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Did you know?: Some 200,000 candidates vying for 20,257 seats

The 2014 legislative election will see around 200,000 candidates competing for 20,257 seats at the Regional and Provincial Legislative Councils (DPRD), the House of Representatives (DPR) and the Regional Representatives Council (DPD)

Frans Sudiarsis (The Jakarta Post)
Wed, March 5, 2014

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Did you know?: Some 200,000 candidates vying for 20,257 seats

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he 2014 legislative election will see around 200,000 candidates competing for 20,257 seats at the Regional and Provincial Legislative Councils (DPRD), the House of Representatives (DPR) and the Regional Representatives Council (DPD).

The seats contested have risen significantly compared to 2009 in-line with the population increase, which impacts the number of election districts.

There are 1,344 new seats this election '€” 129 new provincial seats and 1,215 regional seats. Both the House and the DPD will have the same number of seats as of the 2009 election.

A total of 6,607 candidates from 12 political parties are eyeing the 560 seats at the House. Around 945 will compete for 132 DPD seats. The rest will compete for 2,137 provincial seats and 17,560 regional seats

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