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Race starts for Indonesia’s biggest simultaneous regional elections
The race for the biggest single-day local elections officially began across the country this week, with hundreds of candidates hitting the campaign trail on Wednesday, two months before the voting day in November.
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Candidate pairs for the Jakarta gubernatorial election Ridwan Kamil-Suswono (left), Dharma Pongrekun-Kun Wardana (center) and Pramono Anung-Rano Karno show their unique ballot numbers on Sept. 23, 2024, at the General Elections Commission (KPU) office in Jakarta. (Antara Foto/Sulthony Hasanuddin)
The race for the biggest single-day local elections officially began across the country this week, with hundreds of candidates ready to compete for regional head posts.
Candidates for regional head elections drew their unique ballot numbers at their respective General Elections Commission (KPU) offices on Monday, a day after the poll agency announced the names that will appear on the ballots, marking the start of the November race.
The Nov. 27 regional elections will be the first time Indonesians vote for their governors, mayors and regents simultaneously across 37 provinces, 415 regencies and 93 cities – more than at any other time in the nation’s history.
The two-month campaign season is set to kick off on Wednesday, though many candidates have already started their unofficial campaigns since registering their bids with the election agency earlier this month.
The local elections come on the heels of the February simultaneous presidential and legislative elections, the former of which was won by Prabowo Subianto and running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, whose winning alliance and its extended members now seek to win several battleground provinces, such as Jakarta.
The pro-Prabowo Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) and its extended members will see their candidate for Jakarta governor, Ridwan Kamil, go up against Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, who is running on the ticket of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). The third candidate in Jakarta is former police general Dharma Pongrekun, who is running as an independent.
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