Thursday, April 9, 2009

Indonesian Legislative elections



It is all over bar the screaming in the Indonesian Legislative elections with all of the the 560 seats of the People's Representative Council up for grabs plus the 132 seats of the Regional Representatives Council. It all sounds like an electoral commissioners nightmare to me.
The vote started West Papua in Indonesia on 9 April 2009. With a whooping 60 {yes sixty} political parties putting forward for registration only 34 were accepted as ‘real’ political parties.
Now Indonesia has a population of say almost 170 million voting ,who are serviced by 465 administrations (regencies and municipalities) with the total number of candidates being 11,200; so hands up who wants to scrutineer.
I don’t think that I will be waiting up tonight for any result on which group of political parties will form government in Indonesia.

The political parties in this election are;

Regional Unity Party (Partai Persatuan Daerah)
National Awakening Party (Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa)
Indonesian Youth Party (Partai Pemuda Indonesia)
Indonesian National Party Marhaenism (Partai Nasional Indonesia Marhaenisme)
Democratic Renewal Party (Partai Demokrasi Pembaruan, PDP)
Functional Party of Struggle (Partai Karya Perjuangan)
National Sun Party(Partai Matahari Bangsa)
Indonesian Democratic Vanguard Party (Partai Penegak Demokrasi Indonesia)
Democratic Nationhood Party (Partai Demokrasi Kebangsaan)
Archipelago Republic Party (Partai Republik Nusantara)
Vanguard Party (Partai Pelopor)
Golkar Party (Partai Golongan Karya)
United Development Party (Partai Persatuan Pembangunan)
Prosperous Peace Party (Partai Damai Sejahtera)
Indonesian National Populist Fortress Party (Partai Nasional Benteng Kerakyatan Indonesia)
Crescent Star Party (Partai Bulan Bintang)
Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan)
Reform Star Party (Partai Bintang Reformasi)
Patriot Party (Partai Patriot)
Democratic Party (Partai Demokrat)
Indonesian Democratic Party of Devotion (Partai Kasih Demokrasi Indonesia)
Prosperous Indonesia Party (Partai Indonesia Sejahtera)
Ulema National Awakening Party (Partai Kebangkitan Nasional Ulama)
Freedom Party (Partai Merdeka)
Indonesian Nahdlatul Community Party (Partai Persatuan Nahdlatul Ummah Indonesia)
Indonesian Unity Party (Partai Sarikat Indonesia)
Labor Party (Partai Buruh)
Prosperous and Safe Aceh Party (Partai Aceh Aman Sejahtera)
Aceh Sovereignty Party (Partai Daulat Atjeh)
Independent Voice of the Acehnese Party (Partai Suara Independen Rakyat Aceh, SIRA)
Aceh People's Party (Partai Rakyat Aceh)
Aceh Party (Partai Aceh)
Aceh Unity Party (Partai Bersatu Aceh)
People's Conscience Party (Partai Hati Nurani Rakyat, Partai Hanura)
Concern for the Nation Functional Party (Partai Karya Peduli Bangsa)
Indonesian Workers and Employers Party (Partai Pengusaha dan Pekerja Indonesia)
National People's Concern Party (Partai Peduli Rakyat Nasional)
Great Indonesia Movement Party (Partai Gerakan Indonesia Raya, Gerindra)
National Front Party (Partai Barisan Nasional, Barnas)
Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan Indonesia)
Prosperous Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera)
National Mandate Party (Partai Amanat Nasional)
New Indonesia Party of Struggle (Partai Perjuangan Indonesia Baru)
Sovereignty Party (Partai Kedaulatan)

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