Thursday (7/3), the Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU) published the release of the 2024 Election Participants’ Submission of Campaign Fund Receipt and Expenditure Reports (LPPDK). Through this report, the public can see the total receipts and expenditures used by candidates for campaigning.
In the Legislative Election (Pileg) contestation for the People’s Representative Council (DPR), the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) was the party with the largest expenditure of campaign funds, namely IDR 173,221,200,996 or 173.2 billion rupiah. Compared to the 2019 election, PDIP campaign spending decreased twofold. PDIP spent IDR 345 billion for the 2019 election campaign.
Furthermore, the Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) spent Rp. 92,839,827,846 or 92.8 billion rupiah. This amount is also smaller than the Gerindra Party’s campaign funds spent in the 2019 elections, namely IDR 134.7 billion.
The following is the complete total expenditure of campaign funds for 18 political parties participating in the 2024 and 2019 elections, sorted by the largest amount of funds.
- PDIP
2024 Election: Rp. 173,221,200,996 (almost 2 times smaller)
2019 Election: 345 billion rupiah
- Gerindra Party
2024 Election: Rp.92,839,827,846 (Less 41.86 billion rupiah)
2019 Election: 134.7 billion rupiah
- Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI)
2024 Election: Rp. 80,096,534,876 (less than 4 billion rupiah)
2019 Election: 84.65 billion rupiah
- Democratic party
2024 Election: Rp. 72,273,700,282 (2.6 times smaller)
2019 Election: 189.4 billion rupiah
- Work Group Party (Golkar)
2024 Election: Rp. 45,219,158,648 (6.8 times smaller)
2019 Election: 307.47 billion rupiah
- Star Moon Party (PBB)
2024 Election: Rp.27,760,541,659 (4.2 times smaller)
2019 Election: 117.8 billion rupiah
- National Mandate Party (PAN)
2024 Election: Rp. 25,618,525,000 (6.6 times smaller)
2019 Election: 169.05 billion rupiah
- Indonesian Unity Party (Perindo)
2024 Election: Rp. 20,643,301,550 (11 times smaller)
2019 Election: 228.17 billion rupiah
- United Development Party (PPP)
2024 Election: Rp. 20,013,294,563 (3.8 times smaller)
2019: 76.55 billion rupiah
- Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)
2024 Election: Rp. 16,703,608,199 (15 times smaller)
2019 Election: 250.02 billion rupiah
- Labor Party
2024 Election: Rp. 10,147,142,349
2019 Election: not yet a participant in the election
- National Democratic Party (NasDem)
2024 Election: Rp.9,165,517,417 (25.3 times smaller)
2019 Election: 232.1 billion rupiah
- People’s Wave Party (Gelora)
2024 Election: IDR 6,803,612,500
2019 Election: not yet a participant in the election
- Indonesian Movement for Change Party (Garuda)
2024 Election: IDR 5,497,684,500 (bigger than the 2019 Election)
2019 Election: 3.36 billion rupiah
- People’s Conscience Party (Hanura)
2024 Election: Rp. 5,022,556,573 (Almost 10 times smaller)
2019 Election: 49.485 billion rupiah
- Archipelago Awakening Party (PKN)
2024 Election: IDR 1,500,041,200
2019 Election: not yet a participant in the election
- National Awakening Party (PKB)
2024 Election: Rp. 800,505,963 (176 times smaller)
2019 Election: 141.01 billion rupiah
- Ummah Party
2024 Election: IDR 479,699,300
In general, almost all political parties participating in the 2024 Election that contested in the 2019 Election spent less campaign funds in the 2024 Election, except for the Garuda Party. PKB’s campaign funds in the 2024 Election were even 176 times smaller than in the 2019 Election. The NasDem Party’s campaign expenditure was 25.3 times greater in the 2019 Election compared to the 2024 Election. The campaign funds reported by PKS, Perindo and the Golkar Party in 2024 were 15 times less. , 11, and 6.8 times those reported in the 2019 elections. []