SMRC: The Electability Of West Java Cagub Ridwan Kamil Is Highest, Bima Arya Is In Third Position

JAKARTA - The survey results of Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) on 27 May-2 June 2024 show that former West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil received the highest electability as a candidate for governor of West Java if the regional elections were held during the survey.

"First, above is RIDwan Kamil with electability in the top of mind 25.2 percent," said SMRC Executive Director Deni Irvani in a program entitled 'Prospective-Candidate Opportunities in the West Java gubernatorial election' reported by ANTARA, Friday, June 7.

In the results of the open question survey (top of mind), the name of former Purwakarta Regent Dedi Mulyadi was then in second place (16.3 percent); then former Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto in third (1.3 percent); and former Deputy Governor of West Java Deddy Mizwar in fourth place (0.9 percent).

Other names are below 0.9 percent each. There is still 50.1 percent who have not been able to choose spontaneously," he said.

Ridwan Kamil's name also occupies the top position in the survey results of a semi-open simulation of 27 names, with support of 52.2 percent. Then, followed by Dedi Mulyadi with 28.9 percent, Deddy Mizwar with 3.8 percent, and former Deputy Governor of West Java Dede Yusuf with 1.9 percent.

"Other names are below 1.9 percent each, and those who don't know are around 1.4 percent," he said.

The man who is familiarly called Kang Emil even still ranks at the top when faced directly with Dedi Mulyadi in the survey results of two names.

"If there are only two competing candidates, Ridwan Kamil vs Dedi Mulyadi, then Ridwan Kamil has 60.5 percent support, a significant lead over Dedi Mulyadi at 37.9 percent, who did not answer about 1.6 percent," he said.

Deni assessed that Ridwan Kamil's high electability was caused by the level of satisfaction of West Java residents for his performance as governor.

"The game is very high when combined with a very satisfied category and quite satisfied to reach 86 percent," he said.

Meanwhile, he continued, those who stated that they were dissatisfied with Ridwan Kamil's performance as Governor of West Java were 12 percent, and the other 2 percent could not provide an assessment.

The SMRC survey was conducted on 810 respondents who are Indonesian citizens in West Java Province, using a multistage random sampling method. Respondents who are sampled are those who have the right to vote, namely those aged 17 years and over or are married.

This survey with face-to-face interview data collection technique has a tolerance or margin of error of around 3.5 percent at a 95 percent confidence level.