As the November regional elections draw near, major pro-Prabowo parties are now intensifying talks to come up with joint tickets.

Golkar Party deputy chair Ahmad Doli Kurnia told reporters over the weekend that party leaders in the Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) electoral alliance had discussed continuing their partnership in the coming local elections, noting that the coalition was eyeing sweeping victories in various regions.

"Golkar is part of the KIM coalition. In facing the regional elections, there have definitely been discussions between party leaders in our coalition [about which candidates to back]," Doli said on Sunday.

Prabowo’s presidential bid was backed by the nine-way KIM alliance that was led by his own Gerindra Party and was tacitly supported by outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Other major parties in the coalition are Golkar, the National Mandate Party (PAN) and Democratic Party.

Several coalition members, such as PAN, previously claimed to have committed to extending their political partnership and becoming allies in November’s regional election, saying that they intended to make KIM a “permanent coalition”.

Among prospective candidates who have already secured a ticket with the alliance is former East Java governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa, who is seeking reelection alongside her former deputy governor Emil Dardak.