2014 Indonesian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 9 April 2014 to elect 136 members of the Regional Representative Council, 560 members of the People's Representative Council and members of regional assemblies at the provincial and regency/municipality level. For eligible voters residing outside Indonesia, elections were held on 5 or 6 April 2014 based on the decision of the electoral commission of each different countries.
Seats up for election
Parties contesting the elections
A total of 46 parties registered to take part in the election nationwide, from which only 12 parties passed the requirements set by the General Elections Commission. To contest the elections, all parties had to have- A branch office and branch in every province
- A branch office and branch in at least 75% of the regencies or municipalities in every province
- A branch in at least 50% of the districts in every regency or municipality
- At least 1,000 registered members
Initially, all parties with seats in the DPR were to be allowed to contest the election without the need for verification, but on 29 August 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court overturned this provision, obliging all parties to undergo the process.
The results were instrumental to the presidential election in July. The requirement for a presidential ticket had to be supported by a party or a coalition of parties winning at least 20% of the seats or 25% of the popular votes in the legislative election.
The 12 national and three Aceh parties together with their ballot numbers were:
- National Democratic Party
- National Awakening Party
- Prosperous Justice Party
- Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle
- Golkar Party
- Great Indonesia Movement Party
- Democratic Party
- National Mandate Party
- United Development Party
- People's Conscience Party
- Aceh Peace Party
- Aceh National Party
- Aceh Party
- Crescent Star Party
- Indonesian Justice and Unity Party
Election schedule
| Date | Event |
| 9 August 2012 | Voter registration begins |
| 9–15 April 2013 | Registration of candidates for the DPR, DPD and DPRD |
| 4 August 2013 | Publication of final list of DPR candidates |
| 16 August 2013 | Publication of provisional electoral roll |
| 16 March 2014 | Start of election campaign |
| 6–8 April 2014 | Quiet period - no campaigning allowed |
| 9 April 2014 | Election day |
| 7–9 May 2014 | Announcement of results |
| 11–17 May 2014 | Announcement of seat allocations |
| 1 October 2014 | DPR and DPD members sworn in |
Electoral system
On polling day, voters were given four ballot papers, one each for the national People's Representative Council and Regional Representative Council and one each for their local provincial and regency/municipality Regional Representative Councils. Candidates for the DPR and DPRDI/II stand on a party platform. The ballot papers had a section for each of the parties with the party number and symbol. Under the symbols, that parties candidates were listed. Voters could vote for just the party, or one of the candidates by punching a hole in the ballot paper with the tool provided. Candidates for the DPD stood on an individual basis, so voters need to punch a hole in the candidate's picture, ballot number or name.Allocation of seats
For the DPR election, each province was divided into between one and eleven electoral districts depending on population. Each of these electoral districts elected between three and ten members by proportional representation with a 3.5% national threshold.| Province | DPR seats | Electoral districts |
| Aceh | 13 | 2 |
| North Sumatra | 30 | 3 |
| West Sumatra | 14 | 2 |
| Riau | 11 | 2 |
| Riau Islands | 3 | 1 |
| Jambi | 7 | 1 |
| South Sumatra | 17 | 2 |
| Bangka–Belitung Islands | 3 | 1 |
| Bengkulu | 4 | 1 |
| Lampung | 18 | 2 |
| Jakarta | 21 | 3 |
| West Java | 91 | 11 |
| Banten | 22 | 3 |
| Central Java | 77 | 10 |
| Yogyakarta | 8 | 1 |
| East Java | 87 | 11 |
| Bali | 9 | 1 |
| West Nusa Tenggara | 10 | 1 |
| East Nusa Tenggara | 13 | 2 |
| West Kalimantan | 10 | 1 |
| Central Kalimantan | 6 | 1 |
| South Kalimantan | 11 | 2 |
| East Kalimantan | 8 | 1 |
| North Sulawesi | 6 | 1 |
| Gorontalo | 3 | 1 |
| Central Sulawesi | 6 | 1 |
| South Sulawesi | 24 | 3 |
| Southeast Sulawesi | 5 | 1 |
| West Sulawesi | 3 | 1 |
| Maluku | 4 | 1 |
| North Maluku | 3 | 1 |
| Papua | 10 | 1 |
| West Papua | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 560 | 77 |
Once the votes were counted, the General Elections Commission eliminated any party that had failed to obtain a 3.5% share of the national vote. It then allocated seats in the DPR via a two-stage process. First, the number of votes to secure one DPR seat in each electoral district was calculated by dividing the number of valid votes by the number of seats to be elected in each district. Each party's vote in each district was divided by this amount to determine the number of seats won outright. Any party with less than this amount won no seats in this first stage. The remaining votes were then used to determine which party won any seats so far unallocated by awarding these seats to the parties with the largest remainders until all seats were allocated.
