Three Parties Declare the United Indonesia Coalition; Do They Meet the Requirements to Nominate a Presidential Candidate in the 2024 Election?

Golkar, the National Mandate Party (PAN), and the United Development Party (PPP) declared the United Indonesia Coalition on Thursday, May 12, 2022. This coalition was officially formed by these three political parties to face the 2024 General Election (Pemilu) and Presidential Election (Pilpres).

According to Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning the General Election, Article 222 states that a pair of candidates is nominated by a political party or a coalition of participating political parties that meet the requirements of obtaining at least 20% of the total seats in the DPR or obtaining 25% of the national valid votes in the previous DPR election.

Based on the 2019 Election results, Golkar's vote share was 12.31% of the total national valid votes. Meanwhile, PAN's vote share was 6.84% and PPP's was 4.52%. The total vote share of the three parties supporting the United Indonesia Coalition was 23.67%.

However, the cumulative number of seats held by Golkar, PAN, and PPP in parliament is 26.82 percent. For information, the number of members of the House of Representatives (DPR RI) for the 2019-2024 period was 575. To meet the requirements to nominate a candidate in the 2024 Presidential Election, a party or coalition of parties must obtain at least 20% of that number, namely 115 seats.

Based on the 2019 Election results, Golkar obtained 85 seats, PAN obtained 44 seats, and PPP obtained 19 seats. In total, the DPR seats obtained by the United Indonesia Coalition were 148 seats. Thus, the coalition has fulfilled one of the requirements mandated by the Election Law.