Legislative Elections - Ben Bland, Liam Gammon, Rian Ernest & Faldo Maldini

Talking Indonesia · Apr 12, 2019 · 38m

With less than one week until Indonesia’s simultaneous presidential and legislative elections on the 17th of April, candidates are going all out in a final push to get votes. Running concurrently with the arguably more exciting presidential election, the legislative elections have largely faded into the background and under-analysed. However, there are many important questions about this round of legislative elections that need to be addressed. For one, what does the socio-political landscape look like this time around? What issues matter to voters at the local level? Also, what can we expect…