Not Only Presidential And Vice Presidential Candidates, Political Parties Are Asked To Build Awareness Of Young Voters Participating In The 2024 General Election

Illustration of the 2024 General Election. (Between-M Iqbal)

JAKARTA - Researcher of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) Kahfi Adlan Hafiz said political parties participating in the 2024 General Election must disseminate information to young voters and not only limited to presidential and vice-presidential candidates.

"It is important to present candidates, not only presidential candidates, but also parties to youth and dialogue," said Kahfi when contacted, Wednesday, December 6, as reported by Antara.

One way, continued Kahfi, is that political parties need to actively go directly to locations that are often used as hangout places for young voters.

"Masive socialization to the pockets of young voters, such as campuses or hang out places," said Kahfi.

If political parties participate in conducting direct socialization, he said, then the confidence of young voters can be built to participate in the election.

"The interaction of youth and election participants can build their awareness," he added.

Previously, the General Elections Commission (KPU) noted that there were 204,807,222 voters who had the right to vote in the 2024 General Election.

Of the total voters, young voters consisting of the millennial generation and generation Z became the dominant voter groups in the 2024 General Election.

The KPU noted that there are more than 113 million Permanent Voter Lists (DPT) from millennial generation groups and Generation Z. This figure is equivalent to 56.45 percent of the total DPT.

The voter figures set by the KPU have gone through the recapitulation process of the results of the determination of DPT in all districts and cities as well as the Overseas Election Committee (PPLN) for the period 20-21 June 2023.

The 2024 election was attended by 18 national political parties, namely the National Awakening Party (PKB), Gerindra Party, PDI-P, Golkar Party, NasDem Party, Labor Party, and the Indonesian Gelora Party.

Then, there are the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the Nusantara Awakening Party (PKN), the Hanura Party, the Garuda Party, the National Mandate Party (PAN), the Crescent Star Party (PBB), the Democratic Party, the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), the Perindo Party, the United Development Party (PPP), and the Ummat Party.

The 2024 election was also attended by six local political parties, namely the Aceh Nanggroe Party, the Atjeh Beusaboh Tha'at and Taqwa Generation Party, the Aceh Darul Party, the Aceh Aceh Party, the Aceh Prosperous Justice Party, and the Acehnese People's Independent Solidity Party.

The 2024 General Election is held simultaneously to elect candidates for legislative members as well as the president and vice president on February 14, 2024.

The KPU has also received registrations for three presidential-cawapres candidates, namely Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar, Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD, and Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka. The election campaign period is set from November 28, 2023 to February 10, 2024.