First instance body dealing with electoral disputes
Indonesia
Article 258 (1) Law No 8/2012 onLegislative Election
(1) Bawaslu is entitled to solve Election disputes.
Article 259 (1)
(1) Bawaslu’s decision concerning the solution of Election disputes is a final andbinding decision, excluding the decisions on Election disputes related to theverification of Election Contesting Political Parties and the final list ofcandidates for members of DPR, DPD,Provincial DPRD and Regency/Municipal DPRD.
(2) Election disputes related to the verification of Election ContestingPolitical Parties and the final list of candidates for members of DPR, DPD and Provincial DPRD andRegency/Municipal DPRD shall be firstly settled by Bawaslu.
In the event that Electiondisputes related to the verification of Election Contesting Political Partiesand the final list of candidates for members of DPR, DPD and Provincial DPRD and Regency/Municipal DPRD as referredto in paragraph (1) cannot be settled, the parties whose interests aredisadvantaged by KPU decisions canlodge a written claim to the appellate state administrative court.
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