Ministry of Home Affairs Proposes Increase in Political Party Funding to Rp3,000 per Vote: Which Parties Will Benefit Most?

The Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) has proposed increasing the financial assistance for political parties (parpol) next year from Rp1,000 to Rp3,000 per valid vote received in the last general election.

"Efforts have been made and a proposal has been submitted for the 2023 fiscal year, hopefully it will be approved at Rp3,000 per vote," said the Inspector General of Kemendagri, Tomsi Tohir Balaw, as reported by *Kompas.com* on Friday (16/9/2022).

Previously, this political party assistance fund was regulated in Article 5 paragraph 1 of Government Regulation Number 1 of 2018 concerning Financial Assistance to Political Parties, which reads:

"The amount of financial assistance to Central Political Parties that obtain seats in the DPR as referred to in Article 2 paragraph 31 is Rp1,000 (one thousand rupiah) per valid vote."

If the Kemendagri proposal is approved, the total budget for assistance to the 9 political parties in parliament for the 2019-2024 period will increase threefold from Rp126.38 billion to Rp379.13 billion.

The following is a breakdown of the financial assistance for the 9 political parties in parliament, should the Kemendagri proposal be approved:

* PDI Perjuangan: Rp81.16 billion
* Gerindra: Rp52.78 billion
* Golkar: Rp51.69 billion
* PKB: Rp40.71 billion
* NasDem Party: Rp37.99 billion
* PKS: Rp34.48 billion
* Democratic Party: Rp32.63 billion
* PAN: Rp28.72 billion
* PPP: Rp18.97 billion
* Total: Rp379.13 billion

The following is a breakdown of the vote count for the top 9 political parties in the 2019 General Election:

* PDI Perjuangan: 27.05 million votes
* Gerindra: 17.59 million votes
* Golkar: 17.23 million votes
* PKB: 13.57 million votes
* NasDem Party: 12.66 million votes
* PKS: 11.49 million votes
* Democratic Party: 10.88 million votes
* PAN: 9.57 million votes
* PPP: 6.32 million votes
* Total: 126.38 million votes