Prabowo Tops The Rank In Survey Version Of Presidential Candidate 2024, Gerindra: It's Still Too Early

JAKARTA - The SMRC survey results show the name of Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto as the presidential candidate with the most support.

Responding to the survey results, the Chairperson of the DKI Gerindra Regional Representative Council (DPD), Ahmad Riza Patria, admitted that he welcomed the survey results. However, he feels that it is still too early to determine the electability of the presidential candidate in the 2024 General Election.

"Talking about 2024, I think it is still too early. Even though our nation is a nation already infatuated with politics. So, let alone the next 5 years, the president has not been inaugurated nor has he spoken for 2024", said Riza in a virtual discussion, Thursday, April 1.

However, Riza admitted that the vote acquisition for the presidential candidate in this survey will be used as the basis for Gerindra to plan to nominate a presidential candidate in the political contestation in 2024.

"Hopefully in the future, the Gerindra Party can make the results of this survey as a basis, reference, and evaluation in order to increase Pak Prabowo's electability and of course the Gerindra Party and other cadres", said Riza.

Previously, the Executive Director of SMRC, Sirojudin Abbas, said that Prabowo Subianto was in the first place for presidential candidate support by 20 percent, if Joko Widodo's name was removed from the survey market.

Because according to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, Jokowi is no longer allowed to run as a presidential candidate because the maximum limit for serving is 2 terms.

In addition, Anies received 11.2 percent support. Then, the name Ganjar Pranowo received 8.8 percent support, Sandiaga Uno 5 percent, Ridwan Kamil 4.8 percent, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) 4.8 percent, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono 3.5 percent, Tri Rismaharini 3.1 percent, and other names under 3 percent. Then 17.6 percent did not answer.

"In the semi-open question, Prabowo experienced a significant increase in support to 20 percent. Other names also appeared but with a significant difference under Prabowo", explained Sirojudin.

Seeing the results of this survey, Sirojudin said that there are no prominent figures besides Jokowi who have the potential to become presidential candidates.

"Prabowo is at the top but not yet convincing for a figure who has been a candidate twice. His support is only 20 percent in semi-open simulations and it tends not to increase", he said.

This survey was conducted in the period 28 February to 8 March 2021. The survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews with 1.220 randomly selected respondents. The margin of error for this survey is estimated to be around 3.07 percent and the survey's confidence level is 95 percent.