Left Far From Dedi Mulayadi In The LSI Denny JA Survey, Syaikhu Believes He Can Catch Up

West Java Cagub Ahmad Syaikhu gave a statement at the Gino Feruci Hotel Bandung, Wednesday (2/10/2024). (ANTARA/Ricky Prayoga)

The candidate for Governor of West Java, Akhmad Syaikhu, responded to the results of the LSI Denny JA survey which stated that the electability of the Dedi Mulyadi-Erwan Setiawan pair reached 70 percent, and it was difficult for other couples to catch up with.

Syaikhu believes that he and his partner Ilham Akbar Habibie will be able to win the 2024 West Java gubernatorial election, especially since there is still about two months, namely October-November which can be used to boost electability before voting on November 27, 2024.

"There is still time. Even though it was less than two months, it was still possible to catch up to it," said Syaikhu in Bandung as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, October 2.

Syaikhu continued that the most important thing right now for him and his partner is to conduct socialization and campaigns regarding programs, as well as vision and mission to people from house to house, to convince voters by visiting all cities/districts in West Java.

"Usually surveys are like that, we are the important thing today we are working days. In less than 60 days, I toured districts/cities in an effort to reach the community. Hopefully, this business will also continue to increase," he said.

Syaikhu's belief could not be separated from reflecting on the 2018 West Java gubernatorial election contestation, at which time a number of survey institutions favored Ridwan Kamil-Uu Ruzhanul Ulum's pair.

Syaikhu, who at that time accompanied Sudrajat, had only an electability of 10 percent.

However, in the results of the vote, the Sudrajat-Syaikhu pair almost chased the Ridwan Kamil-Uu Ruzhanul Ulum pair, because it was only 4.14 percent difference.

At that time, Ridwan Kamil-Uu Ruzhanul received 7,226,254 votes or 32.88 percent. Then followed by Sudrajat-Ahmad Syaikhu with 6,317,465 votes or the equivalent of 28.74 percent.

As for pair number four, Deddy Mizwar-Dedi Mulyadi, received 5,663,198 or 25.77 percent of the votes. Finally, pair number two, Tubagus Hasanuddin-Anton Charliyan, received 2,773,078 or 12.62 percent of the votes.

Previously, LSI Executive Director Denny JA Toto Izul Fatah said the electability of the Dedi Mulyadi-Erwan Setiawan pair was more than 70 percent.

The results of a survey with 440 respondents divided into seven regencies/cities, namely Bekasi City, Bogor City, Bogor City, Subang Regency, Tasikmalaya City, Garut Regency and others.

Where the margin of error is 4.8 percent, using the multistage random sampling method directly to respondents.

"As a result, I think it is enough to describe a portrait of the potential victory of pair number 4. Which withdraws data findings, I am quite surprised too. On bases with green pick marks, even red, Dedi Mulyadi has outperformed a number we call phenomenal, because his advantage is an average of 70 percent. up, "said Toto in Bandung City, Monday (30/10).

Toto continued, only a political tsunami could thwart the victory of the Dedi Mulyadi-Erwan Setiawan pair, if they saw the results of the survey.

"This figure is relatively safe enough for a candidate to win, unless there is a powerful political tsunami and I see no sign of that," he said.

Other candidates, he said, such as Akhmad Syaikhu-Ilham Akbar Habibie, Jeje Wiradinata-Ronal Surapradja and Acep Adang Ruhiat-Gitalis Dwinatrina had to work extra hard, to change these results if they wanted to win the West Java gubernatorial election.