The Aceh House of Representatives (; Acehnese: Dèwan Peurwakilan Rakyat Acèh, , abbreviated to DPR Aceh or DPRA) is the devolved unicameral legislature of the Indonesian province of Aceh. It has 81 members who are elected through general elections every five years, simultaneously with the national legislative election. Unlike other regional legislatures in Indonesia in general, it has unique characteristics according to the 2005 Aceh Provincial Government Act c. 11; such as the authority to name itself, the ability to determine the number of members (1¼ times more than ordinary regional legislatures), and the inclusion of Aceh's local parties.
The current members of the DPRA are the result of the 2024 general election who were inaugurated on September 30 2024 by the Banda Aceh High Court, Dr. H. Suharjono, S.H., M.Hum., at the Aceh DPR Main Building. The composition of the DPRA members for the 2024–2029 period consists of 13 political parties where Aceh Party has the most seats, namely 20 seats.</onlyinclude>
The DPRA meets in Aceh's capital city of Banda Aceh.
History The DPRA was established in 1945, at that time it was called 'Regional National Committee' (KND). This was in accordance with the Transitional Regulations of the 1945 Constitution and followed by the Vice President's Decree dated October 16, 1945. The KND, which was first chaired by Tuanku Mahmud, continued by Mr. S. M. Amin, then changed its name to DPR in 1947.
The Aceh Residency was made a Province by the Deputy Prime Minister in accordance with PP No. 8 of 1948 on December 17, 1948 and the Aceh DPRD was established in accordance with PP No. 22 of 1948 from 1949–1950 with Tgk as Speaker. Abdul Wahab. However, the dissolution of Aceh Province in 1950 caused the DPRD to be dissolved.
Then Aceh Province was reborn in accordance with Law No. 24 of 1956. So the Transitional Regional House of Representatives DPRD was formed in 1957 with the first speaker Tgk. M. Abdul Syam who led until 1959. In and 1959–1961 it was chaired by Tgk. M. Ali Balwy.
Furthermore, in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 5 of 1960, the Mutual Cooperation People's Representative Council (DPRDGR) was formed in 1961–1964 chaired by the Governor of Aceh A. Hasjmy.
In accordance with Law No. 181 of 1965, the DPRDGR in 1965–1966 was chaired by Governor Nyak Adam Kamil, PD. The Speaker of the DPRD for the 1966–1968 period was Drs. Marzuki Nyak Man. The Speaker of the DPRD for the 1968–1971 period was H. M. Yasin.
With the Decree of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Indonesia No. 1/MISSI/1959 (Missi Hardi), then since May 26, 1959, Aceh was given the status of "Special Region" with the full name of the Special Region of Aceh Province. Since then, Aceh has had broad autonomy rights in the fields of Religion, Customs and Education. Furthermore, the DPRD in Aceh is determined according to the results of the Election.
Function, duties and authorities Functions of DPRA (Article 22 of Law No. 11/2006):
Legislation Function Budget Function Supervisory Function.
DPRA has the following duties and authorities: To form Aceh Qanun which is discussed with the Governor to obtain joint approval To supervise the implementation of Aceh Qanun and other laws and regulations To supervise the policies of the Aceh Government in implementing the Aceh development program, management of natural resources and other economic resources, as well as investment and international cooperation To propose the appointment and dismissal of the Governor/Vice Governor to the President through the Minister of Home Affairs To notify the Governor and Independent Election Commission of the end of the term of office of the Governor/Vice Governor To elect the Deputy Governor in the event of a vacancy in the position of Deputy Governor To approve international cooperation plans carried out by the Aceh Government To provide consideration for international cooperation plans made by the Government that are directly related to Aceh To provide consideration for legislative plans of the People's Representative Council that are directly related to the Aceh Government To approve cooperation plans between regions and/or with third parties that burden the community and the region To request a report on the Governor's accountability in the implementation government for government performance assessment * Propose the establishment of the Aceh KIP and the Election Supervisory Committee Conduct supervision and request reports on activities and budget use to the Aceh KIP in organizing the election of Governor/Vice Governor. General election results 2024 Indonesian legislative election The valid votes acquisition of political parties participating in the 2024 legislative election from each electoral district (constituency) for members of the DPRA is as follows.
