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2024 campaigns: What political parties might get out of early alliances

As the 2024 campaign season sets to open soon, here is a broad look at the pros and cons of forming electoral alliances early.

Dio Suhenda (The Jakarta Post)
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Mon, June 13, 2022

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2024 campaigns: What political parties might get out of early alliances NasDem Party leader Surya Paloh (left) and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, who chairs the Gerindra Party, talk to the press after their meeting on June 1, 2022. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak)
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As the curtain prepares to rise on the 2024 campaign season, political parties have already started to form alliances some 20 months before the polls, a move that experts say has advantages and disadvantages for politicians and voters alike.

The Golkar Party, the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the United Development Party (PPP) were the first to take the plunge last month, when the three formed a surprise alliance, the United Indonesia Coalition (KIB).

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Reports have also emerged that the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and the National Awakening Party (PKB) are moving to form their own alliance, while other party leaders have begun meeting with their peers and erstwhile rivals to explore possible electoral alliances.

Under the current electoral threshold, a party or an alliance of parties must secure at least 20 percent of seats in the House of Representatives to nominate a presidential candidate.

With a pool of around 25 percent of House seats, the KIB can now nominate a candidate, while a possible PKS-PKB alliance would claim around 18 percent of House seats, meaning it would need at least one more party to meet the threshold.

Why are parties forming alliances now?

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