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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB





                PArt iii                                                       supervising  all  the  stages  of  election,  election
                                                                               stakeholders activity, and dealing with cases of
                  ELECtorAL sYstEM                                             electoral  administrative violation  and  electoral
                                                                               disputes.
                (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy                                 DKPP  (Dewan  Kehormatan  Penyelenggara
                                                                               Pemilu) - Honorary Council of Election Commit-
                  1.  Name of the EMB(S)                                       tee.
                      The General Election Commission (Komisi Pemili-
                      han Umum/KPU)                                          DKPP  responsible  for  resolving  allegations  of
                                                                               ethical  violations  conducted  by  either  KPU  or
                      The Election Supervisory Body (Badan Pengawas            Bawaslu.
                      Pemilu/BAWASLU)
                                                                       10. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s)
                      The  Honorary  Council  of  Election  Committee
                      (Dewan  Kehormatan  Penyelenggara  Pemilu/       (B) ELECTORAL PROCESS
                      DKPP)
                                                                         1.  Total Population
                  2.  Website Address                                        Total: 272 Million (Oct., 2019)
                      www.kpu.go.id,  www.Bawaslu.go.id,  www.dkpp.          Male: 135.6 Million         Female: 136.4 Million
                      go.id
                                                                         2.  Registered Electors
                  3.  Nature of EMB                                          TOTAL:  192.770.611  consist  of:  Domestic:
                      Independent,                                           190.779.466
                                                                             (Male : 95.365.946; Female : 95.413.520) Overseas:
                  4.  No. of Members in EMB                                  1.991.145 (Male : 865.700;   Female:1.125.445)
                      KPU       (7 members), Bawaslu (5 members), and
                      DKPP (7 members)                                   3.  Method of voter registration
                                                                             SIDALIH (Voter Registration Information System)
                  5.  Terms of office                                        Largest national voter database in the world
                      5 Years, 5 Years
                                                                         4.  Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo
                  6.  EMB Members selected by                              Identity Card
                      Legislature,
                                                                             Indonesian Id Card: Kartu Tanda Penduduk (KTP)
                  7.  Chairperson’s Appointing Authority                 5.  Voter turnout in last National Elections
                      Each EMB itself
                                                                             81.97%
                  8.  Names of Elections conducted by EMB                6.  Voting Method
                      Parliamentary,  Presidential,  Concurrent  Governor    Punching on Ballot Papers (by nailed provided by
                      and Regent/Mayor Election
                                                                             the election commission)
                  9.  Names of the Other Bodies Related with the         7.  Voting Process
                    Electoral Process                                        Voters have to mark their choices on a ballot paper
                      Indonesia has 3 (three) EMBs with different func-      by punching it and put it in a ballot box. Voters may
                      tions:                                                 ask for a new ballot in case of a spoiled ballot as
                      KPU (Komisi Pemilihan Umum) - General Elec-           replacement.
                        tions Commission of the Republic of Indonesia.
                        KPU  responsible  for  managing  and  holding  all   However, the replacement can only be done once.
                        the election stages                                  Similarly,  if  a voter makes  an  error  while casting
                                                                             her/his vote, the voter may ask for a substitution
                      Bawaslu  (Badan  Pengawas  Pemilu)-Elector-           ballot, but only once.
                        al  Supervisory  Body.  Bawaslu  responsible  for


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