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inDonesia*

H.E. Arief Budiman H.E. Abhan
Chairman, KPU Chairman, Bawaslu

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Republik Indonesia
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Government Bicameral
Independent Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation
President Joko WIDODO The Dewan Perwakilan Daerah(Regional Repre-
sentative Council)
4. Head of government Designation
President Joko WIDODO The Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (House of Repre-
sentatives)
6. Capital
Jakarta 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
nominated
7. Currency
Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) 136 members of the Dewan Perwakilan Daera/
DPD (Regional Representative Council) are elected
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) by single-nontransferable vote; 575 members of
Javanese (40.22%), Sundanese (15.5%), Madurese the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat/DPR (House of Rep-
(3.03%), Bataknese (3.58%) and other etnic groups resenta tive) are elected by open list propor tional
Source. https://indonesia.go.id/profil/suku-bang- representation, Source: https://indonesia.go.id/
sa profil/parlemen

9. Date of Independence 4. Popular House
17 August 1945 Both the Dewan Perwakilan Daerah (DPD) and the
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR)
1945, amended 4 (four) times in 1999, 2000, 2001,
2002 Source. https://dpr.go.id/jdih/uu1945 5. Type of Electoral System
Single nontransferable vote for the Dewan Per-
11. Language (s) wakilan Daerah/DPD (Regional Representative
Bahasa Indonesia(official) Council)

12. Literacy Levels Open list proportional representation for the De-
Male: 97.33% Female: 93.99% wan Perwakilan Rakyat/DPR (House of Represen-
Total: 95.66% (2018) tative)

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