General Election Supervisory Agency

General Election Supervisory Agency
Badan Pengawas Pemilihan Umum

Bawaslu building in Jakarta, 2024
Agency overview
Formed8 April 2008 (2008-04-08)
JurisdictionGovernment of Indonesia
StatusRegulatory agency
HeadquartersJakarta, Indonesia
Annual budget$558,348,000 USD (FY 2019).
Agency executives
  • Rahmat Bagja, Chairman
  • Gunawan Suswantoro, Secretary-general
Key document
  • Law No. 22/2017
Websitebawaslu.go.id

The General Election Supervisory Agency (Indonesian: Badan Pengawas Pemilihan Umum, Bawaslu) is an independent supervisory agency tasked with oversight the administration of general elections throughout Indonesia. Originally established by the General Election Administration Act 2007 c. 22 and later replaced by the General Election Administration Act 2011 c. 15, the statute describes its duties as "to supervise the administration of general elections".