These Are The Requirements For The Number Of Supports That Must Be Fulfilled By Candidates For Governor/Regent/Walkot Independent

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JAKARTA - There are a total of minimal requirements and distribution of support for prospective pairs of individual candidates in the 2024 Simultaneous Pilkada which are submitted to the General Elections Commission (KPU) to pass the verification stage.

This rule is contained in the KPU Decree (SK) Number 532 of 2024 concerning Technical Guidelines for Fulfilling the Support Requirements for Individual Candidates in the 2024 Pilkada.

Reported by ANTARA, Saturday, May 11, for pairs of individual candidates who want to advance in the election of governors and deputy governors, in provinces with a fixed number of people (DPT) to 2 million people, they must earn at least 10 percent of support.

The province with a population of more than 2 million to 6 million DPT must be supported by at least 8.5 percent.

The province with a population of more than 6 million to 12 million DPT must be supported by at least 7.5 percent.

Meanwhile, provinces with a population of more than 12 million DPTs must be supported by at least 6.5 percent.

"The amount of support as referred to is spread across more than 50 percent of the total district/city in the province," as stated in the KPU Decree Number 532 of 2024.

Meanwhile, for the election of regents and deputy regents as well as mayors and deputy mayors, in regencies/cities with the number of residents contained in the voter list remains up to 250 thousand people, they must earn at least 10 percent of the support.

Regencies/cities with a population of more than 2 million to 6 million DPTs must be supported by at least 8.5 percent.

Regencies/cities with a population of more than 6 million to 12 million DPTs must be supported by at least 7.5 percent.

Meanwhile, regencies/cities with a population of more than 12 million DPTs must be supported by at least 6.5 percent.

Just like the province, the amount of support is spread across more than 50 percent of the total district/city in the province.

The fulfillment of the requirements for support for prospective pairs of individual candidates is carried out by inputting data and uploading documents into Silon for governors and deputy governors, regents and deputy regents, as well as mayors and deputy mayors.

The following is the schedule for the 2024 Pilkada:

1. On 27 February 16 November 2024: Notification and registration of election monitoring;

2. On April 24 May 31, 2024: Submission of a list of potential voters;

3. On May 5, August 19, 2024: Fulfillment of the requirements for support for individual candidate pairs;

4. On May 31, September 23, 2024: Updating and drafting of the voter list;

5. On August 24, 2024: Announcement of registration of candidate pairs;

6. On 27'29 August 2024: Candidate registration;

7. On 27 August 21 September 2024: Research on candidate requirements;

8. On September 22, 2024: Determination of candidate pairs;

9. On September 25, November 23, 2024: Campaign implementation;

10. On 27 November 2024: Implementation of voting; and

11. On 27 November December 16, 2024: Counting of votes and recapitulation of vote count results.