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VALID VOTES IN 2009 ELECTIONS DOWN FROM 2004
Jakarta, May 9 (ANTARA) - The number of valid votes in the April 9, 2009 legislative elections has declined compared with that in the legislative polls in 2004, according to the final count of the General Elections Commission (KPU) here on Saturday.
According the final count, the results of which were announced by the KPU on Saturday, the valid votes in the April 9, 2009 legislative elections totaled 104,099,785, with invalid votes accounting for 17,488,581.
The valid votes in the legislative elections on April 5 in 2004 totaled 113,462,414.
According to Bambang, a member of the election supervisory board (Bawaslu) on the sidelines of the KPU plenary meeting on the final count of the election results, the decline in the number of votes was due to inaccuracy of the voters' lists (DPT).
"There are a lot of duplicated DPTs and many eligible voters were not registered in the legislative elections," the Bawaslu member said.
Wirdyaningsih, another Bawaslu member said that the decline in the number of votes was also caused by the change in the punching of the ballot system to ticking it.
She said that the change in the punching into the ticking system affected voters a lot. The KPU also lacked of popularizing the new elections system.
"I think the popularization on the valid votes by the KPU and political parties was not enough," she said.
The KPU announced on Saturday night that the Democratic Party came up as the winner of the April 9 2009 legislative elections grabbing 21,703,137 votes, or 20.85 percent.
It said that the Golkar Party finished second with 15,037,757 votes or 14.45 percent, while the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) followed in the third place, winning 14,600,091 votes or 14.03 percent.
According to the KPU, the total number of valid votes counted was 104,099,785 while the number of invalid votes was 17,488,581.
The number of eligible voters was 171 million.***
According the final count, the results of which were announced by the KPU on Saturday, the valid votes in the April 9, 2009 legislative elections totaled 104,099,785, with invalid votes accounting for 17,488,581.
The valid votes in the legislative elections on April 5 in 2004 totaled 113,462,414.
According to Bambang, a member of the election supervisory board (Bawaslu) on the sidelines of the KPU plenary meeting on the final count of the election results, the decline in the number of votes was due to inaccuracy of the voters' lists (DPT).
"There are a lot of duplicated DPTs and many eligible voters were not registered in the legislative elections," the Bawaslu member said.
Wirdyaningsih, another Bawaslu member said that the decline in the number of votes was also caused by the change in the punching of the ballot system to ticking it.
She said that the change in the punching into the ticking system affected voters a lot. The KPU also lacked of popularizing the new elections system.
"I think the popularization on the valid votes by the KPU and political parties was not enough," she said.
The KPU announced on Saturday night that the Democratic Party came up as the winner of the April 9 2009 legislative elections grabbing 21,703,137 votes, or 20.85 percent.
It said that the Golkar Party finished second with 15,037,757 votes or 14.45 percent, while the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) followed in the third place, winning 14,600,091 votes or 14.03 percent.
According to the KPU, the total number of valid votes counted was 104,099,785 while the number of invalid votes was 17,488,581.
The number of eligible voters was 171 million.***
