Indonesia Election 2009
March 24, 2009 by Medan Indonesia
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| 09/04/2009 |
Indonesia Legislative Election 09 April 2009
Update: 08 July 2009 Indonesia Presidential Election Results 2009
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Who is the Next President of Indonesia ( Polling Results )
Indonesia will hold its Parliamentary / Legislative Election this 09 April 2009 and we will be seeing many campaigns held by politicians and candidates from political parties around the city of Medan.
The Presidential election will be held soon after sometime in September 2009 to be confirmed. This April 09, citizens of Indonesia and residents of Medan will first elect their favorite politician (known as CALEG in Indonesia = Calon Legislative) to represent the people as representatives for the area / city of Medan as DPRD (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah). More information on Indonesia Election can be found at the Official Election Website of Indonesia: Komisi Pemilihan Umum ~ www.kpu.go.id
Pak Tung Tung: the month of March with lots of political campaigns
Presidential Election and Candidate
After this election, the parties will then nominate Presidential Candidates for the citizens of Indonesia to elect as President of Indonesia in September 2009. Presidential Candidates have not been officially announced as policatical parties are still waiting for the results of the Legislative Election. However, it can be seen from the polling results below.
To be nominated as a candidate for the Presidential Election, Presidential candidates need at least 20% of votes from the elected legislative candidates from April 09 election. Hence, the April Legislative election is a very important step for Presidential candidates to be nominated especially if the Presidential candidates are from small political parties like the current President of Indonesia – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (commonly known as SBY) who is from Partai Demokrat ~ Democrat Party.
The two current largest political parties in Indonesia are Golkar headed by the current Vice President of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla and PDIP-P headed by the previous President of Indonesia – Megawati Sukarnoputri who had both signed an agreement to carry out a fair election campaign and ensuring public safety during the election. This is a good sign of security and stability of Indonesia for the coming election.
Will SBY the current President of Indonesia wins the election again?
This is a common question among the citizens of Indonesia. According to public polling, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono still holds over 43% popularity votes by the citizens of Indonesia. However, since Partai Demokrat is a small party and Presidential candidates need at least 20% of votes from legislative candidates to be nominated. The April legislative election is crucial to the current President. Partai Demokrat needs to win at least 20% of the seats / election to be able to nominate SBY as the next Presidential candidate for the Presidential Election. If Partai Demokrat does not win at least 20% of the legislative election, then it will need to find coalliation with other parties to help Partai Demokrat to nominate SBY as Presidential Candidate.
This will also determine who will run as Vice President with the President.
President and Vice President from Different Political Parties
This is also a popular questions among foreigners. Unlike other countries like the United States, the Vice Presidential Candidate of Indonesia can be from other political parties just like the condition at the moment where President SBY is from Partai Demokrat and Vice President Jussuf Kalla is from Partai Golkar. This is the result of coallition during the past election.
Popularity of Presidential candidates polling results published at Javno News:
Next Indonesia President Popularity Polling Results
Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI), a private pollster, found that 43 percent of respondents would choose Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as president, against 19 percent for former President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who is considered his main rival.
Of those polled, 15 percent said they were undecided. Other presidential hopefuls got less than 10 percent in the poll, with the Sultan of Yogyakarta and Prabowo Subianto, a general with close ties to former President Suharto, getting 5 percent each.
Former military strongman Wiranto received 3 percent, and current Vice President Jusuf Kalla 2 percent.
Political Parties Polling Results
SBY Democrat Party has the support of 23 percent of those polled, putting it well ahead of the two main political parties, Megawati’s PDI-P and former President Suharto’s Golkar, with 17.1 percent and 13.3 percent respectively.
Islamist parties scored less than 5 percent, with the National Awakening Party (PKB) and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) getting 4.8 percent and 4 percent respectively. One fifth of those polled were undecided.
With these polling results, SBY’s Partai Demokrat may well become one of the largest political party after the April 9 Parliamentary Election.
SBY will be visiting Medan on 28 March 2009 for the legislative election campaigns
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SBY has done a lot for Indonesia, he should win again.
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It is confusing between nyoblos and nyontreng..
huh…
complicated…
[...] 09th April 2009 – The National Legislative Election Day in Indonesia [...]
[...] Citizens all over Indonesia will choose legislative members for parliament in this Indonesia Legislative Election. [...]
nyoblos = poke with a nail
nyontreng = tick with a pen
During the last election in 2004, voters nyoblos their chosen candidate, this year, voters just need to nyontreng
Anyway, the quick count votes are in:
95.47% votes have been counted.
Quick Count Election Results by Lembaga Survey Indonesia (LSI)
The Top 3 Political Parties are Partai Demokrat=20.4%; PDIP=14.4%; Partai Golkar=14.0%
These are favorite votes for the parties, the number of seats secured by each party can be higher than the percentage shown above.
Have you got the Blue Ink Fever?
Indonesia Presidential Election 2009 Results
http://www.medanku.com/indonesia-presidential-election-results/