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FROM VOLKSRAAD TO THE CENTRAL INDONESIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
(1917–1949)

1923–1927:

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

VOLKSRAAD ELECTION SYSTEM AND

THE IMPACTS OF THE 1925 REGERINGS

REGLEMENT AMENDMENT

The first extraordinary assembly of the 1923 Volksraad opened on May 2. The

Chairman of the Volksraad at the time was still Mr. Dr. W.M.G. Schumann, who
chaired 36 members.

IN 1923, kiesregeling or election regulations began to apply to the bu-
miputra on Java and Madura. The islands were divided into four kieskring
(electoral districts), including (1) I, West-Java (West Java); (2) II, Midden-
Java (Central Java); (3) III, Oost-Java (East Java); and (4) IV, Vorstenlanden
(Regions of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta and Surakarta).

Outside Java and Madura, there were Electoral Districts V (Zuid-Su-
matra/South Sumatra), VI (Minangkabau), VII (Batak Lands), VIII (East
Coast of Sumatra, Riau, and subordinate areas), IX (Oost-Borneo/Bor-
neo East), X Celebes (Sulawesi), XI (Maluku Islands), and XII (Bali and
Lombok).

The first ordinary session of the Volksraad in 1924 was opened by Gover-
nor-General Dirk Fock, who was previously welcomed by the Welcome
Commission consisting of Ariodinoto, Dwijosewoyo, Jacobs, and Van der
Weyden.

1924 was the first time that indigenous representatives in the Volksraad
were selected through an election. A few regions had one representative.
For example, Sumatra had only one seat or was represented by only one
person.

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