For some time now, supporters of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto have made accusations casting doubt the integrity of Indonesia's elections, such as unsubstantiated allegations

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo still holds a commanding lead in polls released just two weeks before the world's third-biggest democracy goes to the polls, bu

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry has rebuked a statement by firebrand Islamist Rizieq Shihab, who claimed that Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi had ordered embassy staffers in

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta (Antara) – Thousands of Freeport Indonesia workers may not be able to vote this coming election.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Incumbent presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo gave his response on former Pasirwangi Police District Head Sulman Azis, who claimed to have been told to m

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – Indonesian Public Institute executive director Karyono Wibowo gave his opinion on the recent controversial statement expressed by National Mandate Part

Indonesia's long election year started with regional and local elections in mid-2018 and culminates in its first simultaneous legislative and presidential elections on 17 April.

Rizieq Shihab, the controversial founder of the hardline Islamic Defender Front (FPI) may not have nearly the influence on this year's presidential campaigns as he did in the 2017 Jaka

In any election, it's essential for law enforcement to remain neutral, but that neutrality has been called into question ahead of Indonesia's upcoming presidential election on April 17

James Massola, Jakarta – Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's campaign has claimed massive voter irregularities and flagged a legal challenge to the election result, wa

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia's opposition has uncovered data irregularities affecting millions of people in the election rolls and vowed on Monday (April 1) to take legal action, or u

The current presidential race between the incumbent Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Ma'aruf Amin partnership and the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno challengers reflects a major flaw in the country

Andita Rahma and Adam Prireza, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police planned to beef up regular operations, such as mobile patrols, ahead of the 2019 general elections slated to take place on W

Jakarta – The fourth presidential debate between incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and challenger Prabowo Subianto on Saturday unexpectedly provided a stage of heated arguments – and laug

Linda Yulisman – The third debate between President Joko Widodo and his rival Prabowo Subianto ahead of elections next month did not disappoint, with both men taking a more combative s

James Massola, Jakarta – Indonesia's presidential debates are a must-watch for millions of people in this vast archipelago, with mass screenings in parks and other venues around the co

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto crushed any concerns that he may compromise Indonesia's national unity by being too cozy with radical Islamists during Sa

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto clarified during the fourth presidential candidate debate on Saturday that he was not in any position to support the establishment of

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo shrugged off a concern expressed by challenger Prabowo Subianto, who questioned the capability of the Indonesian Military (TNI) to

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – Civility is not always the norm in political discussions.

Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, Jakarta – With campaigning in full swing for the elections on April 17, candidates are working to address voters' main concerns.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) yesterday uncovered what they allege to be a huge scheme to buy votes during next month's legislative election while arresting House of Repr

A significant number of Indonesians, especially young people of voting age, have expressed their dissatisfaction with both candidates vying for the presidency in next month's election

Presidential challenger Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno's campaign have been beset by numerous PR disasters in the lead up to next month's election, but this latest

Yogyakarta – In a metal pavilion down a backstreet in Yogyakarta, a mid-sized Indonesian city, Tutiek Widyo is making her pitch to the crowd.

Indonesian democracy throws up many contrasts.

Indonesia's president has started beaming a hologram of himself to reach voters in key battleground provinces as he shuttles around the south-east Asian archipelago ahead of national p

Jakarta – Major Muslim and Christian religious organisations have called on the faithful to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming elections to counter a rising movement in favou

Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) is protesting a statement by Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Wiranto who stat

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has urged all Papuans in Indonesia to boycott the upcoming national elections.

Karlis Salna and Viriya Singgih, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy, the biggest in Southeast Asia, is getting a boost from an election campaign that's kicking into high gear.

As the representative body of the West Papuan people and all West Papuan groups, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) formally declares a boycott of the Indonesian pre

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – A national political development researcher from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Aisyah Putri Budiarti, pointed out potential voter migration ahea

Muhammad Fida Ul Haq, Jakarta – The country's peak Islamic body the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) has reiterated that the fatwa (edict) declaring that golput – to abstain from voting

Dwi Andayani, Jakarta – The country's peak Islamic body the Indonesia Ulama Council (MUI) has declared that taking a position of golput – to abstain from voting – in the elections is h

Jakarta – A legislative candidate from an unidentified political party was arrested along with four suspects for allegedly stealing money to use for his campaign, the Bogor Police repo

Jakarta – The country's peek religious body, the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI), is calling on the Indonesian public to use their right to vote on voting day in the 2019 presidential a

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) called on society to maintain unity just less than a month to Indonesia's 2019 Presidential Election.

Ahmad Salman and Markus Junianto & Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – The public campaign period for the 2019 presidential election kicked off on Sunday with visits to various locations by

Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto is meeting his supporters in Merauke, Papua, on Monday for the first time as a presidential candidate.

Jakarta – Former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri's nasi goreng (fried rice) recipe was shared with the public on the fir

Jakarta (Antara) – The Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) held a declaration of joint commitment ahead of the convening of open campaigns to ensure that the parliamentary and presiden

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – As Indonesians prepare to cast their votes in simultaneous presidential and legislative elections slated for April 17, the government has stepped up m

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Pelita Harapan University political communication expert Emrus Sihombing argues that the lacking performance of political parties backing presidential c

Jakarta – As many as 8,722 inmates in prisons across Jakarta might not be able to vote in the general election on April 17.

Arie Ruhyanto – Three soldiers and several members of an armed group were killed in a shootout earlier this month in Nduga, Papua.

Jakarta – During the first election debate back in January, vice presidential candidate Ma'ruf Amin became an object of online mockery for his poor performance.

Many have criticized Indonesia's mainstream political parties for endorsing legislative candidate who had previously been convicted on corruption charges, but at least none of those ex

Christian Lee, Jakarta – The campaign team of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate, cleric Ma'ruf Amin, is redirecting its effort to door-to-door campaigns to inform the

Jakarta – The respective camps of Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and challenger Prabowo Subianto have started gearing up for massive political rallies as the presidential el