General Elections Institution

General Elections InstitutionLembaga Pemilihan Umum

Agency overview
Formed| 17 January 1970 (1970-01-17)
Preceding agency|

* Indonesian Electoral Committee

Dissolved| 1 February 1999 (1999-02-01)
Superseding agency|

* General Elections Commission

Jurisdiction| Indonesia
Headquarters| Jalan Imam Bonjol No. 29,
Jakarta 10310
Agency executive|

* Yogie Suardi Memet, Chairman (last)

The General Elections Institution (Indonesian: Lembaga Pemilihan Umum, abbreviated as LPU) was the body that organises elections in Indonesia during the New Order. Its responsibilities include deciding which parties can contest elections, organising the voting and announcing the results and seats won in the various branches of the government. The institution is under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

## History

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After the rise of Suharto as the president of Indonesia in 1967, Suharto began to prepare for elections in order to legitimize his seat. The first general elections in the New Order was prepared to be held in 1971 with Law Number 15 of 1969. The law stipulates that the president would form the General Elections Institution for the upcoming election. Suharto would later form the General Elections Institution by the Presidential Decree Number 3 of 1970.

According to the law, the General Elections Institution was a permanent institution with three elements, the executive council, the advisory council, and the secretariat. The president appoint the members of the institution with the Presidential Decree Number 7/M of 1970. The first chairman of LPU was Amir Machmud, who was the Minister of Home Affairs at that time. The Minister of Home Affairs would later hold the position for the chairman of LPU until 1998, when the organization was dissolved and replaced with General Elections Commission.

## Seat of the General Elections Institution

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The Indonesian General Institution is located in a building on Jalan Imam Bonjol 29. The building, designed by architect A.W. Gmelig Meyling, was completed in 1955 and was among the first to be built in the post-war architecture style in Indonesia. It was described as "impressive" at its completion. The building was originally used for the office of the National Horticulture Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture.[1]

## Organization

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### Executive Council

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According to the Government Regulations Number 35 of 1985, the seats of the executive council was filled with ministerial posts. The chairman of the council was seated by the Minister of Home Affairs, while the vice chairman post was seated by the Minister of Information and the Minister of Justice.[2]

## List of chairmen

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Even though the Minister of Home Affairs concurrently chaired the position of the Chairman of the General Elections Institution, there were no elections held during the ad interim term of Sudharmono, from 1982 until 1983.

Name  | Photo  | Period  | Vice Chairman  | General Secretary  | Elections

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Amir Machmud |  | 1970–1982  |

* As Minister of Information:
* Budiardjo (1970–1973)
* Mashuri Saleh (1973–1977)
* Sudharmono (1977–1978)
* Ali Murtopo (1978–1982)
* As Minister of Justice:
* Oemar Seno Adji (1970–1973)
* Mochtar Kusumaatmadja (1973–1978)
* Mudjono (1978–1981)
* Ali Said (1981–1982)

| Sumarman  | 1971
Soeprapto | 1977
1982
Sudharmono |  | 1982–1983  |

* As Minister of Information:
* Ali Murtopo (1982–1983)
* As Minister of Justice:
* Ali Said (1982–1983)

Soepardjo Rustam |  | 1983–1988  |

* As Minister of Information:
* Harmoko (1983–1988)
* As Minister of Justice:
* Ali Said (1983–1984)
* Ismail Saleh (1984–1988)

| Aswismarmo | 1987
Rudini |  | 1988–1993  |

* As Minister of Information:
* Harmoko (1988–1993)
* As Minister of Justice:
* Ismail Saleh (1988–1993)

| Nugroho Hardjo Wiyoto  | 1992
Yogie Suardi Memet |  | 1993–1998  |

* As Minister of Information:
* Harmoko (1993–1997)
* R. Hartono (1997–1998)
* As Minister of Justice:
* Oetojo Oesman (1993–1998)

| Suryatna Subrata  | 1997

## References

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1. ^ Merrillees 2015, p. 47.
2. ^ Kansil 1986, p. 7

## Bibliography

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* Abdullah, Taufik (April 2009). Indonesia: Towards Democracy. Solo: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 978-981-2303660.
* Manning, Chris; van Dierman, Peter (April 2000). Indonesia in Transition: Social Aspects of Reformasi and Crisis. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 978-1856499248.
* Merrillees, Scott (2015). Jakarta: Portraits of a Capital 1950-1980. Jakarta: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 9786028397308.
* Puspoyo, Widjanarko (December 2012). Dari Soekarno Hingga Yudhoyono, Pemilu Indonesia 1955 - 2009 (From Soekarno to Yudhoyono. Indonesian General Elections 1955 - 2009). Solo: Eka Adicitra Intermedia. ISBN 9786028237970.
* Kansil, C.S.T. (1986), Memahami Pemilihan Umum dan Referendum [Understanding General Elections and Referendum] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Ind-Hill-Co

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