Tangerang KPU Chairman Calls More Than 1 Million Voters In His Area Dominated By Young People

Tangerang Raya Media Center Center Event In TangCity, Sunday, November 19 (Muhamd JEhan)

A total of 1,362,773 people were recorded in the final voter list in the 2024 General Election (Pemilu) in Tangerang City. This number is dominated by young people.

61 percent of young voters aged 17-24 years," said Tangerang City General Election Commission (KPU) chairman Ahmad Syailendra at the Tangerang Raya Media Center in TangCity, Sunday, November 19.

He hopes that young people will also play an active role in the succession of the upcoming 2024 elections, such as joining a polling group.

"Being a perpetrator or a witness to the history of the 2024 General Election," he said.

Syailendra targets voter participation in the 2024 General Election in his region to reach 81 percent. So that figure is at least the same as voter participation during the 2019 General Election.

"The target is the participation of voters for the 2024 election to reach 81 percent," he said

On the other hand, the Tangerang City Metro Police Chief, Kombes Zain Dwi Nugroho explained the role of his institution in the 2024 election, namely the focus of handling ahead of the 2024 General Election is to ensure that conflicts do not occur.

The reason is, the number of political parties participating in the 2024 General Election has made the voices in society diverse.

Therefore, the police will anticipate excessive dissent, to news circulation that is not in accordance with facts or hoaxes massively.

"The National Police has held a Great Operation Brata 2023-2024, where for the next 122 days, we will carry out security for all stages of the 2024 General Election, to ensure safe, cool and conducive elections in Tangerang," said Zain.

"Moreover, we will soon enter a campaign period, where supporters of all legislative candidates to regional head candidates and presidential candidates will compete to convince the public in all kinds of ways, some are natural and unnatural, thus the tension of the political situation will certainly increase," he said.