Court orders revote, vote recount in Indonesian legislative elections in over a dozen regions

A panel of three Constitutional Court justices presides over a hearing of a legislative election dispute at the court building in Jakarta on May 23, 2024. - Photo: Antara

JAKARTA: The Constitutional Court has granted numerous petitions filed by losing legislative candidates and political parties challenging the results of the February legislative elections and ordered the General Elections Commission (KPU) to hold a revote and vote recounting in over a dozen regions across the country.

The court this week has just finished deliberating decisions in nearly 300 disputes in the February legislative elections for seats at Regional Representatives Council (DPD) and provincial and regional legislative councils (DPRD) that were filed by losing political parties and candidates.