Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – The 2020 simultaneous regional head election (Pilkada) is set to be amped up by candidates from President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) family.

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Indonesia's major political parties have told Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian that the simultaneous presidential and legislative elections in April 2019 w

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's son-in-law Bobby Afif Nasution met with Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto to talk about the former's plan to run in the 2020 Medan may

Dedi Dinarto – In November 2019, the newly appointed Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian sparked a controversy when he proposed a review of the direct election system for regional

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – Hundreds of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) supporters rallied on Thursday in Surakarta, Central Java, to support the nomination of Deput

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The People's Conscience Party, or Hanura, who was left without a House of Representatives seat after April's election, was dealt another blow on Wednesday as foun

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has brushed off accusations by critics that he is looking to create a political dynasty after a decision by his son and son-in-law to run for

Suherdjoko and Ghina Ghaliya, Semarang and Jakarta – As his eldest son and son-in-law push ahead with their plans to run in mayoral races, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has asserted t

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman and former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asserted the political stance of the party, which is not part of the ruling coaliti

President Joko Widodo's eldest, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, is taking a huge step today in entering the race for mayor of Solo, Central Java amid concerns that the president is attempting

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Young politicians hoping to compete in the 2020 and 2022 regional elections will not have the opportunity to do so as the Constitutional Court rejected on Wedn

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's son-in-law Bobby Afif Nasution, who is running in the 2020 Medan mayoral race in North Sumatra, has rebuffed assumptions sugge

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Former corruption convicts are allowed to run in regional elections five years after their release from prison, the Constitutional Court has ruled.

Fadli, Batam – Rian Ernest, a rising politician and former staffer for Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, announced his candidacy for the Batam mayoral election in 2020.

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Commission A of the Jakarta city legislative council and the office of National and Political Unity (Kesbangpol) agreed to increase the budget for political pa

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Beritasatu, Jakarta – As many have predicted, Airlangga Hartarto was re-elected as chairman of the Golkar Party by acclamation on Wednesday evening, after main rival Bambang Soesatyo d

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Airlangga Hartarto will remain at the helm of Golkar after members of the nation's second-largest party reelected him in a decision that was widely expected gi

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has recalled how she helped Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto during

Heru Andriyanto, Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – Golkar top executives were all smiles as the party kicked off its national congress on Tuesday night, with the bitter rivalry between chairma

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's son-in-law Bobby Afif Nasution has registered with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to run in the 2020 Meda

Sally White and Edward Aspinall – At first glance, Indonesia's 2019 legislative elections yielded at least one unequivocal good news story: the proportion of seats won by women in the

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The latest electoral system used in Indonesia in April, in which presidential and legislative elections were held simultaneously, resulted in more downsides an

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Democrat Party secretary-general Didi Irawadi said that the party will maintain the two presidential terms mandated by the country's Constitution (Undang Undang/

Beritasatu, Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly speaker Bambang Soesatyo made the surprise decision to drop his bid for the chairmanship of the Golkar Party on Tuesday, only hours