2004 Indonesian legislative election

2004 Indonesian legislative election
5 April 2004
All 550 seats in the House of Representatives
276 seats needed for a majority
Registered148,000,369
Turnout84.07%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Akbar Tandjung Megawati Sukarnoputri Alwi Shihab
Party Golkar PDI-P PKB
Last election 120 seats,
22.44%		 153 seats,
33.74%		 51 seats,
12.61%
Seats won 128 109 52
Seat change 8 44 1
Popular vote 24,480,757 21,026,629 11,989,564
Percentage 21.58% 18.53% 10.57%
Swing 4.39% 15.21% 0.46%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Hamzah Haz Subur Budhisantoso Hidayat Nur Wahid
Party PPP Demokrat PKS
Last election 58 seats,
10.71%		 Did not contest 7 seats,
1.36%
Seats won 58 55 45
Seat change 0 New party 38
Popular vote 9,248,764 8,455,225 8,325,020
Percentage 8.15% 7.45% 7.34%
Swing 2.56% New party 5.96%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Amien Rais Yusril Ihza Mahendra Bursah Zarnubi
Party PAN PBB PBR
Last election 34 seats,
7.12%		 13 seats,
1.94%		 Did not contest
Seats won 53 11 14
Seat change 19 2 New party
Popular vote 7,303,324 2,970,487 2,764,998
Percentage 6.44% 2.62% 2.44%
Swing 0.68% 0.68% New party
Speaker before election

Akbar Tandjung
Golkar

 Elected Speaker

Agung Laksono
Golkar

Legislative elections were held in on 5 April 2004 for both houses of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia. This included all 550 seats in the People's Representative Council and 128 seats of the newly formed Regional Representative Council.

Final results of the popular vote tally showed that Golkar, the former ruling party of the New Order era, received the most votes. It had lost to the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle in the 1999 legislative election. The Democratic Party and the Prosperous Justice Party, two of the newest parties to participate in the elections, received a combined 15% of the popular vote.

Based on the final allocation of seats in the People's Representative Council, Golkar, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, the National Awakening Party, the United Development Party, the Democratic Party, the Prosperous Justice Party, and the National Mandate Party were qualified to submit candidates for the country's first direct presidential election later in the year.

The election has been described as the most complicated election in the history of democracy.

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