Bali Regional House of Representatives

During the Dutch East Indies government and throughout the Japanese occupation, Bali maintained a quasi-legislative/advisory body, the Paruman Agung, founded in 1938 and counting eight monarchs of Bali as members. In the Indonesian National Revolution, the Paruman Agung was expanded to include 36 members in 1946, and in 1947 the body was divided into a council for the monarchs and a separate council of representatives to be elected.^[3]

By 1950, the council of monarchs was abolished, and legislative functions was transferred to a democratically elected Regional House of Representatives (DPRD). I Gusti Putu Merta served as the DPRD inaugural speaker. Among the early laws adopted by the speaker was the annulling of all local laws prohibiting inter-caste marriage in 1951, greatly changing Balinese society.^[3] The first election to the DPRD was held in 1955, with the Indonesian National Party winning the most votes and seats, followed by the Indonesian Socialist Party and the Indonesian Communist Party.^[4]

The legislature's current building was inaugurated in 1988, and was renovated after a fire in 2000. Prior to the current building, the legislature convened in a one-story building in the Sanur area of Denpasar.^[5]

The Bali Provincial DPRD is a regional people's representative institution whose position is as an organizing element of Regional Government in the Province of Bali.

The function of the Bali Provincial DPRD as regulated in Bali Provincial DPRD Regulation No. 10 of 2009 concerning the Rules of Procedure of the Bali Provincial DPRD is to make regional regulations together with the governor and carry out supervisory functions.^[6]

All DPRD members must be elected as members of political parties.^[10]

From the 1971 election until 2024, elections for DPRD were held simultaneously with those for the national legislature, the DPR.^[11] However, following a Constitutional Court decision in 2025, starting from the 2029 election, DPRD elections will be held separately from the national legislative elections.^[12]

Members are elected for five-year terms without term limits.^[13][14]. An exception applies for the elected members of the 2024-2029 period, whose term is extended until 2031 due to the new requirement of a 2-2.5 year gap between national elections and local elections.^[15]

Since the 2004 election, DPRD members have been elected through an open list proportional representation system,^[16] using the Sainte-Laguë method to allocate seats since the 2019 election.^[17]

The national parliamentary threshold, used in elections to the DPR, does not apply to DPRD elections. Although the 2014 election initially proposed a 3.5 percent threshold for both DPR and DPRD, the Constitutional Court of Indonesia struck down the threshold for DPRDs in 2013, limiting it to DPR elections only.^[18]

In the 2024 legislative election, the Bali Provincial DPRD placed 55 representatives spread across several factions, with the most votes won by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).^[19][20][21]

The following is the composition of the members of the Bali Provincial DPRD in the last four periods.^{[22][23][24][25][26][27]}

More information Political Party, Number of Seats in Period ...

Political Party		Number of Seats in Period
		2009–2014	2014–2019	2019–2024	2024–2029
	PDI-P	24	24	33	32
	Gerindra	2	7	6	10
	Golkar	12	11	8	7
	Democratic	10	8	4	3
	NasDem		2	2	2
	PSI			1	1
	Hanura	1	1	1	0
	PAN		1	0	0
	PKPI	1	1	0
	PNIM	1
	PKPB	1
	Pakar Pangan	1
	PNBK	2
Number of Members		55	55	55	55
Number of Parties		10	8	7	6

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Based on Article 110 Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government, the DPRD Equipment (AKD) of the Province consists of:

1. Leadership
2. Deliberative Body (Bamus)
3. Commission
4. Regional Regulation Formation Body (Bapemperda)
5. Budget Agency (Banggar)
6. Honorary Council (BK)
7. Other Equipment (formed through a Plenary Meeting)

In the 2019 legislative election^[37] and 2024 legislative election,^[38] the Bali Provincial DPRD election is divided into 9 electoral districts known as Dapil (constituency) as follows:

• DPRD composition
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  Composition of the Bali Provincial DPRD as a results of the 2024 Indonesian legislative election
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  Composition of the Bali Provincial DPRD as a results of the 2019 Indonesian legislative election.

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  The Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Vasudev Devnani meet with Dewa Made Mahayadnya the Speaker of the Bali Regional House of Representatives

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