Draft:South Sumatra Regional House of Representatives

The South Sumatra Regional House of Representatives is the unicameral legislature of the province of South Sumatra, Indonesia. It has 75 elected members that are elected every 5 years during national elections.

History
While the city of Palembang has had a city council since 1906, a legislature for the residency of Palembang (modern South Sumatra province) would only be formed in 1940. Prior to 1940, two motions had been put forward in the Volksraad to create a province in South Sumatra, but the motions were rejected due to the region's low population and thus a residency council was formed. The inaugural residency council included 39 members, of which 28 were elected. Nine of the members were of European descent, while 27 were Native Indonesians and 3 were of other ethnicities. During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, the Japanese military government initially dissolved the legislature in 1942, before creating an advisory council in 1943 which included 21 members.

After the proclamation of Indonesian independence, former South Sumatra advisory council member Adnan Kapau Gani would form a 45-member Regional Indonesian National Committee in Palembang on 3 September 1945. In December 1945, the legislature was converted into the South Sumatra Regional House of Representatives, with 60 members elected by 1,100 attendees in a meeting. The Indonesian government was forced out from Palembang in January 1947 following a Battle of Palembang (1947), and so the legislature was reformed with a smaller membership of 30 which also covered the modern provinces of Lampung, Bengkulu, and the Bangka Belitung Islands.

Composition
In the 2024 legislative election, the council will have 75 elected members from 10 electoral districts.