Indonesian Elections

Abstract

On April 5, 2004, Indonesia successfully completed the first step of a multi-phase election process for 2004. The first phase elected the national legislature and the new regional representative council. The second phase, held on July 5, 2004, sought to elect a President. This led to a run-off election on September 20, 2004, between Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the current president, and Megawati Sukarnoputri, the former president of Indonesia. The 2004 elections were judged to be free and fair. This bodes well for evolution of democracy in Indonesia. Nationalist and secular parties were the most popular with voters. The Islamist parties limited appeal can be attributed more to their anti-corruption and good governance policies than to an overtly Islamist agenda. This report will not be updated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 20, 2005
Accession Number
ADA461389

Entities

People

  • Bruce Vaughn

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Democracy
  • Elections
  • Foreign Relations
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Indonesia
  • Law
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Political Parties
  • Security
  • Societies
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

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  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution