Leading in SMRC Survey, Pramono Pursues 1st Round of Jakarta Regional Head Election

JAKARTA - Jakarta gubernatorial candidate number 3, Pramono Anung, is targeting to win the 2024 Regional Head Election (Pilkada) with Rano Karno with an electability of over 50 percent, or in just one round.

This is in response to the results of the SMRC survey which stated that the electability of the candidate pair (paslon) supported by PDIP is superior to other candidates.

According to Pramono, if residents who have not yet decided or undecided voters will vote on polling day, he is optimistic that he can win in one round.

"I'm in 46, undecided voters 9.8. If the undecided are divided into two, that's actually enough, the most important thing is that it's over 50 (percent). Because Jakarta has to be over 50 (percent). Of course, I will pursue that, so that the work is not too hard anymore," Pramono told reporters, Wednesday, November 13.

Although his electability is currently the highest in the SMRC survey, Pramono admitted that he will go through the remaining less than two weeks of the 2024 Pilkada campaign period with the same intensity as before.

"I will continue to socialize as usual because there are less than 15-16 days and our last campaign is on the 23rd. Of course, we will take full advantage of the momentum until the 23rd," said Pramono.

The SMRC survey institute released a poll on the electability of the Jakarta gubernatorial candidate pairs. As a result, pair number 3 Pramono Anung-Rano Karno received 46 percent support

Meanwhile,  pair number 1 Ridwan Kamil-Suswono, had an electability of 39.1 percent, and pair number 2 Dharma Pongrekun-Kun Wardana 5.1 percent of the vote. There were 9.8 percent who had not answered.

SMRC Executive Director, Deni Irvani, revealed that there was an upward trend in the Pramono-Rano and RK-Suswono candidate pairs. However, the electability gap is getting further apart.

In the period of October 10-17, the difference between Pramono-Rano and RK-Suswono was 4.2 percent. However, on October 31-November 9, the difference in electability became 6.9 percent.

“The difference in electability between Pramono-Rano and RK-Suswono changed from being statistically insignificant to significant in a span of about 3 weeks. "The difference in support between the Pramono-Rano pair and the RK-Suswono pair in the last survey was around 6.9 percent, twice the margin of error," said Deni in his survey presentation.