East Kalimantan Regional Election Survey, Rudi Mas'ud-Seno Is Superior

Illustration of the 2024 Simultaneous Pilkada (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Survey Panel (PSI) released the results of a survey related to the 2024 Regional Head Election (Pilkada) in the East Kalimantan (Kaltim) region. The prospective pair for governor and deputy governor candidate Rudi Mas'ud-Seno Aji is said to have the highest electability compared to other contestants.

"The results of the survey with open questions show that 51.6 percent of the people who gave the top of their minds choice to the Rudi Mas'ud-Seno Aji pair," said PSI Executive Director Mahendra Zaini in his statement, Thursday, September 12.

Meanwhile, the Isran Noor-Hadi Mulyadi pair received 30.1 percent support from respondents. Meanwhile, the rest or 18.3 percent did not make a choice.

Then, for a survey conducted face-to-face and using closed questions or quartic paper, Rudi Mas'ud-Aji Seno occupies the top position with 60.3 percent of the votes.

Following him was the Isran Noor-Hadi Mulyono pair with 32.4 percent of the votes and 7.3 percent of those who did not vote.

In terms of popularity, the Isran Noor-Hadi Mulyadi pair actually won because they won 78.8 percent. Meanwhile Rudi Mas'ud-Seno Aji 74.3 percent.

"Although the incumbent pair is popular, respondents don't automatically like it. As a result, the Rudi Mas'ud-Seno Aji pair was liked and accepted by 72.6 percent of respondents, while the Isran Noor-Hadi Mulyadi pair was liked and accepted by 63.7 percent of respondents," he said.

Meanwhile, field data collection or survey implementation will be carried out from August 30 to September 8, 2024. Around 1,600 respondents are spread across all districts/cities in East Kalimantan which are proportionally distributed.

The methodology used is multistage random sampling with a margin of error of 2.45 percent with a confidence level of 95 percent.

"On the other hand, the survey results show that 70.1 percent of the people of East Kalimantan will come to the polling station to make a choice during the regional elections. While the remaining 29.9 percent has not yet decided to distribute their voting rights at the polling station," said Mahendra.