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.

Muhamad Al Azhari & Ardian Wibisono – The business community welcomed quick-count poll figures suggesting that incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, had easily won a second

Papuan independence activists are calling for a mass boycott of tomorrow's Indonesian presidential election.

Olivia Rondonuwu and Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – Complaints of voter list irregularities by the two challengers for Indonesia's presidency soured the mood on the eve of elections on Tuesd

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Febriamy Hutapea & Ferry Irwanto – The Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that eligible voters not on the final voters list for

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Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The presidential and vice presidential debates, particularly on the peace-maker issue, have considerably influenced the Acehnese and led them to rethink

Febriamy Hutapea, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Presidential candidates, politicians and analysts broadly welcomed Monday's Constitutional Court ruling aimed

Jakarta – A survey released Saturday has revealed presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla and his running mate Wiranto benefited the most from the series of televised debates ran for the fir

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's rivals in next week's presidential election claim the incumbent is clutching at straws to retain his presidency, after Yudhoyono's recent

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is still the favorite to win next week's presidential election, says the latest survey by the Indonesian Survey Institute

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court announced Friday the media were allowed to publish any election-related news during the campaign-free period between July 5 and 7, prior to the July 8

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Sealing a political contract with a labor association is no guarantee of automatic support from the voters that constitute that group, a discussion heard Frid

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri's replacement at the helm of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle may not necessarily come from the Sukarno family line, the matr

Dicky Christanto and Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Jusuf Kalla criticized his rival Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his frequently aired campaign ads calling for a single-rou

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri, who has placed well behind Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in recent polls, has blamed the incumbent president's "selective" policy on combati

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Boediono, incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's running mate, formally turned down an offer from the chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party to acco

Anita Rachman – Religious figures have urged the presidential candidates, their campaign teams and supporters to cease politicizing religion, saying it was demeaning and had the potenti

Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Febriamy Hutapea – A statement made by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's spokesman and campaign team member Andi Mallarangeng sparked protests in Makass

Nivel Rayda, Febriamy Hutapea & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Swords were finally crossed as a political ad became the center of a heated argument between two of the presidential candid

Adianto P Simamora, Jakarta – On Tuesday, the final round of debates between vice presidential candidates ended without any surprises, with only Boediono and Prabowo Subianto exchanging

Previously secret US State Department documents implicate the President of Indonesia in a probable cover-up of an ambush in West Papua.

Jakarta – The Setara Institute, a civil society group focusing on improving the country's pluralism, on Tuesday criticized presidential candidates who have used religion to attract vote

Jakarta – The results of a new survey released Tuesday show Jakartans preferred a single-round presidential election because they thought a second round would be a waste of money.

Arlina Arshad – The saccharine world of Indonesian pop music is being rocked by a new wave of underground bands that aren't afraid to take aim at the country's political elite ahead of

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Solo – Puan Maharani, Megawati Soekarnoputri's daughter, on Sunday blamed the electoral roll fraud in the April 9 legislative elections for the defeat of the Indonesian Democratic Party

Jakarta – While management of foreign debt is considered as one of the most crucial problems for most people, it has been a non-issue during the election.

Febriamy Hutapea – The three presidential candidates and their campaign teams should stick to campaigning on the issues, rather than attacking each other or defending themselves against

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The second round presidential debate looked for a while more like a two-man show instead of three, with two candidates engaging in lively arguments while the th

Ferry Irwanto & Camelia Pasandaran – After a listless first debate more than a week ago, presidential candidates on Thursday gave a much livelier performance during their second nat

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Febriamy Hutapea – The campaign team for Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono's presidential ticket demanded on Wednesday that r

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has found in its latest study that even though the popularity of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is on the decline, h

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran – Despite attempts to spur more lively discussions and avoid a repeat of the snoozer that marked last week's first debate, the first vice president