Open-list or Closed-list Proportional System

All electoral systems have the same opportunity to be applied in Indonesia with their respective strengths and weaknesses. Learning from election practices in the world, there is no perfect electoral system.

The Constitutional Court is currently doing judicial review on the articles governing the open-list proportional system in the Election Law.

The court was asked to change the electoral system for members of the legislative bodies from an open-list proportional system into a closed-list proportional system (Kompas, 30/12/2022). A number of politicians and citizens have made requests for judicial review to cancel Article 168 Paragraph 2 because they are considered to be contrary to the 1945 Constitution.