Elections

Listening to the grassroots explain the 2009 general election in Bali

There are big dangers in declaring success too soon

Chinese Indonesians search for a political role in the new Indonesia

Hasan di Tiro returns to an Aceh in transition

Indonesia's biggest Muslim organizations are having second thoughts about partisan politics

Pesantren progressives defend constitutional religious freedoms

Political thugs and political Islam work together in Banten

PKS gets serious about recruitment in Malang

Indonesians have a love-hate relationship with their political parties

A photo gallery

Democracy is feasible, but only if Indonesia’s democrats take on the elite

Direct elections in South Sulawesi show that a new breed of political godfathers is coming to power in Indonesia’s regions. Parties are increasingly irrelevant, but electoral competition is real.

Direct local elections give Jakartans a say in their city’s future

Goenawan Mohamad explains to GERRY VAN KLINKEN why the independent electoral monitoring committee KIPP inspired so many volunteers to take action.

ED ASPINALL finds that Golkar's massive electoral victory sits strangely with its loss of credibility on the streets.

When this teacher tries to explain the electoral system, he ends up in knots. SUGENG PERMANA listens in.

Last December, candidates affiliated to the Free Aceh Movement (GAM ) swept to power in local government elections in Aceh. They now face great challenges in meeting the high expectations of their supporters and dealing with incipient corruption in their own ranks.

140,000 progressive Muslim volunteers monitored Indonesia’s April elections

Money politics still reigns supreme