Pilkada 2024, Central Java KPUD Ensures Only 2 Pairs Advance In Central Java Pilkada

Chairman of the Central Java Provincial KPU Handi Tei Ujiono spoke with Elected Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka when receiving registration for the Ahmad Luthfi-Taj Yasin pair in Semarang, Central Java, Wednesday (28/8/2024). (ANTARA)

The election of the Governor and Deputy Governor (Pilgub) of Central Java will be followed by two pairs of candidates considering that the remaining valid votes for the 2024 Central Java Provincial DPRD members are a requirement to carry the candidate for candidate pair less than the minimum limit of the specified number of votes. The chairman of the Central Java Provincial KPU, Handi Tri Ujiono, stated that this certainty was based on the number of valid votes of political parties that had registered candidates for their regional head to the KPU until the second day of registration. The PDI-P registered the Andika Perkasa-Hendrar Prihadi pair armed with 5.2 million valid votes, while the combined nine political parties registered the Ahmad Luthfi-Taj Yasin Maimoen pair armed with 13.7 million valid votes as a result of the 2024 General Election. The nine political parties that carried the Ahmad Luthfi-Taj Yasin pair, namely the Gerindra Party, PPP, PPP, PSI, PSI, NasDem Party, PKS, and the Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the total valid votes for the 2024 Legislative Election in Central Java were recorded at 19.8 million votes. Thus, the remaining approximately 900.000 votes. In fact, according to him, the minimum limit of valid votes to nominate regional heads in the Central Java Pilkada is 1.2 million votes. "There is still enough votes left, but it is not sufficient to meet the minimum nomination limit," he said. Even though it is no longer possible to no longer possible to submit candidates, he said, the KPU will continue to open registration until the closing on August 29, 2024.

Previously, the PDI-P carried the former TNI Commander General TNI Retired. Andika Perkasa and the Head of LKPP Hendrar Prihadi as candidates for governor and deputy governor. Meanwhile, a combination of nine political parties in Central Java carried the pair of former Central Java Police Chief Komjen Pol. Ahmad Luthfi and former Deputy Governor Taj Yasin Maimoen as candidates for governor and deputy governor in the province.