2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election

Declared

These are candidates who have been found to be eligible to run by gaining enough support from political parties or citizens:

More information Ridwan Kamil, Suswono ...

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Candidate from Golkar and PKS
Ridwan Kamil	Suswono
for Governor	for Vice Governor
Governor of West Java (2018–2023)	Minister of Agriculture of Indonesia (2009–2014)
Parties
91 / 106 (86%) PKS (18 seats) Gerindra (14 seats) NasDem (11 seats) Golkar (10 seats) PKB (10 seats) PAN (10 seats) Demokrat (8 seats) PSI (8 seats) PPP (1 seat) Perindo (1 seat)

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After media speculations foreshadowing his candidacy,^[13] Ridwan Kamil, known popularly as Kang Emil, declared his candidacy to run for Governor of Jakarta. His candidacy was supported by the Advanced Indonesia Coalition along with other parties such as PKS, PKB, PPP, and NasDem which was dubbed as KIM plus.

Emil's candidacy is viewed as a strategic move due to his high popularity in Bandung as mayor and in West Java as governor. He had successfully held the mayoral office for 2 terms, and was governor for one term. In his campaign, he stressed the need for a healthy competition in a democracy, as he criticize the prospect of an election where only one candidate stands or having to face an empty ballot box.^[14]

Emil was endorsed by Golkar, the party he has become a member since 2021, to run for Governor. He gained a wide support within the Advanced Indonesia Coalition and outside of the coalition. Prior to the announcement of his running mate, Emil told the media that his running mate will be endorsed by the Advanced Indonesia Coalition plus members with the initial of 'S', in order to quench speculation.^[15] It was later revealed that Ridwan Kamil had chosen former Minister of Agriculture Suswono as his running mate^[16] and the pair will be declared on 19 August 2024.^[17]

More information Dharma Pongrekun, Kun Wardana Abyoto ...

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Candidate from Independent
Dharma Pongrekun	Kun Wardana Abyoto
for Governor	for Vice Governor
Vice Head of the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (2019–2021)	Lecturer at the National Institute of Science and Technology

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Five independent candidates expressed interest in registering. Only one of the five, former three-star police (commissioner) general Dharma Pongrekun, who retired in 2024, submitted the required documents. According to KPU, Pongrekun submitted over 840 thousand declaration of support by the provided deadline.^[18][19] Pongrekun is running with Kun Wardana Abyoto, an academic.^[20] Their candidacy is pending their submitted documents being verified until 29 May 2024.^[21] In June 2024, KPU announced the discovery of issues within Pongrekun's supporting documents, and suspended his candidacy pending amendments.^[22] His candidacy was confirmed by KPU on 15 August 2024.^[23]

After KPU's announcement of Pongrekun's candidacy, claims emerged on social media that identity card numbers registered as Pongrekun's supporters - used to fulfill the requirements for declaration of support - had been obtained without consent.^[24][25]

More information Pramono Anung, Rano Karno ...

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Candidate from PDI-P
Pramono Anung	Rano Karno
for Governor	for Vice Governor
Cabinet Secretary of Indonesia (2015–2024)	Governor of Banten (2015–2017)
Parties
15 / 106 (14%) PDI-P (15 seats)

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On 28 August, Pramono Anung and Rano Karno officially registered to run for governor and vice governor. Before PDI-P announced them as running governor and vice governor, they had several candidates in mind to smoothly run against Kotak Kosong or empty ballot, such like Anies Baswedan and Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.^[26]

Initially, Anies Baswedan was PDI-P's presumptive nominee as both Anies and PDI-P traded praises and interests.^[27] His candidacy was further strengthened after the Constitutional Court's ruling nullifies the need of a 20% parliament threshold.^[28] Rumours of his nomination became stronger as Anies visited the party headquarters and met Rano Karno on 26 August 2024.^[29] The meeting then sparked a rumor that both Anies-Rano will be nominated as PDI-P's candidate.^[30] Responding to such rumours, 2024 presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo states that the party is still weighing their options but states his preference in favor of their own party cadres instead while Djarot Saiful Hidayat said that Anies was one of the considered candidates that includes Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Pramono Anung, and Rano Karno.^[31]

However, PDI-P eventually did not nominate Anies as their candidate as PDI-P nominated Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung with Rano Karno acted as vice governor candidate.^[32] This decision was officially announced by party treasurer and former Governor of North Sulawesi Olly Dondokambey, states that Pramono-Rano will be nominated as PDI-P's candidate.^[33] Despite wearing red clothes that associated with the party and went to visit the party headquarters, Anies Baswedan was not present during the announcement, sparking speculations that PDI-P and Anies had parted ways.^[26] Pramono-Rano then registered themselves as candidates for the election on 28 August 2024.^[34]

Pramono's candidacy gained wide support from preceding Governors of Jakarta such as Fauzi Bowo, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama and Anies Baswedan.^[35] He also gained support from Persija Jakarta supporters, the Jakmania (knowing that Ridwan Kamil supported Persib Bandung, Persija's rival).^[36]

Potential

The following are notable individuals who have been mentioned as a potential candidate or expressed interest to run in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election, prior to the opening of registration for the pairs of candidates for Governor and Vice Governor.

