According to his electoral rules, however, only three parties were allowed to participate in the election: his own Golkar party; the Islamist United Development Party (PPP), and the Democratic Party of Indonesia (PDI).
According to his electoral rules, however, only three entities were allowed to participate in the election: two political parties and one Golongan Karya. All the previously existing political parties were forced to be part of either the Islamist United Development Party (PPP) or the Nationalist Democratic Party of Indonesia (PDI).