of West Java. It covers an area of 3,065.19 km2 (1,186.91 mi2). Geographically, it lies between 6°5734 – 7°4457 South latitude and 107°2434 – 108° ...

(6 seats) *West Java 15:

Tasikmalaya Tasikmalaya (also known as Tasik) is a landlocked city in West Java, Indonesia. The city is sometimes dubbed ''kota santri'' (city of religious learners) or "the City of a Thousand Pesantrens" for its abundance of Islamic boarding schools. Locat ...

Tasikmalaya Regency Tasikmalaya Regency (pronounced ; , Sundanese: ) is a regency (, sub-provincial region) in the Indonesian province of West Java. With an area of , it is the biggest and most important in the southeast region of East Preanger (). Tasikmalaya Rege ...

(7 seats)

References

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