Survey Of Indicators: Sohibul Iman Has Not Added Anies' Support In The DKI Gubernatorial Election

Deputy Chairperson Of The PKS Syuro Council Sohibul Iman/DOK PKS

JAKARTA - Executive Director of Indonesian Political Indicators Burhanuddin Muhtadi revealed that Deputy Chairperson of the PKS Syuro Council Sohibul Iman had not added support to Anies Baswedan if the pair ran for the DKI Jakarta gubernatorial election.

Although, currently PKS firmly wants to pair Sohibul Iman with Anies in the Jakarta gubernatorial election. Sohibul's role that did not boost Anies was seen from the results of the electability survey of figures in the candidate exchange for governor-deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta.

Indicators conducted a survey simulation of three pairs of candidates, where Anies was paired with Sohibul Iman against Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok)-Ida Fauziyah, and Ridwan Kamil-Sandiaga Uno.

As a result, Anies-Sohibul received 43.1 percent support, Ahok-Ida Fauziyah 32.5 percent, and Ridwan Kamil-Sandiaga 18.5 percent.

This percentage did not change or raise Anies' voice when compared to the simulation of 3 candidates without deputy governors. Where, Anies got 43.8 percent, Ahok 32.1 percent, and Ridwan Kamil 18.9 percent.

"Anies Baswedan-Sohibul Iman, PKS can talk about Sohibul Iman's greatness. But what do you want to say? It turns out that this survey is not enough to provide empirical evidence that Sohibul Iman can add to Mas Anies' electoral," said Burhanuddin in a virtual survey presentation, Thursday, July 25.

Burhanuddin assessed that this condition could occur because the majority of Anies and PKS voters were on the same basis.

In addition, the electoral constellation of candidates in the DKI Jakarta Pilkada also seems to have narrowed to three names, namely Anies, Ahok, and Ridwan Kamil. Thus, other names have not provided enough changes in electability.

"Because Sohibul Imam's base from PKS and Mas Anies overlapped, so there wasn't enough contribution," said Burhanuddin.

For information, this survey was conducted in the period 18-26 June 2024 with a total sample of 800 respondents who are residents of DKI Jakarta aged over 17 years or married.

The withdrawal of respondents was obtained through a simple random sampling technique with a margin of error of > 3.5 percent and a confidence level of 95 percent.