Indonesia's electoral system: finetuning the reforms

• Main Author: Tanuwidjaja, Sunny
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Country and region studies; Southeast Asia and ASEAN
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82187; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39840
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

At the centre of the current debate on reforming Indonesia’s electoral system is how to reduce the number of parties. Despite the broad agreement on its necessity, such a change will be difficult to achieve given the current political structure.