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Against the backdrop of delays on the capital city relocation plan, around 8 million voters will head to Jakarta polling stations on Nov. 27 to elect a new governor, in a race where all candidates are relatively unpopular with the city’s residents. The winner will lead the city in what might be its first five years of Jakarta’s post-capital era.
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.
The former Jakarta governor may be out of the race, the latest LSI survey indicates that he may still wield some influence among his supporters, who are seen to be up for grabs by leading contenders Ridwan and Pramono.
With former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan out of the running for the city’s gubernatorial election, the remaining hopefuls are courting his supporters, who make up a large share of Jakarta’s voters.
Jakarta gubernatorial nominee Ridwan Kamil has been rejected by some potential voters throughout his unofficial campaign in the city, but he and his electoral coalition have downplayed the incidents, saying it was all “part of democracy”.
Nominees for the Jakarta gubernatorial election have started their campaigns early by going around the city and sharing their platforms with the people over the weekend despite not yet being cleared to run by the General Elections Commission (KPU).
