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General Elections

Pemilihan Umum

Undang-Undang No. 7 Tahun 2017

UU No. 7 Tahun 2017.

Bahasa Indonesia

Key Subject Matter

Mengatur penyelenggaraan pemilihan umum anggota DPR, DPD, DPRD, serta Presiden dan Wakil Presiden: penyelenggara (KPU, Bawaslu, DKPP), tahapan, peserta, kampanye, pemungutan suara, dan penyelesaian sengketa.

English (British)

Key Subject Matter

Governs the conduct of general elections for the legislatures and for President and Vice-President: the organisers (KPU, Bawaslu, DKPP), stages, contestants, campaigning, voting, and dispute resolution.

INKRAH Note

Several provisions (e.g. thresholds) have been tested before the Constitutional Court; check the latest rulings ahead of elections.

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Ketentuan Umum

Article 1 — Definition of General Elections

Bahasa Indonesia

Pemilihan Umum adalah sarana kedaulatan rakyat untuk memilih anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, anggota Dewan Perwakilan Daerah, Presiden dan Wakil Presiden, dan untuk memilih anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah, yang dilaksanakan secara langsung, umum, bebas, rahasia, jujur, dan adil dalam Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia berdasarkan Pancasila dan Undang-Undang Dasar Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 1945.

English (British)

A general election is a means of popular sovereignty to elect members of the House of Representatives, the Regional Representative Council, the President and Vice-President, and members of the regional legislatures, conducted directly, generally, freely, secretly, honestly and fairly within the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution.

Asas

Article 2 — Election Principles

Bahasa Indonesia

Pemilu dilaksanakan berdasarkan asas langsung, umum, bebas, rahasia, jujur, dan adil.

English (British)

Elections are conducted on the principles of being direct, general, free, secret, honest and fair.

Tujuan

Article 4 — Objectives of Election Regulation

Bahasa Indonesia

Pengaturan Penyelenggaraan Pemilu bertujuan antara lain untuk memperkuat sistem ketatanegaraan yang demokratis, mewujudkan Pemilu yang adil dan berintegritas, menjamin konsistensi pengaturan sistem Pemilu, serta mewujudkan Pemilu yang efektif dan efisien.

English (British)

The regulation of elections aims, among other things, to strengthen the democratic constitutional system, to achieve fair and high-integrity elections, to ensure consistency in the regulation of the electoral system, and to achieve effective and efficient elections.