Labor Party Opens Opportunities For Gagas New Coalition To Carry Out Anies In Jakarta Gubernatorial Election, Needs 454,885 Legitimate Votes

Former DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan (right) with Labor Party President Said Iqbal (left third)/ANTARA/HO Private Doc

JAKARTA - The Labor Party opens up opportunities to form a new coalition to carry Anies Baswedan as a candidate for governor in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada.

Chairman of the Labor Party Pilkada Team Said Salahuddin said Anies still had the opportunity to run in the Jakarta Pilkada. This is because Thursday (29/8) tomorrow is the last day of registration for a candidate for regional head.

"There is still tomorrow, the last day of registration is until 23.59 WIB," Said said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, August 28.

According to him, political parties that have registered for prospective regional head pairs are still allowed to register again as long as they are still within the time limit for the registration period.

If there is double support, he continued, the KPU will carry out a clarification process for related political parties.

Therefore, Said asked to wait for tomorrow to find out the opportunity to support Anies in the Jakarta Pilkada.

"If there is an opportunity to form a new coalition to carry Mr. Anies Baswedan, tens of thousands of members of the Labor Party together with the people of Jakarta are ready to come to the KPU to accompany Pak Anies' registration," he said.

For information, the minimum requirement for the nomination threshold by political parties and coalitions of political parties in Jakarta to carry candidates for governor and deputy governor, is to have 454,885 valid votes (7.5 percent).

On the other hand, the Jakarta KPU has received data on 13 supporting parties for the candidate pair for governor and deputy governor of Jakarta, Ridwan Kamil and Suswono who entered the Candidate Information System (Silon) application.

The thirteen parties are the NasDem Party, PKS, PAN, PKB, Golkar, Gerindra Party, PPP, Democratic Party, Perindo, Garuda Party, PBB, PSI, and Gelora Party.

Then, 1 supporting party for the candidate pair for governor and deputy governor of Jakarta, Pramono Anung and Rano Karno who entered the Silon application were PDIP.

There are still 4 parties that have not provided their support, namely the Labor Party, PKN, the Ummat Party, and Hanura.

PKN itself is preparing full support for Ridwan Kamil-Suswono.

If the Labor Party, the Ummat Party, and the Hanura Party want to build a new coalition to carry Anies, the total votes of the three parties will only reach 152,777 votes.

This means that they still need 302,108 more votes. If it is not fulfilled, Anies Baswedan cannot advance in the Jakarta Pilkada.

The following is a list of the votes acquired by political parties in the 2024 Jakarta Pileg according to the attachment document of the Jakarta KPU Decree Number 33 of 2024:

1. The Prosperous Justice Party or PKS received 1,012,028 votes.

2. The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle or PDIP received 850,174 votes.

3. The Greater Indonesia Movement Party or Gerindra received 728,297 votes.

4. The National Democratic Party or NasDem received 545,235 votes.

5. The Golkar Party or Golkar received 517,819 votes.

6. The National Awakening Party or PKB received 470,682 votes.

7. The Indonesian Solidarity Party or PSI received 465,936 votes.

8. The National Mandate Party or PAN received 455,906 votes.

9. The Democratic Party received 444,314 votes.

10. Perindo Party received 160,203 votes.

11. The United Development Party or PPP received 153,240 votes.

12. The Labor Party received 69,969 votes.

13. The Gelora Party received 62,850 votes.

14. The Ummat Party received 56,271 votes.

15. The People's Conscience Party or Hanura received 26,537 votes.

16. The Nusantara Awakening Party or PKN received 19,204 votes.

17. The Crescent Star Party or the United Nations received 15,750 votes.

18. Garuda Party received 12,826 votes.