KPU Claims Hoax Number For 2024 Election Drops Compared To 2019: Influenced By Young Voters

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JAKARTA - Member of the Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU) Idham Holik said that the enthusiasm of young voters (age 17 - 40 years) towards the 2024 election affected the decline in the number of hoaxes compared to the 2019 election. "If we want to see an overview of the enthusiasm of young Indonesian voters, we'll see that the decline in the content on social media, and today what is clear is that the number of hoaxes has decreased," said Idham, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, January 31. Based on the findings of the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo) regarding hoax numbers in the 2024 Election, Idham said that the decline in hoax numbers was quite significant. "This has gone down quite significantly. Once more than 700, now it's only 200 years. That's almost 200 more types of hoaxes identified by the Ministry of Communication and Information. That is, there is progress from the understanding of how we should be democracy," he said. Idham also said that the enthusiasm of young voters is in line with a good understanding in communicating in social media so as to have an impact on decreasing hoax numbers. "This is very different from the 2019 election. In 2019 there were many researchers who said voters were sharply polarized. That is, the maturity is getting more mature. It means, the maturity is getting more mature. Why? Because he has the awareness that this election is important," he said. Therefore, he said that the enthusiasm of young voters and the decline in hoax numbers in the 2024 election would be better than in the previous implementation. "There is an encouraging progress. We know that socialization, education, or increased literacy is collaborative work or cooperation that is not only by us, election organizers, but all parties. There are government media, and there are civil society," said IdhamIa optimistic that voter participation in the 2024 election would be better than in its previous implementation. "I believe that participation would be better, both in terms of quantity and in terms of quality," he said. Previously, Minister of Information Budi Arie Setiadi in Jakarta, Thursday, said that during the January 2023 to January 2024 period, there were recorded as 201 hoax issues whose access was cut off by the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of

Based on the Decree of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Number 857 of 2023 concerning the Determination of the Recapitulation of the National Level Fixed Voter List in General Elections, the number of permanent voter lists (DPT) in the 2024 General Election was 204.807.222 voters. Meanwhile, voters aged 17'30 years were 63.953.031 people, while voters under the age of 17 were able to vote because they were married were recorded at 6.697 people, then voters aged 31 - 40 years were 42.398.719.