Fadiyah Aldairus – Indonesia is holding the biggest one-day election in the world today, where more than 200 million voters – more than half of them under the age of 40 – will choose on

Jakarta (Agencies) – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has delayed voting in four districts of Paniai regency, Central Papua, after incidents in which residents burned balloting ma

Jakarta – Indonesia has seen many faces of Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto over his decades in the public eye – the cheshire grin that accompanies his recent viral dance moves, flashe

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Carrying out nationwide elections in Indonesia, which consists of more than 17,000 islands, can be a logistical nightmare for the government.

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) reiterated on Tuesday that accepting cash payments or any form of rewards from political candidates goes against I

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Wednesday's presidential election in Indonesia could see the ascendance of General Prabowo Subianto, who has tried for years to seize power after decades of involvement in mass killings

Ben Bland – In 1985, the CIA pondered who could rule Indonesia after Suharto, the authoritarian president who had reigned since 1967, eventually left the stage.

Raihan M. Hatta – On Sunday, February 11, 2024, a documentary entitled Dirty Vote Dandhy Laksono's work was released via the official YouTube channel called Dirty Vote.

Beritasatu Team, Jakarta – Distributing ballot boxes to 820,000 polling stations (TPS) spread across 17,000 islands in Indonesia is an incredibly challenging but not impossible endeavor

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Research Manager of Trend Asia Zakki Amali said that the running candidates in upcoming presidential elections produced carbon emissions equal to the flight of

Ikhsan Reliubun, Jakarta – Member of the General Elections Supervisory Agency or Bawaslu Lolly Suhenty admitted that the 'Dirty Vote' film was a form of self-criticism against the agenc

Helmut Timothy & Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – A TikTok video gaining traction on social media showcases the interim results of the 2024 Presidential Election vote count in six c

Mohammad Muajijin, Tulungagung – The Regional Election Commission in Tulungagung, East Java, has discovered 10 foreign nationals listed in the Permanent Voter List (DPT) for the 2024 el

Daniel A. Fajri, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No.

Savero Aristia Wienanto, Jakarta – The director and three constitutional law experts featured in the viral documentary movie, Dirty Vote, were reported to the National Police by the Ind

Jakarta (Agencies) – Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) director Khoirunnisa Nur Agustyati has advised voters to check their ballots before entering the voting booth on

Jakarta – Just days before voters head to the polls, the technology whizzes at KawalPemilu have revived the independent election monitoring platform of bygone years, vowing to continue

Jakarta – With his blatant cheating and partiality, Jokowi pushed Indonesia's democracy to the brink of a cliff. We must fight back at the voting booth.

Eka Nugraha Putra – Indonesians are heading to the polls on Wednesday February 14, to vote in the world's biggest single-day election.

Leo Suryadinata – The Indonesian Solidarity Party, PSI, is aiming to secure some national parliamentary seats in tomorrow's elections.

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The documentary film "Dirty Vote", which examines allegations of fraud in the lead up to the 2024 legislative and presidential elections has sparked a p

Beritasatu Team, Jakarta - February 14, 2024, marks a historic moment for the people of Indonesia.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) has released a list of certified survey institutions eligible to participate in the quick count process for the 2024 elect

Hariz Baharudin, Jakarta – A new controversial documentary on the Indonesian election, released days before Polling Day, has drawn strong reactions, with front-runner candidate Prabowo

Jalelah Abu Baker, Semarang, Indonesia – The busy port city of Semarang has the highest number of ethnic Chinese population in Central Java.

Semarang, Indonesia – His name is not on the ballot, but Indonesia's wildly popular President Joko Widodo, or "Jokowi", looms large over Wednesday's election in the world's third-larges

Zach Hope – It is still hours until the main event and some 100,000 chanting Indonesians, undaunted by Jakarta's smothering humidity, have filled Gelora Bung Karno Stadium to capacity a

Mong Palatino – There are 106 million Indonesians aged between 17 and 40, representing 52 percent of the eligible voters in the country.

Jakarta – When Indonesian housewife Suharti was returning home from a shopping trip, a group of political party workers handed her 100,000 rupiah (S$8.60) and a T-shirt – and asked her

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Dirty Vote movie released on February 11, has revealed alleged systemic election frauds committed by President Jokowi.

Bagus Pribadi, Jakarta – Chairman of the Election Supervisory Agency or Bawaslu, Rahmat Bagja, responded to the recently released movie Dirty Vote, which contains criticism against the

Jakarta (Agencies) – A documentary claiming President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo used state resources to try to swing this week's presidential election in favour of his defence minister has g

Antara, Jakarta – The Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) reminded election participants to refrain from engaging in any form of campaign activities during the cooling-off period, whi

Riani Sanusi Putri and Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Apdesi, or the Indonesian Village Administration Association spoke up about the allegation of village heads mobilization to suppor

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Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is literally struggling to retain its top position in next week's general election, with surveys putti

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The chairman of Prabowo Subianto's presidential campaign team on Sunday refuted accusations that he had ever predicted the candidate will serve for only two yea

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The presidential election in Indonesia entered a cooling-off period on Sunday, just three days ahead of the elections, following 75 days of intense campaign r

Jessica Washington, Jakarta, Indonesia – On February 14, more than 204 million Indonesians will have the chance to vote for their new president.

Resty Woro Yuniar, Indonesia – Indonesia's three presidential nominees spent a frenzied final day of campaigning with rallies in key election battlegrounds Jakarta and Central Java on S

Aqil Haziq Mahmud, Jakarta – Official campaigning has ended, and a cooling-off period is in place from Sunday till Tuesday for voters to mull over their choices before polling on Wednes

Tim Lindsey – Ambitious and mercurial, with a dark past, former army general Prabowo Subianto has spent a lifetime vying for the ultimate prize in Indonesian politics.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Civil Society Coalition for International Human Rights Advocacy has called on the public not to vote for a presidential and vice presidential candidate pair who

Jakarta – Two of Indonesia's three presidential contenders pledged to protect press freedom in the world's third-largest democracy at a weekend event that frontrunner Prabowo Subianto d

Antara, Jakarta – The two largest Islamic social organizations in Indonesia have expressed hope that the political situation ahead of the upcoming presidential election will remain cond

Indonesia (Bloomberg) – Days before Indonesians vote for their first new president in a decade, opinion polls favour an ex-general bent on continuing an economic strategy anchored on bu

Allan Nairn – Indonesia, the scene of two of the 20th century's epic slaughters, may be on the verge of a return to army rule at the hands of its most notorious general.

Jonathan Head – Budiman Sujatmiko has lost none of the passion that he used to show as one of the boldest student opponents of Suharto, the soft-spoken but ruthless dictator who ruled I

Zach Hope – More than 200 million Indonesians will vote next Wednesday.