KPU: 5 Regions In North Sumatra Against Empty Boxes In The 2024 Pilkada

The Office of the General Election Commission of North Sumatra Province (ANTARA/HO)

The General Election Commission of North Sumatra Province noted that as many as five regions in this region will face empty boxes in the 2024 Pilkada.

North Sumatra KPU chairman Agus Arifin said the five regions had already drawn and determined serial numbers in their respective regions.

"There are five regencies that will fight empty boxes or only one pair of candidates for regional head," said Agus Arifin in Medan, Antara, Sunday, September 29.

Agus revealed that the areas that will face empty boxes are North Labuhanbatu Regency, North Nias Regency, Pakpak Bharat Regency, Serdang Bedagai Regency and Asahan Regency.

In the 2024 Pilkada, he continued that Serdangbedagai Regency was only followed by the Darma Wijaya-Adlin Umar pair Yusri Tambunan who received serial number 1.

The pair, who are the incumbents of the two, were promoted by the PDI-P, NasDem, Hanura, PKS, PAN, PKB, Golkar, Gerindra, PPP, Democrats, workers, PSI, and Gelora.

Then, the Pilkada of North Labuhanbatu Regency was followed by the pair Hendri Yanto Sitorus-Samsul Tanjung who received serial numbers 2 which Gerindra, PAN, Golkar, NasDem, Democrats, PBB, Hanura, PKB, PPP, and PKS.

Furthermore, the 2024 Pakpak Bharat Pilkada was only followed by Franc Bernhard Tumanggor-Mutsyuhito Solin getting serial number 1 which was carried by NasDem, Hanura, PKS, PAN, PKB, Golkar, Gerindra, PPP, PDIP, Democrats, and PSI parties.

Then, the 2024 North Nias Pilkada, the pair Amizaro Waruwu-Yusman Zega will also fight the empty box which gets serial number 2.

The 2024 Asahan Pilkada, the couple Taufik Zainal Abidin-Rianto will also fight the empty box by obtaining serial numbers 1 which are carried by PKB, Gerindra, PDIP, Golkar, NasDem, Labor, Gelora, PKS, Hanura, PAN, Democrats, and PPP.

Meanwhile, the General Election Commission of the Republic of Indonesia recorded 41 regions in Indonesia facing empty boxes in the 2024 Pilkada.

Chairman of the Indonesian KPU Mochammad Afifudin in Batam, Friday, said that if the election later if the empty box was declared victorious, then his party had prepared a scheme for the vote again in the following year, namely 2025.

"Next year our agreement at the DPR RI Commission II yesterday, the empty box that won will be held in the following year. How many months is the stage? Later the KPU will conduct a simulation, normally 11 months from the initial stage," said Afifudin.