Indonesia’s Presidential Election 2019 – Sarungan vs Cingkrangan : Elections and Contestations Within Indonesian Islam

• Main Authors: Wanto, Adri, Sebastian, Leonard C.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: East Asia and Asia Pacific; Country and Region Studies
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105415; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48675
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The polarisation of Indonesia’s Muslim society in the 2019 presidential election is a consequence of long-standing disputes between Sarungan and Cingkrangan Islamic groups. These have now shifted from the theological and cultural domains to the arena of political and electoral contestation.