Talk:1997 Indonesian legislative election

Merger proposal

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The result of this discussion was to merge Davidelit (Talk) 07:02, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

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I propose that Indonesian presidential election, 1998 be merged into this article. As the president was elected unopposed for fifth time by the People's Consultative Assembly, not by popular vote, the paragraph in this article is about all there is to say. Davidelit (Talk) 06:35, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

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Presidential election

Comparing this article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Indonesian_legislative_election#1998_indirect_presidential_election) with the article that published in Indonesian (https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemilihan_Presiden_Indonesia_1997) I see different informations:

On Indonesian Wikipedia article, the infobox inform if the:
1. MPR (People's Consultative Assembly) seats were 663
2. Suharto got 91,55% votes, with 607/633 electoral votes
3. His opponent, Megawati Sukarnoputri got 8,45% votes, with 56/633 electoral votes

On this article (English) the infobox inform if the:
1. MPR seats were 1000
2. Suharto won unanimously, with 100% electoral votes (1000/1000)

Multiple sources have the 1,000 figure (e.g. Washington Post, as does this book, which explains:

"In accordance with Indonesia’s 1945 constitution, the president and vice-president were elected by the country’s highest legislative body, the People’s Consultative Assembly, MPR (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat). This 1,000-member body consisted of the 500 members of parliament and another 500 representatives of different functional groups and of Indonesia’s 27 provinces. The appointment of these 500 delegates, together with the 100 appointed members of the military faction of parliament, was in the hands of the president. In practice thus, Suharto controlled the appointment of 60 per cent of the delegates in the assembly which elected him. Every fifth year between 1973 and 1998, the MPR unanimously re-elected Suharto for the presidency."

In addition to the above statement that Suharto was elected unanimously, the book also states Suharto was elected 'by acclamation' and details how Megawati was prevented from standing.

The figures in the Indonesian article are unsourced, and neither source cited in the article contains them. Cheers, Number 57 22:21, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Alright, thanks for the information Swing Twilight (talk) 23:17, 7 March 2022 (UTC)