2029 Indonesian presidential election

2029 Indonesian presidential election

Early 2029

Incumbent President Prabowo Subianto Gerindra

Presidential elections will be held in Indonesia in early 2029. Incumbent president Prabowo Subianto may run again for the second term in office.

The presidential election will be held together with the legislative election for members of the House of Representatives (DPR), the Senate (DPD), provincial legislative councils (DPRD Provinsi), and regency or municipal legislative councils (DPRD Kabupaten or DPRD Kota) throughout Indonesia.

Electoral system

The President of Indonesia is directly elected every five years. As stipulated in Article 7 of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, incumbent President Prabowo Subianto is eligible to run for a second term. The presidential election was required to be held before the end of his current term on 20 October 2029.

The general election period is regulated in Article 6A and Article 22E of the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and by the Law on General Elections. The presidential and vice-presidential candidate pairs are proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties, including non-parliamentary political parties. Unlike previous presidential elections, there will be no presidential threshold, thus every eligible political party may field a pair of candidates.

A runoff is held if no candidates obtains more than 50% of the votes with at least 20% of the votes in more than half of the provinces in Indonesia in the first round. As of 2025, a runoff has only ever taken place in 2004.

Candidates

Declared

Prabowo

Main article: Advanced Indonesia Coalition

Prabowo Subianto was nominated by the Gerindra Party as the 2029 presidential candidate on 14 February 2025.

Advanced Indonesia Coalition ticket
Prabowo Subianto
for President	for Vice President
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