Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Cracks appear to be forming in the coalition of 23 political parties backing incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and running mate Boediono, despite ini

Slamet Susanto – Presidential hopeful Jusuf Kalla criticized Monday's potentially rebellious meeting of a group of Golkar Party elite figures as unethical, saying he was against any spe

Febriamy Hutapea – In the latest sign of a split within the Golkar Party ahead of the July presidential poll, news emerged on Tuesday of a secret meeting of dozens of senior national an

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A local party, founded by former rebels of the Aceh Free Movement, was officially announced Monday as the winner of the 9 April legislative election, but

Jakarta – Political experts are not sure if the presidential elections will get to a second round, but say incumbent SBY will almost certainly win.

Jakarta – The Democratic Party and its 22 coalition partners signed in Cikeas, West Java, on Saturday what they call as a "coalition contract".

Dicky Christanto and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – All three presidential tickets registered themselves for the July 8 polls with the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Saturday, which is

Ed Davies & Sunanda Creagh – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is a clear favorite to win a second term in office in a July election, helped by the resilient performance of Southea

Febriamy Hutapea – The National Mandate Party continued its flip-flopping over the weekend as rifts again emerged over President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decision to name Boediono as

Febriamy Hutapea & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – On the eve of the deadline for candidates to register for the July 8 presidential election, certainty finally came that the upcoming po

Erwida Maulia and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday declared his bid for a second term in office and officially named Bank Indonesia Governor Boed

Tom Allard Herald, Jakarta – The Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has shed his customary political caution and chosen a pro-Western and pro-market central bank governor,

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The three Islam-based parties that had threatened to quit a Democratic Party-led coalition, after being angered by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's vice pr

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – It seems July's presidential election will be a one-round affair, with incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono looking set for a landslide win no matter wh

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Febriamy Hutapea – Two days before the registration deadline for candidates for the July 8 presidential election, Megawati Sukarnoputri was on Thursday st

Febriamy Hutapea – Religion and ethnicity appear to be losing their hold as factors in voter preferences over the pairing of candidates to run in the July presidential race, a survey re

The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) did little to ease concerns about its status as a conservative Islamic organization on Thursday, maintaining its strong objections to President Susilo

Jakarta – After securing seats at the House of Representatives, the winning legislative candidates for Jakarta said the newly changed electoral system had forced them to put extra effor

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Several political parties have threatened to quit a planned coalition with the Democratic Party (PD) and form an entirely separate alliance after SBY named Bank

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has fractured the field ahead of registrations this weekend for Indonesian presidential elections in July.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Despite an aggressive push by the Democratic Party to forge a coalition with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the latter is still holding

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has blamed many of the problems that occurred during April's legislative election, including voter list fraud and the low poll turnout,

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – The secular party of Indonesia's president tripled its share of the vote in parliamentary elections and support for religious parties nose-dived – a sign of ho

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Eurico Guterres, the pro-integration militia leader who terrorised East Timor as it voted for independence, has failed to win a seat in Indonesia's parliament.

Joe Cochrane & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) of former President Megawati

Erwida Maulia and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Having cut loose the Golkar Party, the Democratic Party is now unexpectedly approaching the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) announced late Saturday the final results of the April 9 legislative elections, with around 40 percent of the more than 171 million regi

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri has no other choice but to pick Great Indonesian Movement Party (Gerindra) head Prabowo Subianto as her running mate for the upcoming

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – After much wheeling and dealing, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) on Thursday appeared to have finally put an end to the hopes of a Suharto

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The National Mandate Party (PAN) has dashed hopes of a deal with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), joining forces instead with the Democra

Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's youngest son Edhie Baskoro and former president Megawati Soekarnoputri's daughter Puan Maharani look set to join th

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – The arrest of Indonesia's anti-corruption tsar over a murder will have little impact on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's re-election campaign, analyst

Jakarta – Agus Ohee, a resident of Harapan village, Jayapura regency, Papua, who was shot by local police during an attempted arrest, died in Sentani hospital on Wednesday morning.

Jakarta – Learning from the voter list fiasco that marred the legislative elections, the government says it has taken necessary measures to prevent the problem from recurring in July's

Jakarta – Regional branches of the Golkar Party are refusing to acknowledge the pairing of chairman Jusuf Kalla with head of the People's Consience Party (Hanura) Wiranto as candidates

Jakarta – The country has encountered a setback in the recent legislative elections, but this should not discourage efforts to continuously preserve and improve its hard-won democracy,

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Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Autonomy in Aceh has allowed local political elites to trump Jakarta's authority.

Dicky Christanto and Slamet Susanto, Jakarta – Jusuf Kalla's decision to run for president and pick retired general Wiranto as running mate lacks solid support from with in Golkar, whic

Jakarta – Analysts have called recent moves by parties trying to form coalitions based on power sharing as "absurd", saying Indonesia needs political partnerships that strengthen the co

Tom Allard Herald, Jakarta – Indonesia's President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is being driven into the arms of the country's Islamic parties, posing questions about the direction of his

Four major political parties on Friday signed a coalition agreement aimed at strengthening their positions in the legislature, party officials said.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The Golkar Party and the People's Conscience Party (Hanura) unveiled Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Wiranto as their presidential and vice presidential candi

Camelia Pasandaran & Nivell Rayda – Civil society organizations on Friday called for the Corruption Eradication Commission to investigate election commission higher-ups over procure

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Vote buying topped the list of election violations investigated by police during the nine months of election campaigning preceding the April 9 polls.

Max Lane – The Indonesian General Elections Commission has not yet completed counting all the votes in the April 9 elections to the national parliament and scores of local assemblies.

Dicky Christanto and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Political parties trying to put together a jumbo coalition to challenge President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will need to stop shadow boxing

Jakarta – With his almost unlimited financial capacity and increasing popularity, Prabowo Subianto is shaping up to be President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) strongest opponent in t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Febriamy Hutapea – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, and the Golkar Party – now clearly relegated to second and third place after Pre

Jakarta – The House of Representatives finally ratifies the regulation in-lieu-of law on voters list via voting mechanism at the House's plennary session hall in Senayan, South Jakarta,