Only Slightly Lost To Ganjar, East Java Is Now The Basis For Prabowo Subiant's Victory In The 2024 Pilres

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto Photo: BPMI Setpres/Lukas

JAKARTA - The Gerindra Party will use East Java as a new power base for Prabowo Subianto's victory in the 2024 presidential election. Moreover, Prabowo's name only narrowly lost to Ganjar Pranowo. This was said by Gerindra Party Secretary General Ahmad Muzani following the findings of the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) which placed its general chairman in second place under Ganjar Pranowo. According to Muzani, East Java is a potential new area for Prabowo to win.

"East Java is a strategic area in the electoral map of the presidential election. Because of that Gerindra is determined to make East Java a power base for Prabowo's presidential victory in 2024," said Muzani in a statement, Monday, April 4. Previously, the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) released the results of the 2024 presidential election survey in East Java. As a result, Ganjar Pranowo's electability is still the highest.

"Ganjar Pranowo is the highest but the difference is very narrow from Prabowo Subianto. These two names will compete fiercely in East Java," said LSI Executive Director Djayadi Hanan, Wednesday, March 30.

Djayadi said that Ganjar's electability in East Java was 22.5 percent. Then in second place was Prabowo Subianto with 20.2 percent. Completing the top 3 is Khofifah Indar Parawansa with 10.6 percent.

"Prabowo is still high, because his performance as a minister is good, and has never created a sensation in the community. Similarly, why is Khofifah in third place, because his leadership in East Java is good. If Ganjar we know, his popularity is quite high," he explained.

Furthermore, Djayadi said that Prabowo's chances of winning in East Java were high if he wanted to partner with Khofifah.

"In the simulation, Prabowo will have a great chance of winning the presidential election in East Java if his vice presidential candidate is Khofifah Indar Parawansa," he said.

Djayadi said that the chances of Prabowo-Khofifah winning the presidential election in East Java were great, considering that Khofifah was the Governor of East Java, and a popular figure in the Earth of Majapahit.

"And if you win the vote in East Java, you will most likely win the presidential election. Because so far, East Java has been the winner," he said. The survey conducted by LSI was carried out from March 6 to 13, 2022. The population of the survey is all Indonesian citizens in East Java who have the right to vote. in the general election, i.e. those who are 17 years of age or older, or already married when the survey is conducted.

A sample size of 1,200 people was taken using a multistage random sampling method with a margin of error of ± 2.9 percent at a 95 percent confidence level, assuming random sampling. The sample comes from all regencies/cities in East Java which is proportionally distributed.