Indonesia's Upcoming Local and National Elections: Do the Islamists play a Role?

New York Southeast Asia Network and NYU Wagner's Office of International Programs

March
26
12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
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Date:
March 26, 2018
Time:
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
The Puck Building - 295 Lafayette Street, The Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10012

Indonesia will hold local executive elections in 171 territories in June 2018, and national legislative and presidential elections in April 2019. One of the big uncertainties in these upcoming polls is the role of Islamists. While they successfully mobilized in 2016 and 2017 to decide the Jakarta gubernatorial elections in their favor, will they be able replicate this success in other areas and at the national level? This seminar will draw from the presenter's recent visits to several Indonesian provinces that will hold local elections, and from polling data at the national level.

Marcus Mietzner, Associate Professor at the Australian National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific, is a scholar of Indonesian politics and has written extensively on the Indonesian military and the struggle to build democratic politics.

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