Cocktail Effect, PKB Claims To Get An Additional 23 Chairs Of The Indonesian House Of Representatives Since Cak Imin Advances In The 2024 Presidential Election

Director of Legislative Elections for the National Awakening Party (PKB) Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal/ Photo; Antara

JAKARTA - Director of the DPP Election of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal said the party's internal vote tabulation showed that PKB would get an increase in the number of votes so that there would be an additional 23 seats in the DPR RI.

"Alhamdulillah, from the existing 58 seats that are now in Senayan, everything is safe and there will be an increase from the increase in the number of votes to 81 seats," said Cucun, quoting Antara, Sunday, February 18.

Cucun revealed that based on the tabulation of internal PKB national data, PKB votes for the DPR RI in the 2024 Legislative Election increased significantly from the vote acquisition in the 2019 Legislative Election. This is what translates into the number of PKB seats in Senayan.

"Vocationally, PKB votes rose 6.007.425 or 2.41 percent, from 13.570.097 or 9.69 percent in the 2019 Legislative Election to 19.577.522 votes or 12.1 percent in the 2024 Legislative Election," he said.

He explained that the increase in 23 PKB seats occurred in East Java with 3 seats (Jatim II, East Java VIII and East Java X), West Java with 5 seats (West Java I, West Java II, West Java IV, West Java VI and West Java XI), Banten with 2 seats (Banten I and Banten II).

Then Sumatra with 5 seats (West Sumatra I, North Sumatra I, North Sumatra III, Riau I, South Sumatra I), Kalimantan with 2 seats (Kaltim and Central Kalimantan), Sulawesi with 3 seats (Sulteng, West Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi), NTB 1 seat (NTB I), Maluku 1 seat (North Maluku) and 1 seat (South Papua).

Cucun also mentioned the increase in the number of votes thanks to the cocktail effect of the advancement of PKB General Chair Muhaimin Iskandar as a vice presidential candidate accompanying presidential candidate number 1 Anies Baswedan.

"With his progress, the positive impact of the increase in PKB votes is very significant. Friends of all, as we all know the cocktail effect which intersects with yesterday's presidential election, we got a significant increase in party votes," he said.

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, and members of the district/city DPRD with a national voter list (DPT) of 204,807,222 voters.

The 2024 election was attended by 18 national political parties, namely (according to the serial number) of the National Awakening Party (PKB), Gerindra Party, PDI Perjuangan, Golkar Party, Nasdem Party, Labor Party, and the Indonesian Gelora Party.

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 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.

Meanwhile, the presidential and vice presidential elections were followed by three pairs, 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 2024 General Election is scheduled to take place from February 15 to March 20, 2024.