The NasDem Party and Gerindra continue to enjoy a rise in their popularity, according to a recent opinion poll, while the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has experienced a slight drop, ahead of the 2024 elections.

An Indikator Politik Indonesia survey, which polled some 1,200 respondents in February and March, found that NasDem has an electability of 6.4 percent. The latest figure is a 1.3 percentage point rise in electability compared with a previous Indikator survey in December last year.

Gerindra saw the biggest improvement compared with other parties in the latest survey, jumping from 10.5 percent in December to 14 percent in March, overtaking the Golkar Party in second.

Gerindra party head Prabowo Subianto, which is joined in an electoral alliance with the National Awakening Party (PKB), has recently been the subject of speculation about a potential partnership with PDI-P politician and Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo, the most popular presidential candidate by far.

While NasDem still ranks outside of the top-five most popular parties, the party has enjoyed a steady rise in popularity since August and is the most popular it has ever been since Indikator began collecting data in February 2020.

Despite being a pro-government party, NasDem nominated former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan in October and has recently declared a formal alliance with the opposition Democratic Party and Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).

Leaders of the three parties have agreed a deal to back Anies’ presidential bid in 2024, as revealed in a news conference on Friday by the joint team tasked with finalizing the memorandum of understanding (MoU).

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