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1997 Indonesian legislative election

29 May 1997
425 of the 500 seats in the DPR 213 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	93.6% 1,3%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Harmoko Ismail Hasan Metareum Suryadi Party Golkar PPP PDI Leader since 24 October 1993 31 August 1989 2 May 1986 Leader's seat East Java Aceh Central Java Last election 68.10% 17,01% 14,89% Seats before 282 62 56 Seats after 325 89 11 Seat change 43 27 45 Popular vote 84,187,907 25,340,028 3,463,225 Percentage 74,51% 22,43% 3,06% Swing 6,41% 5,42% 11.83%
Speaker before election Wahono Golkar Speaker-elect Harmoko Golkar

Legislative elections were held in the Republic of Indonesia on 27 May 1997, to select 425 of the 500 seats of the People's Representative Council (DPR). The election was the seventh legislative elections since Indonesian independence and the sixth (and last) legislative elections under the New Order regime of president Suharto. The election resulted in a clear victory for Golkar, which won its best result, gaining 43 seats. Meanwhile, the Islamic United Development Party (PPP) gained 27 seats. The nationalistic Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) on the other hand, saw its worst performance yet, losing almost 80% of its seats and vote share.