687 Bapaslon Official List Of Pilkada, 28 Single Candidate Regions

KPU commissioner during a press conference about the development of the 2020 Pilkada (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - The registration period for regional head candidate pairs (bapaslon) in the 2020 Pilkada Simultaneously has closed on Sunday, September 6, at 24.00 local time.

Now, the General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia has obtained data that 687 chameleons have registered during the registration period from 4 to 6 September.

"The number of chameleons received by registration based on data collected through the nomination information system until Sunday at 24.00 was 687 chaplones," said KPU RI Chairman Arief Budiman at the KPU RI Office, Central Jakarta, Monday, September 7 in the morning.

In detail, there are 22 bapaslon for governors and deputy governors, 570 regents and vice regents, and 95 mayors and deputy mayors. The Bapaslon registered in 270 regions that held the 2020 Pilkada.

Then, there is an imbalance in the number of candidates for regional head if divided into gender categories. There are 1,233 male candidates, while only 141 female candidates.

Then, the number of candidate pairs proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties was 626.Meanwhile, the number of prospective pairs of candidates who went through the individual route was 61.

"For prospective pairs of candidates whose registration cannot be accepted, we urge them to maintain the condition of the situation and then follow the provisions of the applicable laws and regulations," said Arief.

Furthermore, Arief said that his party had reopened the 2020 Pilkada registration period for 3 days in 28 regions. This is because the 28 regions only have one candidate pair.

"For areas where there is 1 bapaslon, the KPU will re-register or re-register. So, no one may re-register, it can also change. Finally, we will wait until the candidate pairs are determined," he said.

Arief reminded political parties, bapaslon, and voters to comply with and implement the health protocol for preventing COVID-19 in every stage of the 2020 regional head election.