Juridical Analysis of the Open Proportional System (Study of the Constitutional Court's Decision on Case No. 114/Ppu-Xx/202 Concerning the Open Proportional System in Testing Law No. 17/2017 on General Elections)

The electoral system in Indonesia implements a proportional election system. The proportional election system is a general election system in which the percentage of House of Representatives seats distributed to each political party is adjusted to the number of votes obtained by each political party. Indonesia uses an open proportional system. However, the Constitutional Court still decides on this system in the 2024 election and beyond. This research method uses normative legal research methods in order to obtain the necessary data related to the research problem. Data sources are obtained from primary, secondary, and tertiary data. In this study, it is explained that the open proportional system is the most suitable system for the current situation of Indonesia. The results of the study show that the background of the philosophical making of the Election Law is due to several considerations.