The Constitutional Court has granted numerous petitions filed by losing legislative candidates and political parties challenging the results of the February legislative elections and ordered the General Elections Commission (KPU) to hold a revote and vote recounting in over a dozen regions across the country.

The Constitutional Court ordered a revote in the legislative election for the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) seat in West Sumatra with the inclusion of former graft convict and former DPD speaker Irman Gusman on the candidate list after the poll body previously rejected his participation in the February poll.

The Constitutional Court ruled that the West Sumatra office of the General Elections Commission (KPU) ignored a previous court ruling, violating former DPD speaker Irman Gusman's rights to run in the 2024 legislative election.

Acting regional heads intending to contest the November race will be replaced by next month to ensure fair and transparent elections, the home minister has asserted.

For such a pairing to work, analysts say, the two camps must set aside their ideological differences and stand against the candidate championed by the pro-government coalition backed by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

The Muslim-based party is banking on the planned revision to the 2017 General Elections Law, particularly the provision on the 4 percent electoral threshold, for a chance to rejoin the legislature in 2029, but a BRIN analyst says it has a steep uphill climb ahead.

Three political parties in president-elect Prabowo Subianto's camp have declared their support for Central Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Ahmad Luthfi to run for governor, potentially turning the regional election into another battle between the President and his former party, the PDI-P.

The vice president-elect has pledged to back the former governor and deputy governor's reelection bid come November, saying it was now "my turn" after the pair helped he and president-elect Prabowo win East Java in February.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) East Java office is considering offering its own politician as the running mate of former East Java governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa for her potential reelection in November, as rival parties moved closer to nominate Khofifah and her former deputy governor Emil Dardak instead.

In one of the world’s biggest national elections to be held this year thus far, 81.78 percent of the 204.8 million registered voters cast their ballot in February.

Former East Java governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa and her former deputy Emil Dardak look set to secure a ticket for another run in the upcoming gubernatorial election in the province following endorsement from four political parties behind the victory of president-elect Prabowo Subianto.

The nod from the senior Gerindra politician hints at Kaesang potentially making a bid in the November elections, though he has no formal party endorsement at present.

A group of lawyers from Gradasi has reported three Supreme Court justices to the Judicial Commission for alleged ethics violations over their decision to change the age of candidacy for the gubernatorial elections, which is stipulated in a KPU regulation.

Despite the party’s dismissiveness, controversy has stained another court ruling over the age of candidacy for November’s gubernatorial race, this time in apparent favor of Jokowi’s youngest son.

The court swiftly approved a petition calling for the 30-year age limit to be revised, at a time when political parties are testing the waters on who to field as November election candidates.

The Gerindra Party has been teasing the idea of pairing the nephew of party chairman and president-elect Prabowo Subianto, Budisatrio Djiwandono, with the youngest son of outgoing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, Kaesang Pangarep, for the upcoming Jakarta regional election.

NasDem election campaign operation head Prananda Paloh, the son of party chairman Surya Paloh, said that the party leadership is now weighing its options on who to back in the Jakarta gubernatorial election, including the Budi Satrio-Raffi ticket.

The Islamic-based United Development Party (PPP) only won 3.9 percent of the national vote according to the final tabulation by the General Elections Commission (KPU), slightly short of the 4 percent threshold to qualify for seats at the House of Representatives. 

West Java is the country’s largest province by population, and was home to 35.7 million registered voters in the 2024 general election, or 17.4 percent of all voters nationwide.

The court will hear and decide on nearly 300 election dispute petitions filed by political parties and candidates alike, before delivering the final ruling for each case by June 10.

According to a recent study by CSIS, 138 of 580 elected lawmakers during the 2024 election have influential political ties, a phenomenon that might create an unlevel playing field for contenders fighting for seats in legislative bodies. 

Dynastic politics and incumbents are blamed as two key reasons young politicians have struggled to gain seats in the House of Representatives, according to a recent study by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). 

President-elect Prabowo Subianto extended an olive branch to his election rivals on Wednesday, declaring “the contest [...] over” and appealing for unity and close collaboration among the nation’s political elite in a speech marking the end of all presidential election disputes.

The Constitutional Court acknowledged potential violations that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his aides had committed, saying that the President should have thought and acted in a neutral manner during the campaign season.  

Defense Minister Prabowo, 72, is due to take the reins in October from outgoing leader Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, after a transition period following his third attempt at the top office.

The 72-year-old defense minister is due to take the reins in October from outgoing leader Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, after a transition period following his third attempt at the top office.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has asked the nation to move on from grievances over the results and circumstances of the 2024 general election and to unite ahead of the start of Prabowo Subianto’s presidency later this year, after the Constitutional Court found no merit in allegations of state interference and nepotism in the 2024 poll.