Circulating The Results Of The 2024 Presidential Election Exit, The KPU Warns Of Criminal Threats

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has responded to claims from the results of the foreign 2024 presidential election exit circulating on social media and recent messaging applications.

Chairman of the Indonesian KPU Hasyim Asy'ari emphasized that all vote count results, both official recapitulation and survey methods, must be carried out after the domestic voting is completed, namely on February 14, 2024 at 13.00 WIB.

"The announcement of vote count results such as quick count or exit polls can only be announced after the domestic vote with the time of western Indonesia has been completed," Hasyim told reporters, Sunday, February 11.

Regardless of whether or not the results of the exit of the 2024 presidential election were correct, Hasyim emphasized that public participation in the form of election socialization, political education for voters, surveys or polls on elections, as well as quick counting of election results must follow the provisions regulated by the KPU.

This is stated in Article 449 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections. In Article 449 paragraph (2) it is stated that the announcement of survey results or polls on elections is prohibited from being carried out in a quiet period.

Then, Article 449 paragraph (4) outlines that the executor of the fast counting activity is obliged to notify the source of the funds, the methodology used, and the results of the quick calculation that he did were not the official results of the election organizers.

Then, Article 449 paragraph (2) states that the announcement of the forecast results for the election's quick count should only be carried out no later than 2 hours after completing the vote in the western part of Indonesia.

"Violations of the provisions of paragraph (2), paragraph (4), and paragraph (5) are crimes of the election," said Hasyim.

For information, the exit poll is one of the survey methods to calculate the election votes.

In the narrative of the exit poll in circulation, it is stated that the votes acquired by the three presidential and vice presidential candidates, namely Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD.

The narrative of the exit poll in circulation shows the results of the Indonesian citizen's vote on the votes acquired by the three pairs of candidates in a number of countries such as Australia, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, Europe in addition to the UK, South America, the United States, and Timor Leste.

Meanwhile, overseas voting was carried out earlier than February 14. Voting was carried out using 3 methods, namely polling stations, post boxes, and mobile ballot boxes.

However, the vote count for foreign elections will still be held in conjunction with the timing of the domestic election vote count, starting from February 14 to February 15, 2024.