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View all search resultsInactive Bandung mayor Ridwan Kamil and his running-mate Uu Ruzhanul Ulum are ahead in the West Java gubernatorial election with around 33 percent of the vote, according to quick counts conducted by six pollsters.
With 171 elections simultaneously taking place on June 27, the 2018 regional elections are surely something to keep an eye on. More than half the country’s population with 152,066,685 registered voters will choose the new executive heads for 17 provinces, 115 regencies and 39 cities. The General Elections Commission (KPU) has set a target of 77.5 percent voter turnout.
West Java gubernatorial candidate Sudrajat made a controversial remark related to next year's presidential election during the third round of public debates for the province's governor and deputy governor election on Monday evening.
West Java gubernatorial candidate Deddy Mizwar said he hoped a soap opera entitled Cuma di Sini (Only Here), which he plays in, could be broadcast during Ramadhan, which coincides with the gubernatorial election campaign period.
The National Mandate Party (PAN) has said it is open to the possibility of having the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) join a coalition that endorses West Java Deputy Governor Deddy Mizwar in the 2018 gubernatorial race.
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