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Jakarta gubernatorial candidates get ballot numbers they wished for
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The candidate pairs for the governor and deputy governor of Jakarta, Ridwan Kamil and Suswono (left), Dharma Pongrekun and Kun Wardana (center), and Pramono Anung and Rano Karno show their serial numbers after the draw for the numbers at the Jakarta General Elections Commission office on Sept. 23, 2024. (Antara Foto/Sulthony Hasanuddin)
Candidates in the Jakarta gubernatorial election will immediately hit the campaign trail tomorrow as the General Elections Commission (KPU) assigned them their unique ballot numbers for the race on Monday.
Ridwan Kamil, a Golkar Party politician and former West Java governor, and his running mate Suswono from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) pulled number one at the drawing event, which took place at the KPU office in Jakarta.
Ridwan said he was really happy with the ballot number assigned to him, saying it was in line with his campaign jargon and logo.
"We got the number we hoped for. We want to win the election in a single round and now we can say 'let’s win in one round' in accordance with our ballot number," he said on Monday as reported by Kompas.TV.
"Number one also looks like the shape of the National Monument, which we're using as our campaign logo," he added.
The Ridwan-Suswono pair has the backing of 10 out of 11 parties in the local legislature, and the addition of four non-legislative parties. Included in the big-tent electoral alliance are the parties that supported winning presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka in February’s presidential election.
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