Jakarta poll body declares 'final' election result

Jakarta poll body declares 'final' election result

JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Regional Elections Committee
announced its results of the June 7 election on Saturday, giving
the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) the
victory with nearly 40 percent of 4.6 million valid votes.

The Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP) came second
with 17 percent, the National Mandate Party (PAN) third with just
under 17 percent and the Golkar Party a distant fourth with 10
percent.

The vote tally was almost identical for the election of
representatives in the national legislature (DPR) and the City
Council (DPRD).

The committee said another 770,000 ballot papers were not
counted because they were either spoiled or not punched.

The result was endorsed by representatives of 18 of the 48
political parties contesting the election in the capital. The
four government representatives also penned in their signatures.

All signed the results "with reservations" because of
allegations of rampant rigging and fraud.

"The result is valid," committee chairman Djafar Badjeber
said. "There are no regulations stating the minimum number of
representatives to sign the result for it to be valid."

The other parties have until Monday to add their signatures,
he said.

Djafar acknowledged that the committee found many
irregularities in the way the election was conducted and in the
way the votes were counted at the 10,198 polling stations.

A sampling survey on 509 polling stations found that, with a
95 percent degree of confidence, the elections fell short of the
committee's minimum criteria for honest and fair elections.

On that basis, the committee said it could ascertain the
validity of only 37 percent of the data.

The 18 parties which signed the results were PPP, Indonesian
United Islam Party, Abul Yatama Party, Love the Nation Democratic
Party, People's Choice Party, Crescent Star Party (PBB), Justice
Party (PK), Nahdlatul Ummat Party, Independence Vanguard Party,
Republican Party, Indonesian National Party-Marhaen, United Party
(PP), National Awakening Party (PKB), MKGR Party, People's
Sovereignty Party, Justice and Unity Party (PKP), All-Indonesian
Workers Solidarity Party and Indonesian Workers Party.

Representatives of three big parties -- PAN, PDI Perjuangan
and Golkar -- were absent at Saturday's meeting.

On the basis of the results announced on Saturday, PDI
Perjuangan has won seven of the 18 DPR seats, while PPP and PAN
have won three a piece and Golkar got one seat.

The PDI candidates who get elected are Roy B.B. Janis, Kwik
Kian Gie, Sabam Sirait, Aberson Marle Sihaloho, Syaifullah Jusuf,
Julius Usman and Hobbes Sinaga.

The result also means the election of three party chairmen:
Amien Rais of PAN, Hamzah Haz of PPP and Akbar Tandjung of
Golkar.

The two other PPP candidates elected are Rusydi Hamka and
Munzir Taman while two from PAN are A.M. Fatwa and Afni Ahmad.

A DPR seat is worth 255,622 votes, a figure derived by
dividing the number of valid votes by the 18 seats.

Four other DPR seats will have to be distributed on the basis
of Stembus Akoord, an arrangement allowing parties to pool their
leftover votes to win the remaining seats. If there were still
more seats unallocated after this process, they will be given out
to parties with the largest leftover votes.

The electoral committee did not announce the way the remaining
four DPR seats will distributed, but judging by the leftover
votes, one is expected to go to PK, one to PBB, one to PKB, and
one to Golkar.

PDI Perjuangan is automatically assured 29 of the 76 DPRD
seats that were contested, followed by PPP (13 seats), PAN (12),
Golkar (7), PK (3), PKB (2) and PBB (1).

A DPRD seat is worth 60,347 votes.

PK won two more seats on the basis of a Stembus Akoord it
signed with seven other Muslim parties, including PBB and PPP.

According to the committee, the remaining seven seats, given
to parties with the largest leftover votes, went to PK, PKP, PDI
Perjuangan, Golkar, PP, Indonesian Unity and Diversity Party, PKB
and PAN.

The DPRD will comprise 85 seats, including nine given to the
Indonesian Military, whose members did not vote in the general
election.(ind)