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Agus-Sylvi leads in Jakarta election survey: Study
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PT Group Riset Potensial's (GRP) IT and Technical Advisor Farit M. Afendi (second right) discusses the institution's recent study that finds the Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono-Sylviana Murni pair as frontrunners in the Jakarta gubernatorial race on Monday. The discussion was also attended by GRP president director Satrio Wiseno (right), GRP researcher Linggar Kharisma (third left), analyst Farid Poniman (second left) and analyst Ubedillah Badrun from Jakarta State University. (JP/Margareth S Aritonang)
The Agus-Sylvi pair would win the Jakarta gubernatorial election if voting took place today, a study shows.
A recent study by Jakarta-based PT Grup Riset Potensial (GRP) places Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono and his running mate Sylviana Murni as frontrunners in the gubernatorial race with 46.4 percent of votes from 194 districts out of the total 267 districts in Jakarta.
The study places the Anies Baswedan-Sandiaga Uno pair in second with 20.9 percent of the votes while the incumbent Basuki "Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama-Djarot Syaiful Hidayat pair ranks third with 20.4 percent of the votes.
GRP president director Satrio Wiseno explained that each of the contesting pairs had secured votes from districts with residents sharing similar identities with the candidates.
He exemplified his point by noting how Ahok-Djarot were favored in areas with large numbers of ethnic Chinese residents, like in Glodok, West Jakarta.
"It is clear that identity is a distinctive factor in the election," he said.
The GRP's study recorded 12.4 percent of undecided voters who pay less attention to religious and racial considerations in making their decisions.
The GRP conducted the survey from Jan. 2-7 and involved 2,745 respondents representing each district in Jakarta using a Mobile Survey Application (MOSAIC) technique.