Electoral District (Constituency) PKB Gerindra PDI-P Golkar NasDem Labour Gelora PKS PKN Hanura Garuda PAN PBB Democratic PSI Perindo PPP PNA Gabthat PDA PA PAS-A SIRA Ummah Valid VotesAceh 1 Aceh 2 Aceh 3 Aceh 4 Aceh 5 | Aceh 6 Aceh 7 | Aceh 8 Aceh 9 Aceh 10 Total Votes Source: General Elections Commission of the Republic of Indonesia
Composition The following is the composition of DPRA members in the last four periods. Political PartyNumber of Seats in Period 2009–2014 2014–2019 2019–2024 2024–2029 PKB 1 1 3 9 Gerindra 0 3 8 5 PDI-P 0 0 1 1 Golkar 8 9 9 9 NasDem 8 2 10 PKS 4 4 6 4 PPP 4 6 6 5 PAN 5 7 6 5 Hanura 0 0 1 0 Democratic 10 8 10 7 PA 33 29 18 20 SIRA 0 0 1 0 PDA 1 1 3 1 PNA 3 6 1 PAS-A 4 PBB 1 1 0 0 PKPI 1 1 1 Patriot 1 Number of Members 69 81 81 81Number of Parties 11 13 15 13
Parliamentary groups Factions A faction is a forum for DPRA members to gather in order to optimize the implementation of the functions, duties, and authorities as well as the rights and obligations of the DPRA. Each faction has at least the same number of members as the number of commissions in the DPRA.Article 109 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government Since 2009, the number of factions in the DPRA has tended to increase, namely 4 factions (period 2009–2014) and 7 factions (period 2014–2019). In the 2019–2024 period, the number of DPRA factions also increased to 9 factions as follows. Faction Member Parties ChairmanDeputy ChairmanSecretaryTreasurerNumber of MembersAceh FactionPAHanuraSIRATarmiziAceh 10Yahdi HasanAceh 8IrfansyahAceh 7AsmidarAceh 920Democratic FactionDemocraticNurdiansyah AlastaAceh 8noneTantawiAceh 5Edi KamalAceh 810Golkar FactionGolkarAli BasrahAceh 8Anshari MuhammadAceh 1Muhammad RizkyAceh 7SartinaAceh 9Teuku Raja KeumanganAceh 10Nuraini MaidaAceh 59Gerindra-PKPI FactionGerindraPKPIAbdurrahman AhmadAceh 1Khairil SyahrialAceh 2TaufikAceh 4Kartini IbrahimAceh 29PPP-NasDem FactionPPPNasDemIhsanuddin M.Z.Aceh 2Teuku Irwan DjohanAceh 1Amiruddin IdrisAceh 3Teungku Attarmizi HamidAceh 98PKB-PDA-PDI-P FactionPKBPDAPDI-PAzhar M.J. RomentAceh 9Teungku SyarifuddinAceh 9SalihinAceh 4none7PAN FactionPANFuadriAceh 10Asrizal H. AsnawiAceh 7Tezar AzwarAceh 1Sofyan PutehAceh 56PNA FactionPNASafrijal (Gam-Gam)Aceh 9Mukhtar DaudAceh 5Teungku HaidarAceh 3Darwati A. GaniAceh 16PKS FactionPKS Zaenal AbidinAceh 10Teungku Irawan AbdullahAceh 1Purnama Setia BudiAceh 3none6
Structure Based on Article 110 Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government, the Provincial DPRD (AKD) equipment consists of: Leaders Deliberation Agency (Banmus) Commission Legislation Agency (Banleg) Budget Agency (Banggar) Honorary Agency (BK) Other equipment (formed through plenary meetings) DPRA Leadership
In accordance with statutory regulations, the Provincial DPRD consisting of: 35–44 people led by 1 speaker and 2 deputy speakers; 45–84 people were led by 1 speaker and 3 deputy speakers; and 85–100 people led by 1 speaker and 4 deputy speakers. Article 111 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government The leadership of the DPRA consists of 1 speaker and 3 deputy speakers from Political Parties winners of seats and most votes sequentially.