• Abdullah Azwar Anas, Minister of State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucratic Reform^[37]
• Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning^[38][39]
• Ahmad Riza Patria, former Vice Governor of Jakarta^[40]
• Ahmad Sahroni, member of House of Representatives^[41][42]
• Ahmad Syaikhu, member of House of Representatives and President of the Prosperous Justice Party^[43]
• Airin Rachmi Diany, former mayor of South Tangerang^[41]
• Andika Perkasa, former Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces^[44]
• Anies Baswedan, previous governor and 2024 presidential candidate.^[45]
• Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, former Governor of Jakarta^[46][47]
• Djarot Saiful Hidayat, member of the House of Representatives, former Governor of Jakarta.^[48]
• Hendrar Prihadi, former mayor of Semarang^[49]
• Kaesang Pangarep, chairman of the Indonesian Solidarity Party and son of president Joko Widodo^[50]
• Mardani Ali Sera, member of the House of Representatives^[43]
• Okky Asokawati, former member of House of Representatives^[42]
• Prasetyo Edi Marsudi, Speaker of the Jakarta Regional House of Representatives^[44]
• Rahayu Saraswati Djojohadikusumo, member of the House of Representatives and niece of president-elect Prabowo Subianto^[51]
• Sandiaga Uno, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, former Vice Governor of Jakarta and 2019 presidential election vice-presidential candidate.^[52]
• Sudirman Said, former Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources.^[53]
• Tri Rismaharini, Minister of Social Affairs^[54][55]
• Zita Anjani, Deputy Speaker of Jakarta Regional House of Representatives and daughter of Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan^[56]

Canceled

The following are notable individuals who had declared their candidacy in the election, but canceled their bid:

• Anies Baswedan, Governor of Jakarta (2017–2022) and candidate of 2024 Indonesian presidential election^[2]

Declined

The following are the individuals who have been named as a potential candidate, but publicly declined to run or ran for another elected office:

• Budisatrio Djiwandono, member of the House of Representatives and nephew of president-elect Prabowo Subianto^[57]
• Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Mayor of Surakarta (2021–2024) and son of president Joko Widodo^[55][58] (ran for Vice President)^[59]

Pre-election polls

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Poll source	Date	Sample size						Others	Lead	Error margin
			Anies	Risma	AHY	RK	Ahok
Litbang Kompas[98]	15–20 June 2024	400	29.8%	1.0%	-	8.5%	20.0%	40.7%	9.8%	± 4.9%
Arus Survei Indonesia[99]	23–29 April 2024	400	29%	4%	-	30.5%	-	13.8%	0.2%	N/A
Survei Proximity Indonesia[99]	16–25 May 2024	800	18.5%	-	-	12.5%	14%	55%	4.5%	N/A
Lembaga Survei Jakarta[99]	8–15 January 2024	TBA	18.4%	19.2%	-	23.4%	8.7%	30.3%	4.2%	N/A
Populi Center[100]	26 January–1 February 2022	600	47.5%	3.5%	1.7%	-	8.5%	38.8%	0.2%	± 4%
Jakarta Research Center[101]	7–14 September 2021	800	28.0%	35.5%	5.6%	-	-	22.2%	7.5%	± 3.4%
Jakarta Research Center[102]	1–10 April 2021	800	32.4%	37.1%	7.8%	-	-	13.6%	4.7%	± 3.4%
Nusantara Strategic Network[103]	20–27 February 2021	400	31.8%	34.0%	3.3%	-	-	20.3%	2.2%	± 4.9%
Median[104]	31 January–3 February 2021	400	40.5%	16.5%	-	-	8.5%	12.0%	24.0%	± 4.9%
Median[105]	31 January–3 February 2021	400	45.0%	36.0%	-	-	-	19.0%	9.0%	± 4.9%

