Indonesians vote Tuesday in an election marked by increasingly bold jabs at the government, but the results are not expected to loosen President Suharto's 24-year grip on the reins of power.

The country's two permitted opposition parties, prior to the mandatory five-day pre-election "cooling-off" period, called for limiting presidential terms of office and criticized alleged nepotism in Suharto's administration.Despite strict government controls, the 25-day campaign across the world's fourth-largest nation also brought calls for increased democracy and stated concerns about cheating in the ballot counting.

But the government's Golkar party remains firmly in command politically, and analysts see little reason to dispute its optimism about maintaining the overwhelming backing it won in the last general election five years ago.

A total of 107.5 million voters among the country's population of 183 million are eligible to vote to elect 400 of the 500 members of the House of Representatives. The remaining 100 seats are reserved for members of the armed forces.

The House is mainly limited to discussions of government programs and has never initiated legislation.

The other 500-seat house of the country's bicameral parliament is filled by appointments and indirect elections.

The two bodies will meet together in 1993 to elect the president.

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