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Simultaneous Elections and the Rise of Female Representation in Indonesia
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Abstract In the 2019 election, the proportion of women elected to Indonesia's People's Representative Assembly (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, DPR) increased significantly to almost 21 per cent. In this article, we ask whether an institutional innovation - the introduction of simultaneous presidential and legislat... view more
In the 2019 election, the proportion of women elected to Indonesia's People's Representative Assembly (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, DPR) increased significantly to almost 21 per cent. In this article, we ask whether an institutional innovation - the introduction of simultaneous presidential and legislative elections - contributed to this change. We examine the election results, demonstrating that, overall, women candidates did particularly well in provinces where the presidential candidate nominated by their party won a majority of the vote. Having established quantitatively a connection between results of the presidential elections and outcomes for women legislative candidates, we turn to our qualitative findings to seek a mechanism explaining this outcome. We argue that the simultaneous elections helped women candidates by easing their access to voters who supported one of the presidential candidates, but who were undecided on the legislative election. Rather than imposing additional burdens on female candidates, simultaneous elections assisted them.... view less
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
Indonesia; simultaneous elections; women's representation; political parties
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 50-72
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 40 (2021) 1
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed