A whopping 30 percent of the electorate said they were still undecided a week before the polls. IFES' Valentino predicted that Golkar could win up to 30 percent of the popular vote.
The PDI-P won 33.4 percent of the popular vote in the 1999 general election, while Golkar, the political vehicle of former autocrat Suharto who was president between the years 1966 to 1998, received 22 percent.
There are 24 different political parties contesting the Monday polls for 550 seats in the national parliament.
The April 5 general election will be followed by Indonesia's first direct presidential and vice-presidential election on July 5, with a second round scheduled on September 20 if no ticket wins a clear 51 percent majority.
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