page_title: 1971 Indonesian legislative election
section_title: Conduct
hierarchical_section_title: 1971 Indonesian legislative election / Conduct
caption_attribution_description: English: Officials recording the votes cast for each party in the 1971 Indonesian general election in the Operations Room at the Home Affairs Ministry on 2 August 1971 Русский: Подведение итогов парламентских выборов 1971 года. Министерство внутренних дел Индонезии, 2 августа 1971 года
context_page_description: Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 3 July 1971, the first under the New Order regime. There were ten participants; nine political parties and the "functional group" Golkar.
context_section_description: In order to weaken possible rivals to Golkar, the government manipulated the top two parties from the  1955 election, the Indonesian National Party PNI) and Parmusi (the successor to Masjumi following that party's banning in 1960) such that they lost credibility in the eyes of voters. Given that the party that had come fourth, the Indonesian Communist Party, had been banned in the aftermath of the 30 September Movement coup attempt in 1965, that left only the Nahdatul Ulama (NU) as a major rival.
  Away from the political parties, civil servants were effectively obliged to vote Golkar and regional administrators were required to fulfill "quotas" of Golkar votes.
  The system of allocating seats was changed from that of the 1955 election to reduce the number of parties winning seats in the legislature. All seats were to be allocated in the regional electoral districts, rather than being divided up based on national results.
  The government also disqualified large numbers of candidates from the political parties. Hardest hit was the PNI, with 171 disqualifications leaving it with 506 candidates. Parsumi lost 141, and the NU lost 24 candidates.
caption: Officials recording the votes cast for each party in the Operations Room at the Home Affairs Ministry on 2 August 1971
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