ACE Regional Centre - South-East Asia

CETRO

Scope of countries

For specific information on individual countries, please visit the country pages below

·         Brunei

·         Cambodia

·         Indonesia

·         Laos

·         Malaysia

·         Myanmar

·         Philippines

·         Singapore

·         Thailand

·         Timor-Leste

·         Viet Nam

Welcome to the Regional Centre page for the region of South-East Asia. This page is facilitated by CETRO, an associated member of the ACE network. Here you will find updated information about the region, such as electoral news, case studies and election-related links. To access this material, use the menus to the right. If you need information about other regions, select another Regional Centre from the drop-down menu on the left side.

Contact the ACE Southeast Asia Regional Centre at ace.southeastasia@cetro.or.id

P. (+62) 21 739 75 22

F. (+62) 21 727 94 186

Regional Highlights

Forthcoming elections

Cambodia | Parliamentary

July 27, 2008

The election is scheduled to be held in Cambodia on 27 July 2008. The National Election Committee (NEC) has announced eleven (11) political parties will formally compete in the 4th National Assembly Member.

For complete list of political parties, click here.

For further information on election in Cambodia, click here.

To visit the Cambodia country page, click here.

Indonesia | Parliamentary

April 9, 2009

The election is scheduled to be held in Indonesia on April 9, 2009. The Electoral Management Body, Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU), has announced thirty four (34) political parties that will participate in the 2009 legislative election.

For complete list of the political parties (information in Bahasa), click here.

To visit the Electoral Management Body website (information in Bahasa), click here.

To visit Centre for Electoral Reform (CETRO) website (information in Bahasa), click here.

Political Debate on Three Top Priorities of Political Platform - July 18, 2008

The debate will be held at Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In the Debate, the leaders or senior representatives from 10 political parties will present their 3-top priority platforms to be activated as soon as being elected. Also, as participants, the representatives from Civil Society; NGOs, Youth, Women, Disabled People and citizens; Development Partner; Political Party, around 100 people are invited to raise any concerned questions.

For more information visit COMFREL Web Site: www.COMFREL.org or E-mail: COMFREL@online.com.kh

BRIDGE Module in Timor-Leste

In 16 - 19 June 2008, Legal Framework module is conducted in Timor-Leste. Facilitators are Cate Thompson, Alistair Legge, Eduardo Casimiro, and Augusto Pereira. For more information on BRIDGE Project (BRIDGE stands for Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections), click here.

The Seventh Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF)

The forum will be held in Beijing, China on 13-17 October 2008. The purpose of the AEPF is to contribute to the realization of a world based on the principles of peace, participatory democracy, social justice, human rights, food sovereignty, sustainability and people’s rights to self-determination.

For more information, click here.

Volunteer Needed - Deadline: 5pm Monday 05 May 2008

The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL) is urgently seeking four (4) volunteers to monitor the media coverage during the election periods from June to July 2008 based in Phnom Penh.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Monitor and analyze the information covered in media related to elections political parties,
- Entering the data/information into database,
- Other tasks as required.

Interested candidates should send their CVs and cover letter to COMFREL office #138, St. 122, Sangkat Teuk Laak I, Khan Tuol Kork, Phnom Penh. Ph. (+855 - 23) 884 150 / (+ 855 - 23) 883 967 in administration unite or e-mail to comfrel@online.com.kh with Subject: "Volunteer for Media Monitoring COMFREL"

The 8th ASEAN Inter-University Conference On Social Development

The conference will be held on 28-31 May, 2008 in Century Park Hotel, Manila, Philippines. The theme of the papers is ASEAN as a Community: Solidarity in a Globalizing World. For more information, click here.

Volunteer NGOs in Cambodia national election 2008

For more information on the announcement, contact boeurth@comfrel.org or comfrel@online.com.kh. To visit Comfrel website, click here.

Regional Election Spotlight

2007 Election

Thailand | Parliamentary

December 23, 2007

The 2007 Thai general election was the first legislative election after the Council for National Security overthrown Thailand's elected government and suspended the constitution on September 19, 2006. The PPP won 226 out of 400 of the MP seats. The Democrat Party came with 166 seats, Chart Thai 39, For the Motherland 26, Ruam Jai Thai Chat Pattana 10, the Neutral Democratic Party 7, and Pracharat 4.

Information about the Thailand General election will be found here.

Thailand | Referendum

August 19, 2007

Thailand referendum on the new constitution resulted in exit polls of about 60% voter turnout. 56.69% of the voters have voted Yes to the new constitution while 41.37% voted No.

Information about the Thailand Referendum will be found here.

Timor-Leste | parliamentary
June 30, 2007

East Timor conducted its first parliamentary election since 2002 Independence to select 65 deputies for the National Parliament. With the result of 29.02% wins for the FRETILIN party.

Timor-Leste | presidential second round

May 9, 2007

After the first round election held on April 9, 2007, the result of the remaining candidates are José Ramos Horta and Francisco Guterres. On the second round
election held on May 9, 2007, José Ramos
Horta won with 69% of the vote.

Information about the Timor-Leste election
will be found here.

Viet Nam | presidential

July 24, 2007

The National Assembly of Vietnam re-elected Nguyen Minh Triet as president on July 24, 2007.

Information about the Vietnamese presidential election will be found here.

Viet Nam | parliamentary

May 20, 2007

Information about the Vietnamese parliamentary election will be found here.

Philippines | legislative

May 14, 2007

Legislative election was held in the Philippines for seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The elected legislators along with the 2004 elected senators will continue to comprise in the 14th Congress of the Philippines.

Information about the Philippines parliamentary election to be found here.

Recent elections

Burma (Myanmar) | Referendum

May 10, 2008

On Saturday, May 10, 2008, a referendum was held in two-thirds of Burma. However in the Cyclone worst hit areas, the referendum were being postponed for two weeks. For more information, click here.

Malaysia | Parliamentary

March 8, 2008

The 12th Malaysian general election was held after the Parliament was dissolved on February 13, 2008. The results were 82 seats (out of 222 seats in parliament) or 36.9% of parliamentary seats won by the opposition parties, with Barisan Nasional winning the remaining 140 seats or 63.1%. This is the first time since 1969 that the coalition did not win a two-thirds majority in the Malaysian Parliament.

Information about the Malaysian General election result will be found here.

Thailand | Senatorial

March 2, 2008

The Senatorial election in Thailand was held nationwide. From around 76 provinces, each will have one elected senator, with another 74 appointed to fill the 150-seat Senate.

Information about the Thailand Senatorial election will be found here.