Indonesia has held its third democratic elections since the fall of Suharto. Parliamentary elections took place on 9 April. Elections in Indonesia are now fairly routine and the country has become the most robust democracy in Southeast Asia.In the parliamentary election on 9 April, 38 parties contested but only 9 won seats. Parties in Indonesia are generally classified as being secular (“nationalist”) parties or Islamic parties. The Islamic parties appeal to either the “traditionalist” stream of Islam, which has incorporated elements of pre-Islamic and Hindu practice and tends to be more tolerant in outlook, or to the stricter more Middle Eastern-influenced “modernist” Islam. Dr Stephen Sherlock is a political analyst and development consultant who specialises in governance and political change in the Asia-Pacific region.
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机译：自苏哈托倒台以来，印度尼西亚已举行了第三次民主选举。议会选举于4月9日举行。印度尼西亚的选举现在已经相当常规，该国已成为东南亚最强大的民主国家.4月9日的议会选举中，有38个政党参加竞选，但只有9个赢得了席位。印度尼西亚的政党通常被分类为世俗（“民族主义”）政党或伊斯兰政党。伊斯兰政党呼吁要么吸收“伊斯兰的”传统主义势力”，要么融合前伊斯兰教和印度教实践的成分，并且在容忍态度上趋于宽容，或者呼吁更加严格的中东影响的“现代主义”伊斯兰教。 Stephen Sherlock博士是一位政治分析家和发展顾问，专门研究亚太地区的治理和政治变革。
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