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After the legislative election was held on 9 April 2014, with the results being announced on 10 May, Jokowi's political party PDI-P gained the most votes with 18.95% of the popular vote. [19] It secured 109 seats in the People's Representative Council , 3 short from what's needed to run its own ticket and hence must form a coalition to do so ...
Presidential elections were held in Indonesia on 9 July 2014, [1] with former general Prabowo Subianto contesting the elections against the governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo; incumbent president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was constitutionally barred from seeking a third term in office.
The media popularity of Jokowi on Indonesian politics and the Indonesian economy has been termed the "Jokowi Effect." When Jokowi was declared as a presidential candidate in the 2014 presidential election it is believed that the popularity of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle was boosted to 30% in the 2014 legislative election. [82]
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia's Constitutional Court has set up a panel to investigate a suspected conflict of interest in a court ruling last week clearing the way for a son of President Joko ...
Ganjar Pranowo, the governing party’s presidential candidate and former governor of Central Java, started his first day of the 75-day campaign season in Indonesia’s easternmost city of Merauke ...
This ceremony marked the commencement of the first five-year term of Joko Widodo (universally known as Jokowi) as president and second non-consecutive and final term of Jusuf Kalla as vice president. Jokowi and Kalla won the 2014 election with 53.15% of the popular vote against their only rivals, Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa. [1]
As a former governor from outside Indonesia's political and military elite, Ganjar Pranowo is banking on his populist appeal and folksy charm to stay in contention in the Feb. 14 presidential ...
Jokowi reshuffled his cabinet on 12 August 2015 at the Presidential Palace, replacing five ministers and the cabinet secretary. [10]A second and more substantial cabinet reshuffle took place on 27 July 2016 with 13 ministers and the cabinet secretary being replaced. [11]