Defeating Wife In Pilkades In East Kalimantan, Sumi: Hopefully I Can Lead Smoothly

Emilia Kartika (Kasiyono's wife) while at the polling station with her husband, to channel their voting rights in the village election in Wonosari Village, Wednesday (15/12/2021). ANTARA/HO-Wonosari Village

SAMARINDA - A husband and wife couple in East Kalimantan Province (Kaltim) who fought in the Pikades in Wonosari Village, Sepaku District, North Penajam Paser Regency (PPU) finally won by their husband, namely Kasiyono.

"Alhamdulillah, the Pilkades here are safe and smooth, hopefully I can lead smoothly for the next six years," said Kasiyono, the incumbent who managed to get ahead of a competitor who is also his wife, Emilia Kartika, when contacted from Samarinda, Wednesday, December 15.

In the Pilkades in Wonosari Village, a total of 606 valid votes were obtained spread from three polling stations (TPS), namely 111 votes for Emilia Kartika who was in serial number 1, the remaining 595 votes for Kasiyono in serial number 2.

Details of the votes from the three polling stations were 38 votes for Emilia and 158 votes for Kasiyono. TPS 2 had 34 votes for Emilia and 163 votes for Kasiyono, TPS 3 had 39 votes for Emilia and 174 votes for Kasiyono.

Previously, Emilia stated that she was ready to lose because she was optimistic that her husband would win the Pilkades, even during the socialization she asked people to vote for number 2 instead of number 1.

"I nominated for village head because of my husband's request, my candidacy was done at the last second of submitting the registration form, because until the deadline for submitting the registration form, only my husband registered because if there was only one candidate, the village head election would be postponed," he also said. Secretary of the PPU Regency Community and Village Empowerment Service (DPMD) Usep Supriatna said the simultaneous Pilkades held in PPU Regency on Wednesday were held in 14 villages.

The details of the results of the simultaneous Pilkades are that for Girimukti Village, Hendro won as the incumbent, Bukit Subur Village was won by Asep who is also the incumbent.

Rahman won Sesulu Village, Sarinah won Fire-Fire Village, Yatiman won Bukit Raya Village, Junaidin won Tengin Baru Village.

Next, Wonosari Village was won by Kasiyono as the incumbent, Babulu Laut Village was won by Ismail Subli, Babulu Darat Village was won by Abdul Zais who is also the incumbent, Sunarto won Rawa Mulia Village.

"Then Tahyatul won Sumber Sari Village, Sajidin won Sebakung Jaya Village, Asep Sopandi won Gunung Makmur Village, and Surani won the incumbent Sri Raharja Village," said Usep. As reported by Antara