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General election of 2009 will be carried out on forthcoming April. On Monday (July 7, 2008) General Election Commission (KPU) has announced names of political parties which will become general election participant in 2009. It has been ensured that 2009 general election will be followed by 34 political parties consisting of 16 old political parties of 2004 election participants and 18 new of them. The amount of participants experiences increase compared with general election of 2004, however it’s permanently lower than that of 1999 general election (48 political parties).