Abstract
Indonesia gained its independence in 1945 and adopted a democratic form of government afterward. In 1955 it conducted its first democratic election, the only one prior to the authoritarian government. Then, during the New Order authoritarian regime, several elections were held every five years. Two of the three elections in the 1990s were held in 1992 and 1997. After the fall of the regime in 1998, the 1999 election was the first democratic election during the reformasi era, followed by the 2004 and 2009 elections.
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Tanuwidjaja, S. (2012). Indonesia. In: Inoguchi, T., Blondel, J. (eds) Political Parties and Democracy. Asia Today. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137277206_10
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