Golkar Runner-up Fast Calculation Of The 2024 General Election, Observer: Ridwan Kamil's Influence

West Java Golkar TKD chairman Ridwan Kamil shared his hat while campaigning (photo: dock. intermediate)

JAKARTA - A political observer from the Strategic Political Trias, Agung Baskoro, assessed that the success of the Golkar Party to occupy the second position (runner-up) in the quick count (quick count) results while several survey institutions were also influenced by the figure of one of its politicians who is also the former Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil. Meanwhile, a quick calculation of a number of survey institutions until Friday 16 Februaro showed that the votes acquired by the Golkar Party were second behind the PDI-P and above the Gerindra Party, which is still perched in third place. Golkar's voice experienced an extraordinary spike, in my opinion, could shift Gerindra, who incidentally has a presidential figure (candidate),'' said Agung in his written broadcast in Jakarta, Friday. He believes that if there is no change in the final results of quick calculations by survey institutions such as Litbang Kompas, Indonesian Political Indicators, LSI, Poltracking, and Charta Politica, it is likely that the Golkar Party will become the second political party to get the most votes in the 2024 election. Agung argues in addition to the figure of Airlangga Hartarto, who currently serves as chairman of the party as well as minister, another factor that boosts Golkar's votes among its cadres who also have strong magnets for voters, especially from the Millennial Generation and Gen Z. For example, in West Java there is his wife Ridwan Kamil, Atalia Praratya or Ibu Cinta. It is remarkable to boost votes in West Java which has been known to be the basis of PKS and Gerindra,' said Agung, who served as Executive Director of the Political Trias.

However, he believes that Atalia's vote acquisition cannot be separated from her husband's influence, even though the former Governor of West Java did not run for the election for legislative members of the 2024 General Election. Agung assessed that Ridwan Kamil (RK) has influence among young people, one of the indicators is the number of RK followers on social media. He said the popularity of RK had a positive impact on Golkar's vote acquisition. "The participants of RK do not want the heavy political content, they want to be the one who is intuy, which is like RK, entertaining but there is content," said Agung. The results of quick calculations of several survey institutions on Friday night showed that PDI Perjuangan was superior with the most votes (15.85 percent 16.78 percent), followed by the Golkar Party in second place (13.65 percent 15.54 percent) and the Gerindra Party in third place (13.39 percent 13.94 percent). The data that have entered the survey institutions reached 92.30 percent to 99.88 percent.