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 (1ü 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 2024âÂÂ2029 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.
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 1949âÂÂ1950 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 1959âÂÂ1961 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 1961âÂÂ1964 chaired by the Governor of Aceh A. Hasjmy.
In accordance with Law No. 181 of 1965, the DPRDGR in 1965âÂÂ1966 was chaired by Governor Nyak Adam Kamil, PD. The Speaker of the DPRD for the 1966âÂÂ1968 period was Drs. Marzuki Nyak Man. The Speaker of the DPRD for the 1968âÂÂ1971 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.
Functions of DPRA (Article 22 of Law No. 11/2006):
DPRA has the following duties and authorities:
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.
The following is the composition of DPRA members in the last four periods.
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. Since 2009, the number of factions in the DPRA has tended to increase, namely 4 factions (period 2009âÂÂ2014) and 7 factions (period 2014âÂÂ2019). In the 2019âÂÂ2024 period, the number of DPRA factions also increased to 9 factions as follows.
Based on Article 110 Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government, the Provincial DPRD (AKD) equipment consists of:
In accordance with statutory regulations, the Provincial DPRD consisting of: 35âÂÂ44 people led by 1 speaker and 2 deputy speakers; 45âÂÂ84 people were led by 1 speaker and 3 deputy speakers; and 85âÂÂ100 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.
According to the provisions of the laws and regulations, the Provincial DPRD with 35âÂÂ55 members can form 4 commissions and the Provincial DPRD with more than 55 members can form 5 commissions. 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.
The following is a list of DPRA equipment for the 2019âÂÂ2024 period. 24
In the 2019 legislative election and 2024 legislative election, DPRA elections are divided into 10 electoral districts known as dapil (constituency) as follows:
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