PDI, PPP earn more seats<\/p>\n
MEDAN: The United Development Party's (PPP) and Indonesian
\nDemocratic Party's (PDI) North Sumatra chapters earned one more
\nseat each in the provincial legislative council when the election
\nresults were endorsed here Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The deputy chairman of the province's election committee,
\nPiter Sibarani, on behalf of ailing chairman Raja Inal Siregar,
\nannounced the final results.<\/p>\n
PPP won six seats, PDI three seats and dominant party, Golkar,
\na whopping 34 seats.<\/p>\n
The Armed Forces, whose members do not vote, had been given 11
\nseats.<\/p>\n
Sibarani said two seats were left after the first counting in
\nTuesday's meeting.<\/p>\n
As there was no vote trade-off deal among the three party
\nchapters, the meeting agreed to PDI and PPP sharing the remaining
\nseats because they had more leftover votes than Golkar. These are
\nvotes the parties received but were not enough to win them a
\nseat.<\/p>\n
The PDI had 104,021 of these votes, the PPP 84,229, and Golkar
\n80,521.<\/p>\n
PPP's chapter chief, Hasrul Azwar, alleged that irregularities
\ntook place during vote counting and said the chapter would seek a
\nlegal settlement.<\/p>\n
\"It was wisdom that led us to approve the results. We place
\nthe national interest above other things,\" Azwar said.<\/p>\n
His PDI counterpart Patawi Bowie welcomed the results, but
\ncould not avoid lodging a complaint over alleged electoral
\nviolations.<\/p>\n
He said 81 PDI scrutineers were barred from their polling
\nbooths in Percut Sei Tuan district in Deli Serdang. (21\/amd)<\/p>",
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