North Sumatra Regional House of Representatives


The North Sumatra Regional House of Representatives is the unicameral legislative body within the regional government of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra. The house is composed of 100 members elected via party lists in the 2024 general election.

History

The province of North Sumatra was first established on 15 April 1948 under Law No. 10 of 1948. At the time, the province encompassed the Residencies of Aceh, East Sumatra, and North Tapanuli.
The establishment of North Sumatra as a province is commemorated based on Regional People’s Representative Council Decision No. 19 of 1973, dated 13 August, which designates that date as the province’s anniversary.
Earlier, according to the decree of the Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence dated 19 August 1945, North Sumatra functioned as a province and administrative region. Similar to developments in Java, Regional National Committees were gradually formed, regulated by a proclamation issued by the Governor of North Sumatra on 12 April 1946, in accordance with Law No. 1 of 1945.
The proclamation stipulated that Regional National Committees were to be established at the provincial and residency levels, effectively transforming these areas into autonomous cities. Each region had its own representative council responsible for local governance.
The DPRD instituted an executive body consisting of five council members tasked with managing day-to-day administration, with the regional head serving as chair as well as member. Under this proclamation, the Regional People’s Representative Council of North Sumatra consisted of 100 members, representing a population of 100,000 residents.

General election results

[2024 Indonesian legislative election]

The valid votes obtained by political parties participating in the 2024 legislative election from each [|electoral district/constituency] for the Regional
House of Representatives of North Sumatra Province are as follows.

Composition

The following is the party composition of the Regional House of Representatives of North Sumatra for the last three legislative periods.

Parliamentary groups (Factions)

In the North Sumatra Regional House of Representatives, factions serve as the formal groups through which members organize legislative work, exercise oversight, and coordinate political positions. Each faction must have at least five members, in accordance with Indonesian law.
The table below summarizes the number of factions in the last four legislative periods.
Legislative termFull factionsJoint factionsTotal
2009–20148210
2014–2019617
2019–2024819
2024–2029729

2009–2014

The DPRD for the 2009–2014 term consisted of ten factions representing fifteen political parties.

2014–2019

The 2014–2019 DPRD consisted of seven factions representing eleven political parties.

2024–2029

The 2024–2029 DPRD consists of nine factions representing eleven political parties.
FactionMember partiesSeats
Golkar factionGolkar Party22
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle factionPDI–P21
Gerindra factionGerindra Party13
NasDem factionNasDem Party12
Prosperous Justice Party factionPKS10
National Mandate Party factionPAN6
Democratic–United Development factionDemocratic Party; PPP6
Hanura factionHanura Party5
National Awakening–Perindo factionPKB; Perindo Party5

Electoral districts/constituencies

In the 2019 Legislative Election and the 2024 Legislative Election, the election for the North Sumatra Provincial DPRD is divided into 12 electoral districts as follows: