#general election

Collection of general election news, found 156 news.

Cyberattacks increase ahead of presidential elections: BSSN

Cyberattacks have increased lately, ahead of the simultaneous legislative and presidential elections to be held in ...

Year Ender - When the empty column appeals to voters at large by Eliswan Azly

General elections in Indonesia were originally intended to elect members of representative institutions, specifically ...

Kalla reminds ICMI not to prioritize political discussions

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has reminded the organization of the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI) not ...

Reunion of 212 demonstrates efficient crowd management

No precise figure is available on the number of people, who had attended the 212 of Alumni Reunion held at National ...

Jokowi likely to be re-elected: Kalla

Vice President Jusuf Kalla (JK) said incumbent President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is likely to be re-elected in 2019 ...

Welfare of honorary teachers in Indonesia still uncertain

Various stories on the lives of teachers have been surfacing in the last few days. Few of them are heartbreaking ...

Media is not independent: Communication expert

Gunawan Witjaksana, a communication studies expert, opined that the media is not independent in the current political ...

Political parties` funding not linked to election draft law: Minister

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo clarified that the governments plan to increase the funding for political parties ...

President calls for consistency with regard to election law

President Joko Widodo said here on Saturday that he hoped for consistency with regard to the simplification of ...

Home minister hopes no `SARA` issues would be raised in elections

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said he hoped that sensitive issues of religious, racial, tribal, and group ...

Jakarta governor-elect promises to complete five-year term

Jakarta Governor-elect Anies Baswedan and his running mate, Deputy Governor-elect Sandiaga Uno, have reiterated their ...

Jakarta Election Commission officially announces Jakarta governor-elect

The General Election Commission (KPU) of Jakarta has officially announced the name of Anies Baswedan as the Jakarta ...

Jakarta index closes lower in first trading day 2016

The Jakarta composite index (JCI) closed lower on Monday, the first trading day in 2016 on negative sentiment from ...

Simultaneous regional elections in 264 regions ran smoothly

Millions of eligible voters visited polling stations to cast their ballot in Indonesias first-ever simultaneous ...

Five regions fail to participate in simultaneous elections

While the first-ever simultaneous regional head elections in Indonesia were to be organized 269 regions across the ...