A win is all but out of sight for presidential hopefull Aburizal Bakrie, but can he at least score an equalizer?

The first census in 30 years poses challenges in a deeply divided society. New Mandala co-founder Nicholas Farrelly offers some thoughts from Naypyitaw.

Classic Jokowi campaigning was on show on the weekend, but so was the classic PDI-P variety.

Greg Fealy looks at how one of Indonesia's Islamic parties embraced an ethnic Chinese, non-Muslim, airline director

The answer to how Malaysia is doing depends on who is being asked, and when.

Would giving voters a "none of the above" option help to break Thailand's persistent cycle of political conflict?

Malaysia means good times, some madness and sadness.

You're not from around here, are you? Non-resident legislative candidates are a national phenomenon.

Legislative candidates - No residency, no experience, no problem!

The mystery of a missing Lao development worker highlights Southeast Asia’s record of enforced disappearances

In a political landscape dominated by money-politics, can a box of treats sweeten up Indonesia's voters?

Why is witchcraft part of the political toolkit for Indonesian candidates?

Clive Kessler's concluding analysis of daulat, monarchy and constitutionalism in modern Malaysia.

Eve Warburton reports that PDI-P hopes Jokowimania will help the party make inroads in far-flung parts of Indonesia.

An increasing number of celebrities standing for parliament is a side-effect of quotas for female representation in politics.

If pleasurable pain can be said to be a critical political factor, then recent developments in Malaysia is to be welcomed.

Democracy might be 'haram', but Islamist vigilantes are using it to their strategic advantage.

Who's winning, and why. Taking a look at some early polling.

Indonesia's bizarre system for apportioning the votes of expats leads to some unusual campaign strategies.

Conspiracy theories are the courier of political change.

Historians of the future may remember the latest round of political unrest in Thailand as the twilight of the ‘network monarchy’.

Ross Tapsell lays out what Indonesia's 2014 elections are all about.

No, he’s not the Messiah, but a bit of reformist populism was just what Indonesia needed in 2014

Daulat and kedaulatan each has its place, and each is to be honoured in its own place, and not to be inserted into that of the other.