For the DPD, each province returns four members regardless of size and population. The candidates for DPD stood independently. Voters were given one and only one vote. The system used is the Single Non-Transferable Vote.
Only parties with at least 25% of the popular vote or that control 20% of seats in the DPR were able to nominate candidates for the presidential election. Parties that did not achieve this percentage had to form a coalition with other parties to make up the required percentage share to nominate a candidate.
Opinion polls
Numerous opinion polls have been done by many different pollsters to gauge the voting intention of the electorate. However, many of them are regarded to be unreliable. The quality of polling in Indonesia varies considerably. Further, some of the polling institutions provide little information about their polling methods. Therefore, the data set out below should be treated with care.| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Demokrat | Golkar | PDI-P | PKS | PAN | PPP | PKB | Gerindra | Hanura | Nasdem | PBB | PKPI | Und. | Lead |
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Und. | Lead | ||||||||||||
| 2009 election | 9 April 2009 | 104,048,118 | 20.85% | 14.45% | 14.03% | 7.88% | 6.01% | 5.32% | 4.94% | 4.46% | 3.77% | - | 1.79% | 0.90% | 15.60% | 6.40% |
| 1–8 March 2013 | 1,200 | 11.7% | 22.2% | 18.8% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 7.3% | 2.6% | 4.5% | - | - | 16.7% | 3.4% | |
| 26 February–15 March 2013 | 1,230 | 4.3% | 19.2% | 20.5% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 3.4% | 4.1% | 11.9% | 6.2% | 5.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 15.8% | 1.3% | |
| 20–30 March 2013 | 1,225 | 7.8% | 19.2% | 18.8% | 5.1% | 4.6% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 10.5% | 8.1% | 6.3% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 10.1% | 0.4% | |
| 1–10 May 2013 | 1,230 | 6.1% | 19.7% | 18.3% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 13.9% | 6.9% | 4.8% | 1.4% | 0.05% | 11.9% | 1.4% | |
| 10–31 May 2013 | 1,799 | 11.1% | 14.5% | 14.9% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 5.6% | 7.4% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 31.1% | 0.4% | |
| May 2013 | - | 7.5% | 12.2% | 14.7% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 11.1% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% | - | 3.6% | |
| 11–18 June 2013 | 1,200 | 9.4% | 14.1% | 14.53% | 1.2% | 2.56% | 2.31% | 2.56% | 8.89% | 1.03% | 3.33% | 0.34% | 0.09% | 21.11% | 0.43% | |
| 8–11 July 2013 | 794 | 7.66% | 7.00% | 17.96% | 3.30% | 1.45% | 0.9% | 1.19% | 6.61% | 5.95% | 2.11% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 44.1% | 10.30% | |
| July 2013 | 1,400 | 10.1% | 16.0% | 23.6% | 2.20% | 2.5% | 4.2% | 5.7% | 13.6% | 2.7% | 4.1% | - | - | 13.4% | 7.6% | |
| 15–23 August 2013 | 1,532 | 7.4% | 8.4% | 14.8% | 3.4% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 1.7% | 12.5% | 3.8% | 4.6% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 39.0% | 2.3% | |
| 25 August–9 September 2013 | 1,250 | 10.3% | 5.0% | 13.6% | 2.9% | 2.7% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 5.6% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 0.1% | - | 3.3% | |
| 12 September–5 October 2013 | 1,200 | 9.8% | 20.4% | 18.7% | 4.4% | 5.2% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 6.6% | 3.4% | 2.0% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 19.4% | 1.7% | |
| 13 September–11 October 2013 | 2,010 | 8.8% | 16.9% | 18.5% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 3.4% | 4.6% | 6.6% | 3.5% | 2.1% | 0.7% | 0.1% | - | 2.4% | |
