Jakarta – The Indonesian Elections Committee (PPI) on Wednesday finally agreed seat allocations for the national parliament elected on June 7.

After weeks of controversy over seat distribution, only 21 of the 48 parties which contested the country's first free general election for more than three decades will sit in the House of Representatives (DPR). Jacob Tobing, who chairs the PPI, said the seat distribution was now final.

Under the final allocation, the Indonesian Democratic Party/Struggle of opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri secured 153 seats and the ruling Golkar party trailed second with 120 seats.

The Moslem United Development Party won 58 seats, the National Awakening Party 51, and the People's Mandate Party of reformist figurehead Amien Rais 34. The 120 remaining seats were shared by 16 minor parties.

Tobing said the 120 seats had been the stumbling block to agreement. They were finally handed out on a rank system, and not according to vote sharing deals entered by several parties prior to the elections.

Eight Moslem parties have said they could take KPU to the court for annuling their vote sharing agreement.

Besides the 462 elected seats, the DPR also comprises another 38 seats allocated to the military who do not vote in polls.

The DPR members will join another 200 appointees representing the provinces and interest groups to form the The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the nation's highest legislative body.

The MPR will convene in October and select a new president in November. Incumbent President B.J. Habibie, of Golkar, and Megawati are the main frontrunners for the presidency.