The Jakarta Regional House of Representatives (, abbreviated to DPRD Jakarta) is the

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of the

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n province of

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. It is composed of 106 members who are elected through

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s once every five years, simultaneously with the national legislative election. Unlike other regional provincial legislatures in Indonesia, the number of members of the Jakarta Provincial DPRD is a maximum of 125% (one hundred and twenty five percent) of the maximum number for the category of the population of Jakarta as determined by law. The new 2024-2029 period of the legislature was officially opened with an inauguration on the 26th of August 2024. It convenes in the Jakarta Provincial DPRD Building,

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History

Under the

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's administration, a "College of Alderman" () for Batavia was established on 24 July 1620. There was also the ''College van Heemraden'' (

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board). In 1905, a municipal body known as the Gemeenten Batavia was established, which was renamed to Stadsgemeente Batavia in 1926. During the Japanese occupation, an advisory body was formed in September 1943. Following Indonesian independence, a local representative body was established by the new Indonesian government, though it was dissolved shortly afterwards due to Dutch reoccupation of the city. After the transfer of sovereignty, a temporary elected house of 25 members was established in 1950. It was intended as a temporary body but ended up lasting until 1956, when new regulations on local legislation were issued.

Role and function

The Jakarta Provincial DPRD has legislative, budgetary and supervisory functions. In addition, the DPRD of DKI Jakarta Province also provides considerations for mayoral/

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candidates proposed by the Governor.

Powers

DPRD powers are classified under Law No. 17 of 2014 as legislative, budgeting, and supervisory powers, which includes creating regional laws, approving budgets proposed by the regional heads (governos/mayors/regents), and monitoring the spending of funds. Additionally, DPRD could propose the removal of a regional head the

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, and may declare impeachment of a regional head. However, DPRD cannot remove regional heads from their positions, which remained the authority of the

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General election results

2024 Indonesian legislative election

The valid vote acquisition of

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participating in the 2024 legislative election from each electoral districts (constituency) for members of the Jakarta Provincial DPRD is as follows.

Structure

Based on Article 110 Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government, the Provincial DPRD (AKD) Equipment consists of: # Leadership # Deliberative Body (Bamus) # Commission # Regional Regulation Formation Body (Bapemperda) # Budget Agency (Banggar) # Honorary Council (BK) # Other Equipment (formed through a Plenary Meeting)

Leadership

According to the laws and regulations, the Provincial DPRD which has members: 35-44 people led by 1 speaker and 2 deputy speakers; 45-84 people led by 1 speaker and 3 deputy speakers; and 85-100 people led by 1 speaker and 4 deputy speaker. The leadership of the Jakarta DPRD consists of 1 Speaker and 4 Deputy Sepeker who come from the

that won the first, second, and third most seats (and votes), respectively.

Commissions

According to the provisions of the law, the Provincial DPRD with 35-55 members can form 4 commissions and the Provincial DPRD with more than 55 members can form 5 commissions. The DKI Jakarta Provincial DPRD consists of 5 commissions as follows: * Commission A Government Sector * Commission B Economic Sector * Commission C Finance Sector * Commission D Development Sector * Commission E Public Welfare Sector The following is a list of the leaders of the Jakarta DPRD Commissions for the 2024-2029 Period:

Agencies

The agencies in the DKI Jakarta DPRD consist of the Budget Agency, the Consultative Body, the Regional Regulation Formation Agency and the Honorary Council. The Consultative Body and Budget Agency are led by ex-officio DPRD leaders. The following are the names of the Heads of the Agencies.

Parliamentary groups

Factions

A faction is a forum for DPRD members to gather in order to optimize the implementation of the functions, duties, and authorities as well as the rights and obligations of the DPRD. Each faction has at least the same number of members as the number of commissions in the DPRD. One faction in the DKI Jakarta Provincial DPRD has at least 5 members. The Jakarta Provincial DPRD for the 2024-2029 period consists of 9 factions as follows:

Historical composition

The following is the composition of the members of the Jakarta DPRD from 1971 to present.

Electoral districts

In the 2019 legislative election and 2024 legislative election, The election for the Jakarta Provincial DPRD is divided into 7 electoral districts known as dapil (constituency) as follows:

List of members

Current members

2024–2029 Period

References

External links

Official website
{{Jakarta topics Politics of Jakarta Provincial Regional Houses of Representatives in Indonesia