| 10–20 October 2013 | 1,200 | 9.2% | 17.5% | 21.6% | 3.1% | 1.2% | 4.7% | 4.5% | 9.1% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 0.9% | 0% | 20.3% | 4.1% | |
| 10–20 October 2013 | 1,200 | 8.8% | 16.9% | 37.8% | 0.6% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 2.5% | 6.6% | 3.5% | 1.4% | 0.3% | 0% | 21.1% | 20.9% | |
| October 2013 | 2,985 | 15% | 21% | 24% | 5% | 5% | 2% | 7% | 12% | 5% | 2% | 1% | - | 1% | 3% | |
| November 2013 | 2,960 | 14% | 21% | 29% | 5% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 12% | 5% | 2% | 0% | - | - | 8% | |
| 2,010 | 7.4% | 12.6% | 15.8% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 5.9% | 7.8% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 29.7% | 3.2% | ||
| 4–15 December 2013 | 1,200 | 5.4% | 14.2% | 28.8% | 2.5% | 4.2% | 2.1% | 7.1% | 9.2% | 2.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 22.9 | 14.6% | |
| 16–23 December 2013 | 1,200 | 7.92% | 15.93% | 22.44% | 3.00% | 2.67% | 4.50% | 4.59% | 8.67% | 4.25% | 2.50% | 0.25% | 0.00% | 23.27% | 6.49% | |
| December 2013 | 1,380-1,400 | 7.2% | 16.5% | 21.8% | 2.3% | 3.2% | 2.4% | 5.1% | 11.1% | 6.6% | 6.9% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 6.7% | 5.3% | |
| December 2013 | 2,144 | 14% | 20% | 26% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 6% | 12% | 6% | 3% | 1% | - | 1% | 6% | |
| 6–16 January 2014 | 1,200 | 4.7% | 18.3% | 18.2% | 2.2% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 8.7% | 4.0% | 2.0% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 30.1% | 0.1% | |
| 12–26 January 2014 | 1,240 | 6.12% | 17.74% | 19.83% | 3.87% | 4.51% | 4.83% | 4.67% | 12.58% | 6.85% | 6.94% | 1.20% | 0.24% | 10.62% | 2.09% | |
| January 2014 | 3,000 | 11% | 20% | 27% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 7% | 14% | 6% | 2% | 1% | - | 1% | 7% | |
| 28 January–15 February 2014 | 1,500 | 5.7% | 17.8% | 21.4% | 5.1% | 3.5% | 4.9% | 5.0% | 6.2% | 4.8% | 3.6% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 20.8% | 3.6% | |
| February 2014 | 2,934 | 10% | 20% | 29% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 6% | 15% | 7% | 2% | 1% | - | - | 9% | |
| 26 February–4 March 2014 | 1,240 | 6.7% | 18.1% | 21.8% | 3.7% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 5.7% | 11.1% | 11.3% | 3.1% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 10.3% | 3.7% | |
| 1–8 March 2014 | 1,200 | 8.0% | 16.4% | 21.2% | 3.2% | 4.5% | 5.1% | 7.2% | 12.0% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 14.5% | 4.8% | |
| 1–15 March 2014 | 2,300 | 11% | 22% | 27% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 17% | 6% | 2% | 1% | - | - | 5% | |
| 16–30 March 2014 | 1,965 | 10% | 17% | 37% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 14% | 6% | 3% | - | - | - | 20% | |
| 24–30 March 2014 | 1,200 | 9.0% | 18.0% | 24.7% | 4.3% | 6.5% | 5.4% | 7.9% | 11.8% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 0.9% | 0.9% | - | 6.7% | |
| Election results | 9 April 2014 | 124,972,491 | 10.19% | 14.75% | 18.95% | 6.79% | 7.59% | 6.53% | 9.04% | 11.81% | 5.26% | 6.72% | 1.46% | 0.91% | - | 4.20% |
Results
won the election by 18.95% votes, followed by Golkar with 14.75% votes and Great Indonesia Movement Party with 11.81% vote. However, neither of the parties can submit their own presidential candidate for the next 2014 Indonesian presidential election because none of them reached the electoral threshold for the presidential election, 20%., mainly between Hanura and the minor parties.