HasanuddinLawReview Volume 4 Issue 1, April 2018 P-ISSN: 2442-9880, E-ISSN: 2442-9899 Nationally Accredited Journal, Decree No. 32a/E/KPT/2017. This work is available at: Microsoft Academic Search. 41 The Restriction of Suffrage in the Perspective of Fair Election in Indonesia Khairul Fahmi 1 , Zainal Arifin Mochtar 2 , Saldi Isra 3 , Zulkifli Aspan 4 1 Faculty of Law, Andalas University, Indonesia. Email: fahmihukum@gmail.com 2 Faculty of Law, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. Email: zainalarifinmochtar@yahoo.com 3 Faculty of Law, Andalas University, Indonesia. Email: saldiisra@yahoo.com 2 Faculty of Law, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia. Email: zulkifliaspan@gmail.com ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: Election; Fair Election; Regulation; Restriction of Suffrage How to cite: Fahmi, K., Mochtar, Z.A., Isra, S., and Aspan, Z. (2018). The Restriction of Suffrage in the Perspective of Fair Election in Indonesia. Hasanuddin Law Review, 4(1): 41-53 DOI: 10.20956/halrev.v4i1.1405 In order to ensure the suffrage of citizens is implemented according to the principle of fair election, regulations on general and local elections may contain various kinds of restriction of suffrage. The rights to vote as well as be voted must be restricted in a way that the process of election may run seamlessly and generate a government capable of exercising the mandate of the people. However, such restriction must be performed in a fair and proportionate manner. The restriction must not cause uncertainty or even distinction of treatment towards the citizens. By means of normative legal research, this research comes to a conclusion that restriction of suffrage in general and local elections have yet been performed fairly. Legal uncertainty in the restriction of suffrage still occurs. Simultaneously, different treatment towards citizens who intend to nominate themselves is still contained in the norms related to the requirements to vote and be voted. Copyright © 2018 HALREV. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction The legal framework of election is an imperative instrument to achieving fair election. A fair election will be achieved when election regulation is well-drafted. The word ‘well’ means the regulation is free from disharmony and does not contain norms that treats citizens and voters partially. Pertaining to this, International IDEA proposes that the justice of election is comprehended as the well running of elections processes according to regulations and the availability of mechanisms for the settlement of election disputes and violations within some designated time.