Jakarta – The Constitutional Court unanimously dismissed on Wednesday the complaints of Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Jusuf Kalla over the July 8 election.

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court issued a verdict on Wednesday against losing presidential candidates Megawati Soekarnoputri and Jusuf Kalla and their respective running mate Prabowo

Camelia Pasandaran – There should be no change to the current allocation of legislative seats for the new House of Representatives, the Constitutional Court ruled on Friday.

Camelia Pasandaran – The General Elections Commission admitted during testimony in the Constitutional Court on Friday that it had knowingly furnished the presidential campaign teams wit

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President re-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says the new Cabinet he intends to form with running mate Boediono will consist mainly of figures from political par

Camelia Pasandaran – As the campaign teams of losing presidential candidates Jusuf Kalla and Megawati Sukarnoputri began presenting their complaints to the Constitutional Court on Tuesd

Jakarta – Three brothers who played a crucial role in the re-election of Indonesia's president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, are emerging as a formidable political force with considerable

Jakarta – A group of unelected legislative candidates say the General Elections Commission (KPU) must quickly implement a ruling issued by the Supreme Court, which would give candidates

Max Lane – For 17 years, from 1990 through to 2007, I regularly contributed articles on Indonesian politics to Green Left Weekly, a newspaper published by the Democratic Socialis

Camelia Pasandaran – The National Commission on Human Rights said on Tuesday that the General Elections Commission had violated human rights by denying "millions of unregistered eligibl

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The campaign team of Megawati Sukarnoputri and Prabowo Subianto has lodged legal action demanding that the Constitution Court annul President Susilo Bambang Y

Jakarta – All presidential candidates have allegedly broken the General Elections Commission rules on campaign funding, having received donations of more than Rp 5 billion (US$500,000),

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Stephanie Tangkilisan – Moves are afoot within the once all-powerful Golkar Party to replace its unpopular leadership with young reformists in the wake of

Camelia Pasandaran – Four parties who lost House seats due to a recent Supreme Court decision are asking the General Election Commission to reject the ruling.

Camelia Pasandaran – The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) says it will propose an honorary council to reform the nation's electoral management system after finding numerous problems

Camelia Pasandaran – The campaigns representatives of Megawati Soekarnoputri and Jusuf Kalla are filing suit over their concerns about this year's presidential election.

Camelia Pasandaran & Stephanie Tangkilisan – A Supreme Court ruling has ordered the General Elections Commission to reallocate seats in the House of Representatives using a formula

Febriamy Hutapea & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Having been defeated in this year's legislative and presidential polls, the future of the Golkar Party now hangs on its ability to enco

Camelia Pasandaran – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won reelection with nearly 61 percent of the vote, according to official results from the General Elections Commission.

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The race to be the Golkar Party's next chairman is growing heated, with all three frontrunners claiming to have secured the necessary backing.

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Golkar would rather join with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's coalition than be left out of power, party officials admitted Tuesday.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The results of the General Elections Commission's (KPU) official vote counting have confirmed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's triumph over his rivals in se

Febriamy Hutapea – After taking a long, hard look at its back-to-back defeats in the recent polls, Golkar Party leaders have indicated that the party would accept its failures and would

Camelia Pasandaran – The nation's capital has handed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his running mate Boediono a landslide result in the presidential elections, with the incumben

Camelia Pasandaran – Still crying foul over the July 8 presidential election, runner-up Megawati Sukarnoputri will likely refuse to sign the final official results slated to be announce

Jakarta – While trailing presidential candidates have claimed the July 8 presidential election process was "flawed and unfair", the latest survey results from the Indonesian Survey Inst

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle gave its chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri full power during its national leadership meeting in Jakarta on Wednesda

Jakarta – Following the Golkar Party's poor showing in the April 9 legislative election and outright defeat in the July 8 presidential election, the party's younger members have demande

Jakarta – Political experts had mixed opinions on the possibility of a return of the Soeharto clan to Indonesian politics through the Golkar Party.

Jakarta – Political experts have called on the likely presidential election winner, incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to streamline the "redundant" Cabinet if re-elected by

Jakarta – Like the classic Bible story about "The prodigal son", incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is very likely to embrace the Golkar Party back into his coalition, should

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Advocating Team for the People's Right to Vote (TAHPR) urged the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Sunday to organize another election for the million

Febriamy Hutapea – Calls are growing within the divided National Mandate Party for a change of leadership, as the party tries to cozy up to the coalition aligned with President Susilo B

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Party stalwarts and political analysts agree now is the right time for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to conduct a serious evaluation of

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – There is no such thing as weekend downtime for the teams of defeated presidential candidates former president Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Jusuf Ka

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A civil society group in Aceh has said Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's re-election will place the Acehnese people in an unfavorable position.

Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – Party officials who supported President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's campaign have already begun jostling for positions in his Cabinet, weeks before the official re

Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – The presidential election may have been widely regarded as being largely free and fair, but the electoral count was still prone to fraud due to the recent Constit

Hotli Simanjuntak and Andi Hajramurni, Banda Aceh/Makassar – Incumbent President Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the majority of votes in several previously conflict-torn provinces that w

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ferry Irwanto – The Golkar Party, which has suffered two consecutive electoral defeats this year, is facing a worsening internal rift as calls increase to

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Retired army general Prabowo Subianto has threatened legal action after coming second in Indonesia's presidential elections, which he branded "far from de

Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesians have opted for certainty in their lives over the next five years.

Febriamy Hutapea & Nivell Rayda – Despite predictions that the current crop of political parties will seek young, fresh politicians untainted by the New Order regime to run in the n

Ferry Irwanto, Febriamy Hutapea & Heru Andriyanto – Jusuf Kalla's poor performance in the presidential election has prompted several leaders of his Golkar Party to call on him to st

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will lead the country for another five years, starting in October, after a massive victory in national elect

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was on course for a thumping victory in Indonesia's presidential elections, as voters yesterday overwhelmingly endorsed another

Jakarta – The majority of votes made at a polling station near the residence of presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla in Central Jakarta have been won by his rival, incumbent President Sus

Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri won the most votes from her polling station in Kebagusan, South Jakarta, on Wednesday morning, but some people registered to vote failed to turn up.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The candidates spent Tuesday, the final day before their fates are decided, keeping busy, but with very different, and somewhat chara

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Early unofficial results in Indonesia's presidential election have Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono being returned to office for a second five-year term.