Indonesia

Population Statistics

255,993,674

Total Population

38,399,051

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

30 November 2011

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (1945, last amended 2002)

Updated: June 2015

Article 22E, section (1) states:

General elections shall be conducted in a direct, general, free, secret, honest, and fair manner once every five years.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (1945, last amended 2002)

Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 8 / 2012

Updated: June 2015

Article 19 states:

(1) Any Indonesian citizen who, on the voting day, has reached the age of 17 (seventeen) years or more or is/have married shall has the right to vote.

(2) The Indonesian citizens as referred to in paragraph (1) shall be registered 1 (one) time by Election implementer in the voters list.

 

Excerpt from the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 8 on General Elections of the Members of the House of Representatives, People's Representative Council, and Regional House of Representatives (2012)