All Indonesia elections

1987 Indonesian Legislative Election

23 April 1987 · The New Order's managed elections · 400 seats, 201 for a majority

Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 23 April 1987, to elect 400 of the 500 members of the People's Representative Council (DPR), the national legislature. The election was the fifth legislative election in the country since independence and the fourth legislative election under President Suharto's New Order.

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

299 of 400 seats

Turnout

91.4%

The result

Share of the DPR
GolkarSudharmono299+57
62.783.68073.1%+8.8
United Development PartyJailani Naro61+33
13.701.42816.0%-11.8
Indonesian Democratic PartySuryadi40+16
9.384.70810.9%+3.0