The Pair Tri Adhianto-Harris Bobihoe Unggul In The Latest Survey Of Bekasi Pilwalkot

JAKARTA - Indonesia Development Monitoring (IDM) released the results of a survey related to the support of the people of Bekasi City for three pairs of candidates for Mayor and Deputy Mayor who will fight in the 2024 Regional Head Election (Pilkada).

As a result, 48.7 percent of respondents chose the Tri Adhianto-Harris Bobihoe pair in an open question. Meanwhile, 32.4 percent chose the Heri Koswara-Sholihin pair. Meanwhile, 1.3 percent chose the Uu Saeful Mikdar-Nurul Sumarheni pair, and 17.6 percent of respondents did not provide a choice or choice names other than the three pairs of candidates.

"To test the level of electability that is more directed, respondents were asked a closed question through questionnaires and ballot paper if the Bekasi City Pilkada was held today, the results showed that pair number 03, Tri Adhianto-Harris Bobihoe, was chosen by 55.7 percent of respondents," said IDM Survey Coordinator, Heru Supriyatno in his statement, Thursday, November 14.

"Party pair number 01, Heri Koswara-Sholihin was chosen by 36.1 percent, while pair number 02, Uu Saeful Mikdar-Nurul Sumarheni, was chosen by 1.6 percent. As many as 6.6 percent of respondents chose not to vote," he continued.

This survey, continued Heru, also measured the level of determination of respondents' choice. As a result, 89.7 percent of the voters of the Tri Adhianto-Harris Bobihoe pair said they were solid with their choice until voting day, while 10.3 percent were still thinking again.

"From the voters of the Heri Koswara-Sholihin pair, 73.7 percent were determined with their choice, while 16.3 percent were still thinking again. Meanwhile, 60.7 percent of Uu Saeful Mikdar-Nurul Sumarheni's voters are still considering their choice," he said.

Heru revealed, when asked about their knowledge of the Pilkada, 57.8 percent of respondents stated that they were aware of the three pairs of candidates who would compete in the 2024 Bekasi City Pilkada. In addition, 88.1 percent of respondents stated that they would vote at the polling stations (TPS).

Regarding campaign advertising, said Heru, 77.4 percent of respondents admitted that they often saw advertisements for the Tri Adhianto-Harris Bobihoe pair. Meanwhile, 50.7 percent saw advertisements for the Heri Koswara-Shilihin pair, and 5.7 percent saw advertisements for the Uu Saeful Mikdar-Nurul Sumarheni pair.

"Most of the respondents, 53.9 percent, admitted that they had seen advertisements on the streets of the three pairs of candidates, while 46.1 percent did not care and did not pay attention to these advertisements," said Heru.

Heru said, as many as 49.8 percent of respondents knew the names of the three pairs of candidates from social media. Meanwhile, 50.2 percent admitted that they did not know at all through social media.

"When asked about their impression of campaign advertising, 70.7 percent of respondents knew Tri Adhianto well and positive, and often heard his name as Mayor of Bekasi.

Meanwhile, 13.3 percent of respondents knew Heri Koswara as a member of the Bekasi City DPRD, 1.1 percent knew Uu Saeful Mikdar as Head of Education Office, and 14.9 percent of respondents did not know the three pairs, "explained Heru.

Then in terms of an assessment of the ability of prospective couples to solve problems and meet the needs of the people of Bekasi City, Heru added, as many as 68.3 percent of respondents chose the Tri Adhianto-Harris Bobihoe pair.

The pair Heri Koswara-Sholihin only received an assessment of 24.6 percent of respondents, while the Uu Saeful Mikdar-Nurul Sumarheni pair only received an assessment of 4.1 percent of respondents.

According to Heru, the high electability of the pair Tri Adhianto-Harris Bobihoe has been positively correlated with the level of satisfaction of the people of Bekasi City with Tri Adhianto's performance while serving as Deputy Mayor and Mayor of Bekasi in the last five years.

"When asked about their satisfaction with the Bekasi City government's services, 80.4 percent of respondents said they were satisfied, 13.4 percent were dissatisfied, and 6.2 percent did not provide answers," he concluded.

The survey was conducted in the period 2-11 November 2024 through face-to-face interviews using a specially designed survey application.

A total of 1,800 respondents were randomly selected using a multistage random sampling method, providing a margin of error (MoE) of around 0.31 percent and a confidence level of 95 percent.