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View all search resultsGerindra, PKS deny coalition cracks in face of possibly stronger opposition
How does the new map of coalition and opposition parties on Jakarta Council look after the elections?
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Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan walks in front of the head of the Jakarta Council after delivering a speech during a session in November 2017. (JP/Seto Wardhana.)
T
he official results of the 2019 elections are still a month away from release, but the composition of parties securing seats on Jakarta Council (DPRD) is already taking shape.
Parties rely on reports from their members’ direct observations at polling stations and quick count results released by pollsters. Although no pollsters have released specific quick counts for the DPRD level, parties’ members look into quick counts for the House of Representatives in Jakarta’s electoral districts, which they consider reflect the votes for the DPRD.
Meanwhile, according to the official counts as of Wednesday morning, which collect data from 1,241 of the 29,063 polling stations across the capital, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leads the race with 19.37 percent of the votes, followed by the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) with 17.72 percent and the Gerindra Party with 14.94 percent.
Several credible pollsters such as Charta Politika and Indobarometer also put the three parties in that order, which is not very different compared to the previous election in 2014, when the two close allies trailed behind PDI-P. PDI-P secured 28 seats on the council, while Gerindra and PKS earned 15 and 11 seats, respectively.
