Indonesians living in the Kingdom will cast their votes Saturday in Jeddah to elect the country’s new People’s Legislative Assembly.

“Indonesian nationals with the right to vote can cast their vote in the general elections that will be held in Indonesia and at all Indonesian embassies the world over,” said Dharmakirty Syailendra Putra, Indonesian consul general in Jeddah, on Thursday.

He said that the Indonesian Overseas Election Committee in Jeddah, or PPLN, has set up three polling stations in the city for expats to exercise their franchise. The polling booths are located at the Indonesian Consulate in Rehab district, the Indonesian consul general’s residence in Andalus and the Indonesian International School in Baghdadia.

The diplomat called on Indonesians to vote and urged them to bring formal Indonesian identity documents such as passport, Indonesian civil ID or KTP.

Dharmakirty Syailendra said that the counting of votes will take place on April 9 to coincide with the national vote counting back home.

Voters will punch a hole in the ballot paper instead of marking with a pen in the 2014 general election.

Overseas voting began on March 30 in China and Hong Kong and continues in the Gulf countries.

There are 2,025,000 eligible voters abroad, spread over 130 countries, mostly Malaysia, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia.

All votes from Indonesian nationals in Saudi Arabia and other countries will go to the Jakarta II electorate district that covers North Jakarta, South Jakarta and overseas countries with the allocation of seven seats in the People’s Legislative Assembly.

“Indonesian expatriates in the Kingdom are often not enthusiastic about going to the polling stations to cast their votes,” a source said.

There are approximately 1 million Indonesian expatriates living in the Kingdom, with the majority in the western region.