The Indonesian electoral law of 2017, also known in Indonesia as Undang-Undang Pemilu, is the law regulating elections in Indonesia. Officially, it is known as the Law Number 7 of 2017 (Undang-Undang Nomor 7 Tahun 2017, or UU 7/2017). The law was passed in July 2017 following nine months of debate in the People's Representative Council. On 12 December 2022, amendment of the law, Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 1/2022 issued. History In anticipation for the simultaneous elections of 2019, the government-initiated work on the draft for a new electoral law to replace the 2012 law. By August 2016, president Joko Widodo has received the draft law, and the People's Representative Council received it on 21 October the same year. During the discussion of the law, there were disputes over the proposed presidential threshold, with political parties divided into three camps – PDI-P, Golkar and Nasdem supported a higher threshold of 25% legislative vote/20% parliamentary seats, Gerindra, PAN and Demokrat supporting the removal of the threshold, and PKB and PPP supporting a lower threshold of 15% legislative vote/10% parliamentary seats. The draft was voted into law on 20 July 2017. During the voting procedure, opposing parties – Gerindra, PAN, PKS and Demokrat conducted a mass walkout with all their members, which includes three deputy speakers, except for another deputy speaker Fahri Hamzah who decided to remain. All remaining parties of the government coalition approved the 20 percent presidential threshold (Option A), with Hamzah the only opposition. Characteristics Seat distribution The 2017 law mandates an addition of 15 seats to the People's Representative Council, increasing the number to 575 divided across 80 electoral districts with 3-10 seats each, the additions given to provinces outside Java. In 2022 amendment of the law, the number of the member increased to 580, and expanded the electoral districts to 84. The law sets the number of seats for local councils as the following: Provincial:Art. 188 Regency/Municipal:Art. 191 The seats are also distributed in electoral districts with 3-12 members each. The law requires these electoral districts to follow the administrative borders of regencies/cities (provincial and national) or subdistricts (regency/city) if possible, though partition of a subdivision into multiple districts is allowed if not possible otherwise.:Art. 187,189,192 In total, the law mandated 20,392 non-independent legislative posts – 575 in the People's Representative Council, 2,207 in the Provincial Councils and 17,610 in the Regency/Municipal Councils. Electoral