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Election polls

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Pollster	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Margin of error
				Ridwan Golkar	Dharma Independent	Pramono PDI-P
Alvara Research Center[106]	17–21 November 2024	804	± 3.46%	44.5%	1.9%	49.0%
Indikator Politik Indonesia[107]	15–21 November 2024	1,229	± 2.9%	40.5%	4.8%	42.1%
17 November 2024	Third gubernatorial debate
Indopolling Research and Consulting[108]	8–15 November 2024	880	± 3.3%	38.4%	4.0%	48.4%
PolMark Indonesia[109]	7–15 November 2024	1,200	± 2.9%	34.8%	3.2%	40.3%
Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting[110]	31 October–9 November 2024	1,210	± 2.9%	39.1%	5.1%	46.0%
27 October 2024	Second gubernatorial debate
Litbang Kompas[111]	20–25 October 2024	1,200	± 2.9%	34.6%	3.3%	38.3%
LSI Denny JA[112]	20–22 October 2024	800	± 3.5%	37.4%	4.0%	37.1%
Lembaga Survei Indonesia[113]	10–17 October 2024	1,200	± 2.9%	37.4%	6.6%	41.6%
Poltracking Indonesia[114]	10–16 October 2024	2,000	± 2.2%	51.6%	3.9%	36.4%
Indonesia Development Monitoring[115]	7–14 October 2024	1,700	± 2.38%	34.4%	6.4%	40.9%
Ethical Politics[116]	1–10 October 2024	1,240	± 2.8%	30.0%	8.5%	45.6%
6 October 2024	First gubernatorial debate
Panel Survei Indonesia[117]	29 September–7 October 2024	1,800	± 2.31%	30.4%	4.6%	37.1%
Charta Politika[118]	19–24 September 2024	1,200	± 2.83%	48.3%	5.6%	36.5%
Poltracking Indonesia[119]	9–15 September 2024	1,200	± 2.9%	47.5%	5.1%	31.5%
Lembaga Survei Indonesia[120]	6–12 September 2024	1,200	± 2.9%	51.8%	3.9%	28.4%

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Quick count results

Official results

Results by city and regency

More information Administrative city and regency, Valid votes ...

Administrative city and regency							Valid votes	Invalid votes	Total votes	Turnout	Registered voters
	Ridwan Kamil Golkar		Dharma Pongrekun Independent		Pramono Anung PDI-P
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Central Jakarta	152,235	36.47%	44,865	10.75%	220,372	52.79%	417,472	38,077	455,549	55.98%	813,721
East Jakarta	535,613	40.96%	136,935	10.47%	635,170	48.57%	1,307,718	118,116	1,425,834	60.04%	2,374,828
North Jakarta	261,463	39.20%	77,026	11.55%	328,486	49.25%	666,975	45,392	712,367	52.93%	1,345,815
South Jakarta	375,391	39.24%	90,294	9.44%	491,017	51.32%	956,702	89,778	1,046,480	59.83%	1,748,961
West Jakarta	386,880	38.80%	109,457	10.98%	500,738	50.22%	997,075	71,927	1,069,002	55.98%	1,909,774
Thousand Islands	6,578	44.79%	653	4.45%	7,456	50.77%	14,687	474	15,161	72.51%	20,908
Total	1,718,160	39.40%	459,230	10.53%	2,183,239	50.07%	4,360,629	363,764	4,724,393	57.52%	8,214,007
Source: Official results (Archived)

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Analysis

The victory of the Pramono-Rano pair was attributed by the support of former governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok), and later on, the late endorsement of Anies Baswedan, both of which were rivals in the previous elections and had high electability levels based on surveys. Anies' endorsement, termed the "Anies effect", was perhaps important in Pramono's victory, as argued by political analyst Arif Nurul Imam, who said, "The endorsement factor from figures who support Pram and Rano Karno, including the Anies Baswedan factor. We know that Anies Baswedan's endorsement certainly has an impact on the electoral map in Jakarta. Given that Anies Baswedan is a former Governor of Jakarta, he has a mass base or loyalists in Jakarta."^[138] Mardani Ali Sera of the Prosperous Justice Party—Anies' former coalition partner—admitted that the "Anies effect" had a role in influencing the election, while declining findings that Ahok's endorsement increased Pramono's electability.^[139]

Survey organization Indonesian Politics Parameter (Parameter Politik Indonesia, PPI) disclosed four factors that led to Pramono-Rano's victory:^[140]

1. the Pramono-Rano campaign team had a more aggressive party machine that helped the pair, along with the massive installations of campaign props and social media publications;
2. the consolidation of voters of Anies Baswedan from 2017 and 2024 towards the pair after their meeting around mid-November 2024;
3. Suswono's gaffe on a joke pertaining to a rich widow; and
4. the background of the large coalition backing the Ridwan-Suswono pair which was not considered representative of Jakarta.

Voter turnout was the lowest ever since direct gubernatorial elections were instituted in Jakarta, at 57.52%; this was a large decrease compared to the previous gubernatorial election and general election's turnout at 77.02% and 82.39%, respectively. This reflected voters' disappointment during the candidate registration process, despite the more lenient candidate nomination process. In addition, there was a record percentage of invalid and blank votes at 7.70%, five times of the general election's, attributed to protest votes, particularly on the movement to vote for all three, thus making it invalid.^[141]