PERSONALITIES, PARTIES, AND VOTERS.

This article presents information about Indonesia's elections, candidates, and voters since longtime President Suharto was ousted in 1998. Since 1998, there have been three legislative elections and two by popular vote for the presidency. In the past two elections the people voted directly for a presidential ticket that includes both presidential and vice presidential candidates who usually come from different parties. Since Suharto, political parties have expanded from three parties allowed under his regime to nine that participated in the 2009 elections.