Indonesia's 2009 Elections: Populism, Dynasties and the Consolidation of the Party System
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2009
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Mietzner, Marcus
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Lowy Institute for International Policy
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This paper will analyse the reasons for PD’s
electoral success and its implications for the
future architecture of Indonesia’s party system.
It will show that Thaksin-style cash hand-outs
to the poor were the main reason for PD’s
victory, potentially signalling the emergence of
new electoral paradigms in Indonesia. In
addition, the paper will discuss the prospects of
established parties like Golkar and PDIP in the
post-2009 party landscape. Focusing on the rise
of new generations of leaders in these parties,
this paper argues that most key parties are
likely to remain fixtures in Indonesian politics, while the future of Yudhoyono’s PD is entirely
dependent on the President’s performance in his
(almost certain) second term.
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