On 14 February 2024, Indonesia held presidential, parliamentary and local elections.
Prabowo Subianto of the Gerindra party won the presidential election, succeeding outgoing President Joko Widodo who had served the maximum two terms in office.
Presidential candidates need 50% of the overall vote and at least 20% of votes in each province in order to win and serve a five-year term.
President Subianto won against Anies Baswedan standing as an independent and Ganjar Pranowo of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) party.
The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has a 575-member upper House of People's Representatives (DPR) and a 136-member lower house Regional Representatives' Council (DPD).
Members of both the House of Representatives and the Regional Representatives Council are elected from multi-member electoral districts through voting with an open list system, and seat distribution is done with the Sainte-Laguë method.
Political parties need 4% of the vote in order to enter parliament.
The main political parties in Indonesia are the PDI-P; the Democratic Party (PD); Golkar; the PPP; the PKB, the National Mandate Party (PAN); the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS); Hanura, Gerindra; and NasDem.
Indonesia has a population 279.4 million and approximately 204.4 million registered voters. Voter turnout in the 2024 presidential election was 82.3% and 81.4% in the parliamentary election.