Jakarta – Jakarta Governor and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) presidential candidate, Joko Widodo, has said that any PDI-P-led coalition will consist of ministers best

Jakarta – Nisa Ariyani staunchly supported Indonesia's Muslim parties her whole life, throughout decades of authoritarian rule and at the three legislative elections after the country b

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Camellia Lubis, a 28-year-old dangdut singer popularly known as Camel Petir (Thunder), is one of 2,467 women legislative candidates vying for a seat in the

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Mojokerto, Tulungagung, East Java – Painted in bone white, the 25-square-meter VIP pavilion, which is named after a famous Javanese king, has two beds: one for the

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Escalating political tension and rampant violence in Aceh in the run-up to next month's the legislative election have prompted activists to declare an emergen

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Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie could lose control of the country's second-largest political party, due to infighting initiated by members of his

Bagus BT Saragih and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – At least four retired four-star military generals have been vying for presidential nominations ahead of the July 9 race, but deemed no l

Olivia Rondonuwu, Kemasuk, Yogyakarta – Painted on the back of trucks and emblazoned across T-shirts, the smiling face of former Indonesian dictator Suharto has become a common sight ac

Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – Political tension escalated following the decision by the biggest opposition party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to name the hugely popu

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Hasyim Widhiarto, Yogyakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) nearly saw its rally in Sleman, Yogyakarta, on Tuesday turn chaotic after local party officials confro

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – Dangdut singers and local music groups are still the main crowd pullers for political events during this year's legislative election campaign across the country

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Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – Indonesia's controversial Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali was reported to the police for allegedly stumping for the United Development

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Police charged 21 members and supporters of the Aceh Party over a string of violent attacks on rival political parties ahead of the April legislative election

Semarang – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie doubled-down on claims that there was nothing out of the ordinary about jet-setting to the Maldives with a pair of Indonesian actresses

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Two National Aceh Party (PNA) members were critically injured and a member of the Aceh Party (PA) was hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries in relate

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – With religious sentiment believed to still play a significant role in the nation's politics, presidential hopeful Joko "Jokowi" Widodo – widely seen as a typ

Arnold Belau, Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) is calling on all West Papuan people from Sorong to Samarai to boycott both the legislative and presidential elections

Jakarta – Political parties are trying to gain as many votes as possible during the open campaign period ahead of the April 9 legislative election, including fielding celebrities to sec

Kennial Caroline Laia – As Indonesia's legislative election candidates canvass the public ahead of next months poll, voters have voiced their hopes for the next intake of lawmakers.

Jakarta – A video clearly intended to embarrass Aburizal Bakrie emerged on the internet on Thursday showing the Golkar Party presidential candidate jetting off to the Maldives with a la

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As the campaign season entered its fourth day on Wednesday, election watchdogs said campaign violations had become so widespread they were virtually impossib

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) presidential candidate, visited the central board of Muhammadiyah on Thursday, the

Jakarta – A legal challenge by lawyer and Crescent Star Party (PBB) head Yusril Ihza Mahendra that threatened to turn Indonesia's presidential election on its head was rejected on Thurs

Jakarta – The University's of Indonesia's (UI) Institute for Economic and Social Research (LPEM-UI) has estimated that a legislative candidate for the House of Representatives must spen

Tomi Sujatmiko, Yogya – Demonstrators from the Student Struggle Center for National Liberation (Pembebasan) held a protest action at the zero kilometer point near the central post offic

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – In spite of calls for him to reconsider his presidential bid following the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) nomination of Jakarta Governor J

Carlos Paath & Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – With Governor Joko Widodo the frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election, politicians from opposing parties have started to get jitte

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The Indonesian Military (TNI) said on Wednesday it was investigating allegations that several soldiers had rented their guns to the perpetrators of an attack

Jakarta – A candidate vying for a seat in West Lampung Legislative Council (DPRD) has been sentenced to six months in prison for vote buying during campaigning, according to Election Su

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – One of the participants in an attack on a National Democrat Party (NasDem) campaign office in Munyee Kunyet village, North Aceh in February was a former Free Ace

The Free West Papua campaign is calling on ethnic Papuan people to boycott upcoming elections in the disputed Indonesian province.

Andrew R. C. Marshall, Makassar, Indonesia – Makassar is a scrappy, traffic-choked port city in South Sulawesi where everybody knows your name. If, that is, your name is Limpo.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The government has reduced the allocation for infrastructure projects by about Rp 48 trillion (US$4.27 billion) in the 2014 state budget and instead used

Pekanbaru – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi says 23 governors and 11 deputy governors have asked for a leave of absence in order to campaign for their respective parties ahead of the upcomi

Abdul Qowi Bastian – "I want to apologize for not having done much in the past five years," legislator Rieke Diah Pitaloka told a crowd of young people during a youth event in South Jak

Zubaidah Nazeer, Jakarta – When lawyer Taufik Basari visited constituents in his Jakarta district to distribute leaflets telling them why he deserved their vote, many asked him why the

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Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto has accused Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri of violating a 2009 political agreement – dubbed the Batu Tulis P

Jakarta/Magelang/Surabaya – Indonesian political parties on Sunday kicked off the beginning of the 2014 campaign season with a mixture of mass gatherings, street convoys and rallies acr

The following statement has been released by independence leader Benny Wenda in response to the upcoming Indonesian elections

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – It appears that presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto has all the reason to resent the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)'s surprise decision to

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesia's political darling Joko Widodo touched base with almost every historical political symbol in Jakarta on Sunday as he kicked off his campaign.

Jonathan Thatcher, Jakarta – Indonesia's raucous election season kicks off on Sunday with the promise of a fresh style of leadership in the world's third largest democracy, whose econom

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) on Saturday disqualified a group of Regional Legislative Council (DPD) candidates, and in some cases entire parties, for late or nonexis

Anastasia Winanti Riesardy – The Golkar Party accounted for the highest number of campaign advertisements in the media from March 1-11, despite the official campaign period only beginn

Jakarta – Gerindra Party chairman Suhardi said his party still believed in its presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto despite the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) deci