Regional election disputes dominated the cases handled by the Constitutional Court in 2010, with 74 percent of elections resulting in some sort of controversy, a court official said.

Anita Rachman – Obviously irritated by the barrage of criticism aimed at the government by its ruling coalition partners, Democratic Party executives on Wednesday called on coalition pa

Anita Rachman & Candra Malik – Chances of reunifying the deeply split National Awakening Party are now even slimmer with the legally recognized faction urging the leader of a splint

Anita Rachman & Ronna Nirmala – An unexpected alliance between the ruling Democratic Party and opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle could be in the cards for the 2014

Amir Tejo & Anita Rachman, Surabaya – Yenny Wahid was elected as the new chairwoman of one of the divided National Awakening Party's two factions on Monday.

Anita Rachman – Prosperous Justice Party chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq on Sunday dismissed rumors that the party had issues with other parties in the government coalition, but said the c

Amir Tejo & Anita Rachman, Surabaya – Hopes that the warring factions of the Islam-based National Awakening Party would reunite here were dashed when a party congress opened on Sund

Taufik Darusman – In the 2009 legislative elections, the ruling Democratic Party won nearly 21 percent of the vote, tripling its gain from the previous elections.

M Hernowo and Anita Yossihara – The Joint Secretariat (Setgab) of political parties supporting the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Jakarta – Despite amendments to the law on political parties attempts to ensure accountability, critics say the changes will not prevent political parties from taking the interests of t

Anita Rachman – Amid a rash of complaints from coalition parties, the ruling Democrats said on Wednesday that the joint secretariat charged with managing the pro-government coalition wa

Anita Rachman – The integrity of the nation's already much-derided regional polling commissions will only get worse if legislators insist on allowing political parties to take part in o

Bagus BT Saragih – The ruling coalition will likely still be mired in bickering and internal friction next year, with a member party threatening to coalesce with the opposition to rival

Amir Tejo & Anita Rachman – The deeply divided National Awakening Party (PKB) seemed far from reuniting, as factions in the party failed to find middle ground ahead of the 2014 elec

Anita Rachman – An election watchdog has raised concerns about the quality of regional polls, painting a picture of an anything-goes attitude as candidates take advantage of a lack of o

Jakarta – Great Indonesian Movement (Gerindra) Party patron and former vice presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto says he is ready to run for president in 2014.

Anita Rachman – Officials at regional branches of Indonesia's main electoral watchdog are struggling to perform their monitoring duties because of difficulties in obtaining operational

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The chairman of the Democratic Party said on Sunday that despite competing interests within its ranks, the joint secretariat had "performed well" this year and

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Although the 2014 presidential elections are still a few years away, names of possible candidates were already emerging over the weekend.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Budget watchdogs aired their concerns on Sunday over the newly revised Law on Political Parties that has significantly raised the ceiling for companies' donatio

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The government said on Friday that it would begin verifying the eligibility of political parties to contest elections under tough new requirements in mid-J

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Democratic Party on Friday eased up on its demand to double the legislative threshold to 5 percent, conceding that it would be content with 4 percent to a

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Indonesian electoral system should be changed in such a way that qualified candidates, including women, are more likely to end up in the legislat

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A senior Democratic Party legislator has called on the antigraft body to take over the case of former tax official Gayus Tambunan from the police, in

Jakarta – A legislative working group recently finalized revisions to the 2008 Political Parties Law.

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – Not one to shy away from issuing controversial statements, Constitutional Court Chief Mahfud MD has said the court had yet to deal with an election dispute

Poor control and mismanagement have tainted the credibility of local elections, resulting in proposals to limit their existence.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The government's proposal to move gubernatorial elections from the hands of the people back into the hands of regional legislatures is being greeted with call

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The government proposes to eliminate direct gubernatorial elections and have provincial heads elected by the local legislative council, an official said on

Dessy Sagitap, Jakarta – Most of the violence that breaks out in regional elections could be easily prevented if the local polling commissions were better respected by the public, a rep

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – A budget watchdog has called for greater cost-cutting measures to stop regional elections from getting too expensive but warned against following through with a

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Major political parties are taking advantage of their position at the House of Representatives to draft laws that would limit the participation of new and sma

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – As talk of a possible cabinet shake-up continues, there are now calls from the House of Representatives for the president to replace members of his s

Jakarta – For the average Joe on the streets of Indonesia, a simple party system is just a matter of convenience, or a bit of nostalgia.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Leaders of the two largest political parties, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party and the Golkar Party, met Thursday amid a series of polit

Jakarta – A group of election watchdogs has called on legislators to revoke their decision, taken through voting, to allow politicians to become members of the General Election Commissi

Jakarta – Most political parties have failed to encourage their cadres to reach out to their constituencies and people, a political observer said following news about several legislator

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Unifying three of six bills regarding general elections that are currently deliberated by the house' legislative council might be the right answer to save mo

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A speedy resolution to the deadlock over an amendment to the 2007 Election Organizers Law is to let the government, rather than the House of Represen

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Yusak Yaluwo will be inaugurated as the new regent of Boven Digoel, Papua, but faces the threat of being immediately suspended after his inauguration for

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has fired back at rumors that he met with high-profile graft suspect Gayus Tambunan in Bali, calling it nothing more than political intri

Jakarta – Mandated to settle local election disputes since 2008, the Constitutional Court has become the shrine for squealing candidates who have lost in local elections.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Sujito, a 43-year-old personal driver, remembers the bad old days of the Suharto years, when elections involved just three parties and the results were never

Jakarta – The 2014 election is still four years away, but Indonesia's smaller political parties have begun to feel the pressure from major parties that want to see fewer competitors in

Jakarta – The National Mandate Party (PAN) has organized a meeting with seven smaller political parties as it moves to form a confederation of parties to consolidate power for the next

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of the People's Conscience Party's (Hanura) founder Gen.

Armando Siahaan & Anita Rachman, Jakarta – A watchdog and lawmakers on Wednesday called for the rapid completion of the long overdue bill on election organizers, by vote if necessar

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement Party's decision to form a confederation with six other parties would not pose a threat to bigger political organizations in the po

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono faces calls to carry out a "major reshuffle" of his Cabinet as a unit evaluating the performance of the ministers is expected

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has announced it will fight for a higher parliamentary threshold in the legislative body in the interests of forming a stronger and more e