Perludem
Perludem (Perkumpulan untuk Pemilu dan Demokrasi — the Association for Elections and Democracy) was founded in 2005 by former Indonesian election supervisors who believed that elections must produce governments that genuinely represent the people. It has since become Indonesia's leading civil society organisation on electoral integrity and democratic reform.
The organisation works across four functions: research (books, policy papers, journals, data systems), policy advocacy (supporting electoral law reform and filing judicial review petitions to the Constitutional Court — 26 cases decided, 12 fully or partially granted), civic education and capacity building, and election monitoring. A current focus is exploring alternative electoral systems: Perludem partnered with International IDEA in 2026 to simulate a Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP) electoral system for Indonesia, convening political parties, journalists, and civil society to examine what electoral reform could look like.
Perludem operates in the world's third-largest democracy at a moment when Indonesia's democratic trajectory is being closely watched internationally. Its combination of research rigour, constitutional litigation capacity, and practitioner credibility makes it an unusually capable institutional actor in a political environment where electoral integrity cannot be taken for granted.
Links
- Website: perludem.or.id
See also
History
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2005-01-01
Founded by former Indonesian election supervisors to strengthen electoral integrity in the world's third-largest democracyFounding of the organisation
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para mantan Pengawas Pemilu 2004 berhimpun dalam wadah yang bernama Perkumpulan untuk Pemilu dan Demokrasi
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2026-07-23
Held a Media Briefing and Civil Society Workshop with International IDEA on its Mixed-Member Proportional electoral system simulationFlagship electoral-reform research event with an international partner
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Perludem, in collaboration with International IDEA, held the Media Briefing and Civil Society Workshop: Understanding the Mixed Member Proportional Electoral System and Its Simulation Results in Indonesia at the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) Learning House in Jakarta on 23 July.
Simulation used data from Indonesia's 2024 General Election and drew on the MMP experiences of New Zealand and Germany; per Perludem Executive Director Heroik M. Pratama, intended as a technical tool to assess electoral-system design implications, not to predict outcomes.
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