The following stories talk about the subject ‘Elections’.
Doubts over president Yudhoyono’s ability to win re-election, and a poll, Sby-Boediono, Megabowo, or JK-Wiranto.
The wives of the JK-Win team, jilbab wearers Mufidah Kalla and Uga Wiranto, are hot stuff in the battle for Muslim votes, while Ani Yudhoyono and Herawati Boediono are not.
BI governor Boediono for vice president, a neo-liberal and not religious enough.
Nahdlatul Ulama does battle against both right and left wing Muslim extremists.
Who will president Yudhoyono choose as his running mate for the Indonesia Bisa campaign.
Who is behind the recent violence in Aceh, and the sharia laws, politics in Aceh.
Is political Islam off the map in Indonesia?
Provisional results for the 2009 national parliamentary general election in Indonesia.
Allegations of money politics and vote buying against Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono.
2009 Indonesian election ‘pesta demokrasi’ - funny campaign posters and billboards.
The alignment of forces for the 2009 elections, the Golden coalitions of political parties.
High quality photos of aspects of the 2009 elections from Yogyakarta.
Usage of religious symbolism in politics, examples of election campaign posters.
Ross sees parallels between the Prosperous Justice Party/PKS, and the PKI of old.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Demokrat Party is all things to all men and has no real political enemies and appeals to everyone.
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X of Yogyakarta goes online to launch his bid for the presidency.
Voters in Indramayu are threatened with hellfire by Irianto MS Syafiuddin unless the Golkar Party is supported in 2009.
The six new fatwas from the Majelis Ulama Indonesia, against vasectomies and abstaining at election time and more.
Celebrity Islamist political candidates, including mother daughter team, Emilia Contessa and Denada Tambunan, line up for the Development Party in 2009.
Has Megawati Soekarnoputri got the necessary Islamic credentials to be president, again, or does she like shopping too much.
Early pre-election opinion poll results have president Yudhoyono’s Partai Demokrat leading the way.
Update and results of the East Java election, and winning the votes of the Nahdlatul Ulama faithful.
Two religion based political parties deciding to become more diverse and socially inclusive.
People from East Nusa Tenggara are still playing out 16th century theological controversies.
Paranormal figure Ki Gendeng Pamungkas enters the world of politics in Bogor.
Those people not voting in elections, fit to be stripped of their nationality or sinful.
Results for the East Java election and photos of some political campaign banners, posters and slogans for each team.
The divorce rate and reasons for divorce, and why women lead the way.
A list of political party acronyms in Indonesia.
The best running mate for Megawati in the 2009 election
Sadanand Dhume’s My Friend the Fanatic - Travels with an Indonesian Islamist.
PKS ideology, recent electoral wins, and the 2009 general and presidential elections with Tifatul Sembiring.
Confusion reigns as to whether Bali gubernatorial candidate I Gede Winasa is Muslim or Hindu, or both.
List of the various political isms, neo-liberalism, capitalism, imperialism, and colonialism, and materialism.
Syamsul Arifin and Gatot Pujo Nugroho win the North Sumatra election.
A victory for Islamic parties in the West Java election, led by Ahmad Heryawan and Dede Yusuf.
On whether women, in this case Khofifah Indar Parawansa, are suitable for leadership positions.
What if there had been a communist victory in 1965.
Military men in politics and whether the Indonesian people are ready for democracy.
The pairing of Ratu Atut and M. Masduki look likely to win the Banten governor’s election.
The gubernatorial election for Banten province in western Java is dominated by the pair of Zulkieflimansyah and former actress Marissa Haque.
Some interesting works on Mohamed Suharto, or Soeharto, former president of Indonesia including some works of biography.
The election results for the 2004 parliamentary and presidential elections.
A study of youth political & religious affiliation.
The 1965-1966 pogroms in East Java.
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