Although Electability Is Below RK-Suswono, Rano Karno: We Are Surprise, 2 Weeks Up 0 To 28 Percent

The candidate pairs promoted by PDIP will run in the Jakarta Pilkada, Pramono-Rano. (Diah-VOI)

JAKARTA - The candidate for Deputy Governor of Jakarta Rano Karno responded to the electability of himself and Pramono Anung who is still under Ridwan Kamil-Suswono, his competitor in the Jakarta gubernatorial election.

In the results of the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) poll, the Ridwan Kamil-Suswono pair had 51.8 percent electability, Pramono Anung-Rano Karno 28.4 percent, and Dharma Pongrekun-Kun Wardana 3.2 percent.

According to Rano, this actually made him both surprised and grateful. This is because the high electability of RK is considered reasonable because the news that the former Governor of West Java wanted to run for the Jakarta Pilkada has been blowing since several months ago.

Meanwhile, Pramono and Rano's nominations were only revealed shortly before the registration period for the Jakarta cagub-cawagub pair.

"Yesterday, LSI rose to 28 percent, that's a surprise for us, you know. It means starting from zero (to 28 percent) within 2 weeks. You have to be optimistic, if not, don't move forward," said Rano at Warung Garasi Si Doel, South Jakarta, Thursday, September 19.

Rano admitted that he would continue to increase his electability with Pramono until voting day. The man who is familiarly called Bang Doel invited all residents to come to meet him to express their aspirations, both residents who would choose them or not.

"If it fits, let's go together. If it's not suitable, bro, ask for this program, here. The local government only facilitates the wishes of the community. Back again, if we read the survey, it's very natural that RK is above us. RK first. We have only been two weeks, that's already the appreciation of the community," explained Rano.

Previously, LSI Executive Director Djayadi Hanan said, if the electability dynamics of the cagub-cawagub did not change, then the RK-Suswono pair could win the Jakarta Pilkada in one round.

"For example, if there is no change in the future, if for example the Pilkada is held the day when we carry out the survey, it means that Ridwan Kamil has crossed the 50 percent limit which is required to be declared the elected governor in Jakarta," Djayadi said in a virtual survey presentation, Wednesday, September 18.

However, Djayadi assessed that there are still many Jakarta residents who have revealed that their choices can change during the pilkada stage. Only 35.3 percent of respondents claimed to have made a choice a few months before the voting day on 27 November.

"There are 64 percent of these voters who only really decided their choice when the official campaign started, a few days before the D-day, and 10 percent stated that they only decided on the D-day of voting. So, the election was still fluid," explained Djayadi.

For information, this survey was conducted in the period 6-12 September with a total sample of 1,200 respondents who are residents of DKI Jakarta aged over 17 years or married.

The withdrawal of respondents was obtained through a multistage random sampling technique with a margin of error of up to 2.9 percent and a confidence level of 95 percent with the assumption of simple random sampling.