Commissions According to the provisions of the laws and regulations, the Provincial DPRD with 35–55 members can form 4 commissions and the Provincial DPRD with more than 55 members can form 5 commissions.Article 113 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government Because the status of Aceh Province has special autonomy, the number of DPRA commissions can be formed more than the provisions of Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government. DPRA has 6 commissions.
AKD Leadership The following is a list of DPRA equipment for the 2019–2024 period. AKD Name Chairman Deputy Chairman Secretary Members References DPRA LeadershipZulfadhli, A.Md (PA)Aceh 5Dalimi (Democratic)Aceh 2Teuku Raja Keumangan (Golkar)Aceh 10Safaruddin (Gerindra)Aceh 9Secretary of DPRD (ex-officio)77 BAMUSDeliberative Body37 BANGGARBudget Body37 BKHonorary Council Sulaiman (PA) Aceh 1 Asib Amin (Gerindra) Aceh 10Nurdiansyah Alasta (Democratic) Aceh 8 Ali Basrah (Golkar) Aceh 8 Teungku Attarmizi Hamid (PPP) Aceh 9 BANLEGLegislation Body Mawardi M (Tgk. Adek) (PA) Aceh 5 Ridwan Yunus (Gerindra) Aceh 512 Commission 1 Iskandar Usman Al-Farlaky (PA) Aceh 6 Samsul Bahri (PNA) Aceh 3 Yahdi Hasan, S.I.Kom. (PA) Aceh 811 Commission 2 Khairil Syahrial (Gerindra) Aceh 2 Fakhrurrazi H. Cut (PPP) Aceh 5 Irfansyah (PA) Aceh 79 Commission 3 Ansari Muhammad (Golkar) Aceh 1 Zaenal Abidin (PKS) Aceh 10 Azhar Abdurrahman (PA) Aceh 109 Commission 4 Zulfadhli (PA) Aceh 3 Abdurrahman Ahmad (Gerindra) Aceh 1 Tarmizi Panyang (PA) Aceh 513 Commission 5 M. Rizal Falevi Kirani (PNA) Aceh 2 Irpannusir (PNA) Aceh 9 Asmidar (PA) Aceh 98 Commission 6 Anwar (PA) Aceh 2 Tantawi (Democratic) Aceh 5 Teungku Muhammad Yunus M. Yusuf (PA) Aceh 69 24
Electoral districts In the 2019 legislative election and 2024 legislative election, DPRA elections are divided into 10 electoral districts known as dapil (constituency) as follows: Constituency Name Constituency Region Number of SeatsACEH 1 Aceh Besar Regency, Banda Aceh City, Sabang City11ACEH 2 Pidie Regency, Pidie Jaya Regency9ACEH 3 Bireuen Regency7ACEH 4 Central Aceh Regency, Bener Meriah Regency6ACEH 5 North Aceh Regency, Lhokseumawe City12ACEH 6 East Aceh Regency6ACEH 7 Aceh Tamiang Regency, Langsa City7ACEH 8 Southeast Aceh Regency, Gayo Lues Regency5ACEH 9 South Aceh Regency, Aceh Singkil Regency, Southwest Aceh Regency, Subulussalam City9ACEH 10 Nagan Raya Regency, West Aceh Regency, Aceh Jaya Regency, Simeulue Regency9TOTAL81
List of members Current members 2024–2029 Period