Examination Results Of Two Jakarta Gubernatorial Election Survey Results: LSI According To SOP, Poltracking Is Sanctioned

JAKARTA - The Ethics Council of the Indonesian Public Opinion Survey Association (Persepi) has examined two institutions that released survey results regarding the electability of candidates for Governor-Deputy Governor of Jakarta with different results at the same time.

In a survey by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) conducted on October 10-17, Pramono-Rano's electability was recorded at 41.6 percent, then Ridwan Kamil-Suswono 37.4 percent, and Dharma Pongrekun-Kun Wardana 6.6 percent.

Meanwhile, the Indonesian Poltracking survey conducted on October 10-16 explained that the electability of RK-Suswono was at 51.6 percent, followed by Pramono-Rano at 36.4 percent and Dharma-Kun at 3.9 percent.

Chairman of the Persepi Ethics Council, Asep Saefuddin, explained that the results of the examination stated that LSI had conducted a survey in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOP) for public opinion surveys.

"The examination and implementation method (LSI survey) can be well analyzed," Asep said in his statement, Monday, November 4.

Meanwhile, the Ethics Council cannot assess whether the implementation of the Jakarta Pilkada survey conducted by Poltracking is in accordance with the SOP for public opinion surveys.

Because, there is no certainty which data should be used as the basis for the assessment. In the examination, Poltracking could not show the original data of 2,000 samples.

"Poltracking said that the original data had been removed from the server due to limited data storage (storage) leased from vendors," explained Asep.

Poltracking, called Asep, had submitted a raw data restored from the server. However, after comparing it, the Ethics Council found many differences between the initial data before checking and the latest data.

Thus, the Ethics Council decided to impose sanctions on Poltracking.

"The Ethics Council will impose sanctions on Poltracking Indonesia in the future not to be allowed to publish survey results without first obtaining data approval and examination by the Ethics Council, unless Poltracking Indonesia is no longer a member of Persepi," explained Asep.