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KPU welcomes foreign election observers
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Workers unload ballot boxes from a boat in Muara Siberut, Mentawai Islands regency, West Sumatra, on Feb. 10, 2024. (Antara/Iggoy el Fitra)
The General Elections Commission (KPU) has welcomed dozens of foreign delegates to observe the 2024 general election, which has been dubbed the largest and most complex one-day poll in the world.
More than 203 million voters are expected to cast their ballots in the Wednesday election, across the country’s 820,000 polling stations.
Each voter will be given five different ballot papers, for presidential candidates, House of Representatives candidates and regional and local councils.
In addition to the three presidential candidates vying for the nation’s top office, over 9,900 legislative candidates from 18 political parties are competing for the House’s 580 seats.
Thousands of other candidates are vying for the 152 seats of the national-level Regional Representatives Council (DPD), the 2,372 seats of the provincial legislative councils (DPRDs) and the 17,510 seats of DPRDs at regency or municipal levels.
To accommodate the large number of candidates, the KPU has created 2,749 different ballot designs for different electoral districts and representative bodies.
KPU commissioner Mochammad Afifuddin said that over the years, a number of countries had expressed interest in learning more about Indonesian general elections because of their complexity and scale.
