A senior PDI-P member appears to have put himself in the ruling party’s crosshairs after hosting an “apolitical” external event last Friday, where some participants had cheered “Prabowo for president!”

Parties have acknowledged the rising importance of young voters in the 2024 elections.

Gerindra Party's harping on ties between party chair Prabowo Subianto and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is a tactic to deflate challenger Ganjar Pranowo’s voter base, analysts say.

As Twitter imposes more limits on its users' activity, experts say the social media platform will become a less reliable source of information and more susceptible to polarization ahead of Indonesia’s general election next year.

After being forced to announce her pick for president earlier than expected due to the political fallout from Indonesia’s FIFA Under-20 World Cup fiasco, the ruling party matriarch Megawati Soekarnoputri is now faced with another big challenge – choosing the right running mate for Ganjar Pranowo, who is still struggling to reclaim his lead in polls.

When asked about the human rights allegation, Prabowo responded he realized it was a risk in a democratic country like Indonesia, where people have freedom of expression.

The focus of campaigns should be on their long-term future and on medium-term plans to initiate the building of a better future for Indonesia’s young people.

A proposed revision to the 2014 Village Law that would give village heads more funds and longer terms is facing mounting scrutiny, with critics describing it as pork barrel legislation aimed at winning favor with the country’s tens of thousands of village heads ahead of next year’s elections.

The PDI-P secretary-general says the party will be taking the next two months "to vet" potential candidates to run for vice president alongside its presidential nominee, Ganjar Pranowo.

Young voters and Javanese voters will be on the mind of all politicians looking to win next year's elections, as they make up two of the largest groups in the final voter roll.

Gerindra Party politician Andre Rosiade said his party would welcome new partners this month to back the presidential bid of chairman Prabowo Subianto in the election next year.

While potential contestants and fellow rivals in next year's elections brushed convivial shoulders as pilgrims in Mecca, their supporters at home made political jabs on social media, regardless of the holy occasion.

Unofficial campaigning for next year's general election is well underway, as policymakers refused to limit the way prospective candidates can campaign outside of the designated period.

Many Indonesians are keen to vote in candidates who place climate action and sustainability at the heart of their platforms, though some voters say they have seen little sign that politicians share these priorities.

The Golkar Party has reaffirmed its commitment to support chairman Airlangga Hartarto’s bid for the presidency next year following a suggestion from the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) that its presidential nominee, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo, take recent Golkar admittee West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil as his running mate.

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, also chairman of the Gerindra Party, met with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo at the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Monday, shortly after arriving from an overseas trip.

Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono talked candidly about his stance regarding Jokowi’s admission of intervening in the selection of a preferred successor in a publication released on Monday to the Democratic Party’s inner circle.

Two presumptive presidential candidates Ganjar Pranowo and Anies Baswedan have bumped into each other while on a lunch break during the haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

FIFA’s surprise decision to name Indonesia as the U-17 World Cup host could inadvertently give the PSSI chief a leg up in his 2024 vice presidential bid.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) made a show of unity and electoral confidence at a grand party event over the weekend, saying it was ready to face off against potential challengers, including the rival Gerindra Party-led alliance.

The parties in the KPP electoral alliance have had another spat over Anies' running mate, but the ex-Jakarta governor's spokesman says the 2024 presidential contender has made up his mind and it's only a matter of timing before he makes his pick  public.

A survey has found that the Surakarta Mayor and Jokowi's eldest son is leaps and bounds ahead of any potential contenders for the Central Java governorship.

Retired army general Andika Perkasa served as TNI commander for one term before entering retirement age, and now looks poised to enter politics as the potential head of Ganjar Pranowo's campaign team.

The politicization of mosques runs counter to the primary functions of a mosque as a place of worship and spiritual and social development.      

Bickering over the question of who will run as Anies Baswedan's running mate threatens the alliance's unity.

The PDI-P welcomed the cryptic dream that former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono shared online, setting the stage for him to potentially mend ties with the party's chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri.

The second corruption scandal this year to implicate a NasDem Cabinet minister may take a toll on the party’s 2024 electoral prospects and those of its presidential nominee, Anies Baswedan, as the opposition figurehead contends with a slide in opinion polling.