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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

In addition, in the 2004 general election, the presi-
dential and vice-presidential elections were not
conducted separately as was the case in the 1999
The 2004 Legislative general election. In the 2004 general election, pairs

Election was the most of candidates (presidential and vice-presidential
candidates) were chosen, not the presidential and
complicated election vice-presidential candidates separately.

in Indonesia’s history The 2004 general election was held simultane-

because the Indonesian ously on 5 April 2004 to elect 550 members of

population had to elect the DPR-RI, 128 members of the DPD, and mem-
bers of the Provincial and Regency/Municipal
people’s representatives DPRD for the period of 2004-2009. Meanwhile,
in the DPR, DPD, and the presidential and vice presidential election
was held on 5 July 2004.
DPRD. These factors

made Indonesia’s The participants in the 2004 general election
consisted of 24 political parties, 6 of which were
electoral system unique old political parties that met the electoral thresh-

when compared to old in the 1999 election, while the other political
parties participating in the general election were
other countries. new parties that were declared to have passed

the KPU verification.

The 2004 election was divided into a maximum
of three stages or a minimum of two stages. The
first stage was the legislative election. A legislative
election was an election to elect political parties, which was for the require-
ment for presidential election, and their members were nominated to be-
come members of the DPR and DPRD. At this stage the election for DPD
members was also carried out. This stage was carried out on 5 April 2004.

The second stage was the presidential election. The second stage was
held on 5 July 2004. The third stage was the second round of presidential
elections. This was done if in the first round there was no pair of can-
didates who got at least 50 plus one percent of the votes. If this was
the case, the two pairs of candidates who got the most votes would be
included in the second round of the presidential election. However, if in
the first round there were already pairs of candidates who got more than
50 percent of the votes, the candidate pairs would be immediately ap-
pointed as president and vice president. This third stage, if any, would be
carried out on 20 September 2004.

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