BRIN Researcher: Political Parties Must Provide Education Regarding Fast Counting

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JAKARTA - The main researcher of the Political Research Center of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Firman Noor, said that political parties and pairs of presidential candidates in the 2024 General Election should educate the public regarding the results of quick counting (Quick count). Firman explained that all parties are better off educating the public about the meaning of fast counting in elections than busy claiming victory or refusing defeat if the results of the quick count do not benefit each party. "So political parties and candidate pairs, I think it should provide political education, rather than being too busy refusing or receiving quick count results," Firman told ANTARA via cellular telephone in Jakarta, Sunday.

According to him, by providing political education, the public can get an explanation of the implementation of quick calculations based on scientific methods that can be accounted for, rather than thinking negatively about survey institutions carrying out their duties in elections. He explained that the public must be given an understanding that the results of quick calculations are an overview of the results of calculations in elections and the data tends not to be much different, with real count results or real count results. from the General Elections Commission (KPU). Even so, Firman emphasized, the quick count results certainly have weaknesses in each process to get the results, so that there are so-called margin of error or error limits. In addition, every election participant must also urge the public to be patient in waiting for the final count results issued by the KPU, in order to avoid the potential to claim the truth or blame each other. "The best step besides understanding the meaning of the quick count is "Waiting for the results of the real count from the KPU," said the senior researcher. The 2024 election includes the presidential and vice presidential elections, members of the DPR RI, members of the DPD RI, members of the provincial DPRD, as well as members of the district/city DPRD with a national voter list (DPT) at the national level as many as 204.807.222 voters. The 2024 election was attended by 18 national political parties namely (according to the National Awakening Party number (PKB), Gerindra Party, PDI Perjuangan, Golkar Party, NasDem Party, Labor Party, and Gelora Party Indonesia. Next, Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS), Partai Kebangkitan Nusantara (PKN), Partai Hanura, Partai Garuda, Partai Amanat Nasional (PAN), Partai Bulan Bintang (PBB), Partai Demokrat, Partai Solidaritas Indonesia (PSI), Partai Perindo, Partai Persatuan Pembangunan (PPP), and Partai Ummat. In addition, there are six local political parties as participants, namely Partai Nanggroe Aceh, Partai Generasi Atjeh Beusaboh Tha'at and Taqwa, Partai Darul Aceh, Partai Aceh, Partai Adil Sejahtera Aceh, and the People's Independent Solidity Party of Aceh. As for the presidential and vice presidential elections, three pairs participated, namely Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar as number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md. serial number 3. According to KPU Regulation Number 3 of 2022, the recapitulation of the national votes for the 2024 General Election is scheduled to take place from February 15 to March 20, 2024.