Yusril's Proposal on Parliamentary Threshold: Political Parties Must Secure at Least 13 Seats in DPR
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra has proposed that the number of House of Representatives (DPR) standing committees or commissions serve as the parliamentary threshold for political parties participating in general elections.
This means that, for the 2024-2029 DPR period, which has 13 commissions, political parties must secure 13 seats in the elections to pass the parliamentary threshold.
“For example, the benchmark could be the actual number of commissions in the DPR. This is currently regulated in the house rules, but it should be stipulated in the law,” Yusril proposed in Cawang, East Jakarta, on Wednesday (29/4/2026).
However, Yusril also proposed allowing joint coalitions for political parties that do not meet the 13-seat parliamentary threshold.
“In this way, no votes are lost, and it is fair for all of us,” said the former Chairman of the Crescent Star Party (PBB).
Therefore, he believes additional regulations are needed to ensure no public votes are wasted.
He hopes that revisions to the Election Law and the MD3 Law on the MPR, DPR, DPD, and DPRD can agree on an appropriate parliamentary threshold.
“And I also hope that this will emerge as a middle-ground solution to address the issue of the minimum threshold, how we determine the number, and how we then form factions in the DPR,” Yusril stated.
On Thursday (29/2/2023), the Constitutional Court (MK) partially granted a lawsuit challenging the 4% parliamentary threshold under Article 414 paragraph (1) of Law No. 7 of 2017 on Elections.
The case, registered as No. 116/PUU-XXI/2023, was filed by Perludem Executive Board Chair Khoirunnisa Nur Agustyati and Treasurer Irmalidarti.
In Decision No. 116/PUU-XXI/2023, the MK stated that the norm in Article 414 paragraph (1), or the 4% parliamentary threshold, remains constitutional as long as it applies to the 2024 DPR elections.
In other words, the MK stated that the 4% threshold must be amended before the 2029 simultaneous elections.