Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – The Centre of Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on Monday released the results of its latest survey that indicates support for political parties has plunged.

"Support toward the ruling Democratic Party has declined. However, support for other political parties did not show an increase either because [respondents] were disappointed towards all of the parties and have no idea which party to support," CSIS political and international relations researcher Sunny Tanuwidjaja said in Jakarta.

Sunny said that the legislative elections in 2014 would be very competitive as there was no party standing out from the pack.

"Existing political parties offer similar things nowadays. They all have programs to solve all issues. None offer programs or ideology that are unique and stand out," Sunny said, adding that most parties had also failed to attract wavering Democratic Party voters because they did not offer any better alternatives.

The study pointed out that the Democratic Party, whose prominent figures have been marred by a series of graft cases, has seen an 8.25 percent drop in support – the biggest decline among other parties – to 12.6 percent, compared to the support it gained in the 2009 elections.

The Golkar party has the support of 10.5 percent of respondents, down 3.95 percent from 2009. The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) recorded 7.8 percent of respondents' votes, declining by 6.23 percent compared to 2009.

The National Awakening Party (PKB) has the support of 4.4 percent of those surveyed, slightly dropping by 0.54 percent compared to 2009, while the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) saw a 4.78 percent decline in its support, which is only 3.1 percent of respondents.

The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) recorded support by three percent of respondents, down by 1.46 percent compared to 2009. The United Development Party (PPP), the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the People's Conscience Party (Hanura) recorded support by 2.8 percent, 2.3 percent, 0.7 percent of respondents respectively. Their support fell by 2.53 percent, 3.71 percent and 3.07 percent respectively compared to support they gained in 2009. The remaining 48.4 percent of respondents were undecided.

The study is based on the responses of 2,117 people from across the country surveyed between Jan.16 and 24. (cor)