Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Joko WIDODO
• Head of Government: President Joko WIDODO
• Assembly: a bicameral People's Consultative Assembly consisting of the Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah) with 136 seats and the House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat) with 560 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote and may serve up to two 5-year terms *. 
• In the Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah / DPD) 136 members are directly elected by single non-transferable vote in multi-seat constituencies.  Members serve 5-year terms **.
• In the House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat / DPR) 575 members are directly elected by single non-transferrable vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.

* Presidential slates must be nominated by a party or coalition that holds at least 20 percent of seats in the DPR or that won at least 25 percent of votes in the last DPR election.

** DPD members are non-partisan.  They advise the DPR on regional issues and cannot propose legislation.