2024 East Kalimantan gubernatorial election
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The 2024 East Kalimantan gubernatorial election was held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the governor and vice governor of East Kalimantan for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2018. Former member of the House of Representatives, Rudy Mas'ud of Golkar, won the election with 55% of the vote. He defeated former Governor Isran Noor of the Democratic Party, who received 44%.
The election, like other local elections in 2024, follow the first-past-the-post system where the candidate with the most votes wins the election, even if they do not win a majority.[1] It is possible for a candidate to run uncontested, in which case the candidate is still required to win a majority of votes "against" an "empty box" option. Should the candidate fail to do so, the election will be repeated on a later date.[2]
Candidates
According to electoral regulations, in order to qualify for the election, candidates were required to secure support from a political party or a coalition of parties controlling 11 seats (20 percent of all seats) in the East Kalimantan Regional House of Representatives (DPRD).[3] The Golkar party, which won 15 of 55 seats in the 2024 legislative election, is the only party eligible to nominate a candidate without forming a coalition with other parties.[4] However, following a Constitutional Court of Indonesia decision in August 2024, the political support required to nominate a candidate was lowered to between 6.5 and 10 percent of the popular vote.[5] Candidates may alternatively demonstrate support to run as an independent in form of photocopies of identity cards, which in East Kalimantan's case corresponds to 236,185 copies.[6] No independent candidates registered with the General Elections Commission (KPU) prior to the set deadline.[7]
Potential
The following are individuals who have either been publicly mentioned as a potential candidate by a political party in the DPRD, publicly declared their candidacy with press coverage, or considered as a potential candidate by media outlets:
- Isran Noor (Demokrat), previous governor (2018–2023).[8]
- Hadi Mulyadi (Gelora), previous vice governor (2018–2023; as running mate).[8]
- Rudy Mas'ud (Golkar), member of the House of Representatives.[9]
- Mahyudin, deputy speaker of the Regional Representative Council.[10]