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- 05Survey projects support for Islam-based parties hitting record low in 2024
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Next year’s simultaneous presidential and legislative elections could see a return to political polarization, the latest study by the University of Indonesia suggested on March 19. Hamdi Muluk, a professor in political psychology at the university in Depok, West Java, said the constitutional design, which requires a candidate to secure more than 50% of the vote to win in a presidential election, contributes to this phenomenon. He said the election, which could be contested by four candidate pairs, is expected to be conducted in two rounds, with two candidate pairs going into the runoff, thus making polarization inevitable. Muluk said the study showed that polarization is mostly driven by religious sentiment. He predicted a repeat of the polarization seen in the 2019 elections, in conjunction with a recent rise in fundamentalism. Indonesia has seen a rise in religion-based political polarization in recent years, particularly during elections. Political parties are distinguished primarily based on religious or pluralist orientation. There has been a history of ideological contestation between political Islam, particularly those seeking to establish a state based on shariah law, and nationalist parties or those with more pluralistic views that believe the country should not be dominated by one religion. This…...
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