1997 Indonesian Legislative Election
Golkar's last managed win29 May 1997 · The New Order's managed elections · 425 seats, 213 for a majority
Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 29 May 1997. There were three simultaneous elections in one because voters were electing members of two levels of regional government (provincial and regency levels) as well as the national-level 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
325 of 425 seats
Turnout
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The result
Golkar
Harmoko · 74.5% of votes · +43 seats
325
seats
United Development Party
Ismail Hasan Metareum · 22.4% of votes · +27 seats
89
seats
Indonesian Democratic Party
Megawati Sukarnoputri · 3.1% of votes · +45 seats
11
seats