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PDI-P cements lead as voters move away from NasDem and PAN: Survey
A survey on Sunday shows the Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) cementing its lead with 24 percent of the votes, as more than half of supporters from the NasDem Party and the National Mandate Party (PAN) decide to switch their allegiance.
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Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo poses under a banner featuring the PDI-P heir apparent Puan Maharani in this recent photo in Semarang, West Java, that he posted on Twitter on Oct. 2 with the caption “Ready!“. (JP/viaTwitter @ganjarpranowo/-)
A Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) survey published on Sunday shows the Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) cementing its lead with 24 percent of the votes, as more than half of the supporters of the NasDem Party and the National Mandate Party (PAN) decide to switch their allegiance.
The survey, which asked voters which party they would vote for if the legislative election were to be held today, was conducted face-to-face from Oct. 3 to Oct. 9.
“Even when there’s still 19.3 percent of undecided voters, support for the PDI-P remains sizable," SMRC executive director Deni Irvani said on Sunday.
Second and third-placed Gerindra and Golkar trail behind with 13.4 percent and 8.5 percent electability, respectively. With the top three still in the same position, Deni said that the pecking order at the top hasn’t shown any change since 2019.
But warning signs are beginning to show for NasDem and PAN, currently the fifth and eighth largest parties in the House of Representatives.
NasDem netted 5.4 percent of the votes, down from the 9.1 percent of votes they won in 2019.
It’s even worse for PAN, which only garnered 1.2 percent, down from 6.8 percent in 2019 and far below the 4 percent parliamentary threshold the party needs to maintain their presence in the House.
