Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Hatta Rajasa, the running mate of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, denied on Friday that the pair had ever promised a top Cabinet position to Golka

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Two tickets running in Indonesia's upcoming presidential election revealed the major compositions of their respective campaign teams last week; one is filled wi

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court issued a ruling on Wednesday confirming that active military and police personnel were not eligible to vote in the July 9 presidential election, follo

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While TV pundits and social media commentators have been busy hashing out the personality differences between presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto and Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, little h

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Bagus BT Saragih and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Golkar Party politicians were stunned last Monday by the sudden move from chairman Aburizal Bakrie to announce an alliance with the Geri

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa campaign team has yet to decide whether to dismiss Suryadharma Ali after he was named a suspect in the haj-management graft cas

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court opened on Friday the hearings into 871 disputes pertaining to the legislative election for seats in the House of Representatives (DPR) an

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Yeremia Sukoyo & Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Hary Tanoesoedibjo, business magnate and chief patron of the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), said he would step down from his position i

Hotman Siregar & Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – Although Prabowo Subianto's chance to win the presidential election seems better on paper with the backing of his coalition, analysts have wa

Jakarta – Though the Golkar Party has given its official support to presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto and running mate Hatta Radjasa, several of its members have expressed doubt ove

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Jakarta – Gerindra Party deputy secretary-general Aryo Djojohadikusumo says the coalition of parties supporting candidate pair Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa has established Gerakan Muda

Helen Brown, Indonesia – A failed election candidate in Indonesia claims that bribes she paid to electoral officials to win a seat in last month's parliamentary polls were not honoured.

Michael Bachelard – The battle lines for Indonesia's presidential election have been clearly drawn between a political newcomer with small business credentials and a wealthy ex-soldier

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Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – It was a remarkable, yet predictable step for Joko Widodo, the hugely popular presidential hopeful of the Indonesian Democratic of Struggle, or PDI-P, t

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Monday's declaration of two tickets running in July's presidential election evokes at least two questions: Do hopefuls Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto have any

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Former vice president Jusuf Kalla still holds Golkar Party membership. He is also a former chairman of the party.

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Joko Widodo, the man most likely to become Indonesia's next president, has gone back to the future in his choice of running mate, picking a significantly ol

Fergus Jensen & Kanupriya Kapoor – Indonesia's Joko Widodo received a major boost in the race to become president of the world's third-largest democracy on Monday when he picked pop

Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has finally decided to throw its support behind Prabowo Subianto, the presidential candidate from the Great Indonesia Movement Party, or Gerin

Editorial staff – Senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) figure Sabam Sirait says that PDI-P vice presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla (JK) who will run alongside PDI-P pr

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has added a new coalition partner after securing official support from the Hanura Party.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Police on Sunday said they had arrested three men suspected of involvement in the March shooting of an Aceh National Party (PNA) legislative candidate.

Kennial Caroline Laia – The involvement of 'reformasi' activists in political parties and during last month's legislative elections has the potential to alter the country's political la

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman and presidential candidate Aburizal Bakrie on Friday night entered into a deal to name as his running mate Democratic former army chief Pramono Edhie Wib

Jakarta – The chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Megawati Soekarnoputri, reaffirmed to the public on Wednesday that Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Goenawan Mohamad, the founder of Tempo Magazine and architect of the National Mandate Party (PAN), has resigned from the party he cofounded in protes

Jakarta – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the presidential candidate nominated by a coalition comprising the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the NasDem Party, the National Awaken

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Jakarta – A public opinion poll conducted by pollster the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) has found that forty percent of voters have yet to decide who to vote for in the July presidenti

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho & SP/Deti Mega, Jakarta – The presidential election looks set to be a showdown between Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo and former special forces general Prabow

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A politician widely viewed as a leading figure in the 1998 reformation movement that overthrew the New Order regime has come under criticism by human

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) will form a coalition with the Gerindra Party to nominate the latter's chief patron Prabowo Subianto as its presidential candidate, a decisi

Joko Widodo, the presidential candidate from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, on Saturday took to presenting his vision for the nation through an opinion piece pub

Kanupriya Kapoor and Randy Fabi, Jakarta – Indonesian presidential frontrunner Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has joined hands with the country's most popular Islamic party, cementing the surpris

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Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) was technically able to meet the May 9 deadline to announce the results of the April 9 legislative election.

Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Indonesia's longtime opposition was declared the official winner of last month's legislative election, as polling officials finalized the vote count with just mi

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The Indonesian government was controlled by the military from 1966 to 1998 under the reign of four-star general turned authoritarian president Suharto.

Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) has announced its support for Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo's bid for the presidency and will join a coalition with Joko's party in the legis

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Political parties have disputed the General Elections Commission's (KPU) decision to rush the legislative election vote count process by limiting the right

Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has taken an apparent swipe at Prabowo Subianto, one of the men vying to replace him, in a YouTube video warning Indonesians no

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Yeremia Sukoyo, Ezra Sihite, Erwin Sihombing, & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman and presidential candidate Aburizal Bakrie has expressed his willingness to

Bagus BT Saragih and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The country's major political parties have begun to intensify their search for loyal political partners this past week, with presidentia