1971 Indonesian Legislative Election
The New Order's first vote3 July 1971 · The New Order's managed elections · 360 seats, 181 for a majority
Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 3 July 1971, the first under the New Order regime. There were ten participants; nine political parties and the "functional group" Golkar, which came first with more than 60 percent of the vote, resulting in an absolute majority in the People's Representative Council.
A managed election under Suharto's New Order: only sanctioned parties could run and the ruling Golkar's victory was engineered in advance. Recorded here as history, not as a free election.
President before
Suharto
Golkar
President (continued)
Suharto
Golkar
Largest force
Golkar
236 of 360 seats
Turnout
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The result
| Share of the DPR | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golkar | Suprapto Sukowati | 236 | +100 | 34.348.673 | 62.8% | — | |
| Nahdlatul Ulama | Idham Chalid | 58 | 0 | 10.213.650 | 18.7% | +0.3 | |
| Parmusi | Mohammad Syafaat Mintaredja | 24 | 0 | 2.930.746 | 5.4% | -15.6 | |
| Indonesian National Party | Mohammad Isnaeni | 20 | 0 | 3.793.266 | 6.9% | -15.4 | |
| Indonesian Islamic Union Party | — | 10 | 0 | 1.308.237 | 2.4% | — | |
| Indonesian Christian Party | — | 7 | 0 | 733.359 | 1.3% | — | |
| Catholic Party | — | 3 | 0 | 603.740 | 1.1% | — | |
| Islamic Education Movement | — | 2 | 0 | 381.309 | 0.7% | — |