The Malang City Regional House of Representatives (, DPRD Kota Malang) is the unicameral municipal legislature of the city of Malang, East Java, Indonesia. It has 45 members, who are elected every five years, simultaneously with the national legislative election.
History Malang was granted its status as a municipality by the Dutch East Indies government in 1914, with the municipal council founded on 6 October 1914. In 1922, the municipal council moved to its current modern location at . During the Dutch period, the council consisted of 11 members, of which 8 were Dutch, 2 were native Indonesians, and the last seat was allocated for non-native groups such as Arabs or Chinese.
Under an independent Indonesia, the city council was reestablished in 1950, as a provisional legislature. The first elected council served between 1951 and 1956.
In 2018, 40 out of 45 members of the legislature were arrested as suspects for bribery, in a case which also implicated mayor Mochammad Anton and another former legislator Ya'qud Ananda Gudban who had resigned to run in that year's mayoral election. The arrested members were accused of having received payments ranging from Rp 12.5 to 50 million (USD 842 to 3,368) in order to approve the proposed municipal budget in 2015. 40 replacements were sworn in around a week following the arrests in order to maintain the municipal government's functions. All 40 were found guilty of the charges, and received sentences ranging from 4 to 5 years.
General election results
2024 Indonesian legislative election The official valid votes received by political parties contesting the 2024 Indonesian legislative election in each electoral district (constituency) for members of the Malang City Regional House of Representatives are as follows.
Electoral district PKB Gerindra PDI-P Golkar NasDem Labour Gelora PKS PKN Hanura Garuda PAN PBB Democratic PSI Perindo PPP Ummat Valid votesMalang City 1 Malang City 2 Malang City 3 Malang City 4 Malang City 5 Total Source: General Elections Commission of Indonesia
Composition For the 2024–2029 period, PDI-P is the largest party in the legislature, with 9 seats. Its leadership consists of a speaker and three deputy speakers. Legislative periodPDI-PPKBPKSGerindraGolkarNasdemDemokratPSIPANPerindoHanuraPPPPDSPKPBTotal2004–2009128557512—452009–2014955251241–11452014–201911634515433452019–202412765523131–452024–2029987663321–45 Members are assigned into one of four commissions – Commission A on government, Commission B on Economics and Finance, Commission C on Development, and Commission D on Public Welfare.
Election In the 2019 election, the city was divided into five multi-member electoral districts from which the legislators were elected. The electoral districts are coterminous with the 5 city districts.
Electoral District In the 2019 Legislative Election and the 2024 Legislative Election, the Malang City Regional House of Representatives election was divided into 5 electoral districts as follows: Electoral District Name Electoral District Area Number of Seats(2019) Number of Seats(2024)MALANG CITY 1 Klojen6 5MALANG CITY 2 Blimbing10 10MALANG CITY 3 Kedungkandang10 11MALANG CITY 4 Sukun10 10MALANG CITY 5 Lowokwaru9 9 TOTAL45 45
See also East Java Regional House of Representatives Malang East Java
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