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BREAKING: Khofifah leads East Java race: Quick counts
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Former social affairs minister and East Java gubernatorial candidate Khofifah Indar Parawansa (Antara/Akbar Nugroho Gumay)
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ormer social affairs minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa is leading the race in the East Java gubernatorial election, beating rival Saifulah “Gus Ipul” Yusuf in her third attempt to clinch the top post in the province, according to quick counts.
A quick count by Kompas Research Center based on 95 percent of vote samples at 4 p.m. showed that Khofifah and her running mate Emil Dardak won 53.74 percent of the vote. The Gus Ipul-Puti Guntur Soekarno pair trailed with 46.26 percent of the vote.
Another quick count by Jakarta-based pollster Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) also showed that the Khofifah-Emil ticket is leading with 52.3 percent, while the Gus Ipul-Puti ticket trails with 47.7 percent.
The SMRC gathered 95 percent of vote samples at 4:16 p.m.
The Khofifah-Emil pair is backed by the Democratic Party, the Golkar Party, the NasDem Party, the United Development Party (PPP), the Hanura Party and the National Mandate Party (PAN), while Gus Ipul and his running mate Puti are backed by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the National Awakening Party (PKB), the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and the Gerindra Party.
This year’s election marks Khofifah’s third bid for East Java governorship, as well as the third gubernatorial race in the province involving Khofifah and Gus Ipul, both of whom are figures affiliated with the Islamic group Nahdlatul Ulama. Khofifah lost in 2008 and 2013 to then-incumbent governor Soekarwo and Gus Ipul, respectively. (ahw)
