Posts with tag: Regional Elections
Talking Indonesia: regional elections
Analysis, ElectionsIn this week's episode, Dr Jacqui Baker chats with Dr Ian Wilson to assess what the regional elections round up tells us about how power is being reorganised in Indonesia today.
Election fatigue or elite shenanigans? Why fewer Indonesians went to polls to elect their local leaders
Analysis, ElectionsThe old narrative that elections are a "people's festival"–a manifestation of the people's political sovereignty–now rings hollow to many Indonesians, especially in Jakarta. Local elections have become a political game only the elite can play, leaving voters out in the cold.
Indonesian regional elections: What you need to know
Elections, ExplainerIndonesian voters will go to the polls on Wednesday to elect their local leaders in their first-ever nationwide simultaneous regional elections (pilkada). The upcoming electoral contests will mark the end of a busy election year, with a new president and lawmakers sworn in a few weeks ago.