Increase Voters Participation, Council Invites Bogor City Residents Not To Golput

Illustration of the 2024 Election (ANTARA)

BOGOR - Chairman of the Bogor City DPRD, West Java Atang Trisnanto invited the public to take the time to go to the polling station (TPS) to vote to increase voter participation in general elections (elections) from 86 percent in 2019 to 90 percent more on February 14, 2024. According to Atang, as a national voter, West Java which from data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in 2019 has a population of 49.3 million people, of which 1.2 million people are in Bogor City, it is very important to contribute votes in determining the fate of the nation at the central level to the regions of the next five years. Starting from the election of pairs of presidential candidates (candidates) and vice presidents (cawapres), the House of Representatives (DPRs) RI, the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) Provinces, cities and regencies. In addition, the Bogor region is a barometer of the electoral regions in the buffer areas of the capital of Jakarta as a city that is included in megapolitan with equidistricts of the population, development, economy and education that is good enough so that the growth of novice voters or Gen Z as well as millennials, productive ages to the elderly is quite high to contribute votes. However, of the 49.3 million people, BPS noted that there are still 5.8 million people or 17.43 percent of residents in West Java did not use their voting rights in the 2019 elections. "I invite all residents of Bogor City to vote presidential, cawapres, DPR, Provincial DPRD and city. Do not get a goal. West Java is a national voter. Bogor city is a polling barometer in Megapolitan, we must succeed in elections with our votes. We have a high chance to determine who the leader is the next five years," said Atang Sunday, February 11. Atang urged the public not to be white (golput) group in the 2024 election because access to information and voting services in both normal and emergency has been prepared by the Bogor City KPU. The community can get information about TPS as well as a voting mechanism through social media, mass media, KPU and local RW services or visit the Bogor City KPU office.