Implementation of the Stages of Election Nomination in Indonesia after the Abolition of the Presidental Threshold in Law Number 7 of 2017

Indonesia has had a presidential threshold system since the 2004 general election. The presidential threshold aims to strengthen the presidential system and reduce the existence of multiparties. In practice, the application of the presidential threshold raises pros and cons where on the one hand it is intended to find competent candidates on the other hand it can hamper the rights of the community and the rights of candidates so that it is not in accordance with the principles of Indonesian democracy. Since the Constitutional Court issued Decision Number 62/PUU-XXII/2024, the presidential nomination threshold has been considered unconstitutional and legally invalid. The abolition of the presidential threshold makes the absence of vote and seat limits so that this can have an impact on the nomination process of presidential and vice-presidential candidates so that in this case certain arrangements and limits are needed in order to maintain conducive elections in Indonesia.