KPU: Jakarta 2024 Pilkada Voting Day Runs Smoothly Without Obstacles

Illustrsai voting for the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Head Election (VOI)

The Jakarta Provincial General Election Commission (KPU) stated that the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election vote went smoothly without significant obstacles, including at polling stations that serve disabled voters.

"Overall, voting in Jakarta went well. There were no significant obstacles in the voting process," said Astri Megatari, Head of the Socialization, Voter Education and Community Participation Division of the Jakarta KPU.

Astri together with the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Bima Arya, monitored TPS 06 and Polling Station 07 in Pegangsaan Village, Central Jakarta. This area has the highest number of disabled voters in Central Jakarta. At TPS 06, which is located at SDN Pegangsaan 01 Pagi, there were five voters, while at TPS 07 there were nine voters.

"There is a blind voter at TPS 06 who is accompanied by his son to sign a companion form," said Astri.

In addition to the disabled TPS, the KPU also monitors voting in special locations, such as the Salemba Class II A Prison and the Class I Detention Center of Central Jakarta. The Salemba Prison has three polling stations with a total of 1,325 registered voters, while the Class I Detention Center has four TPS with 2,212 registered voters.

The Jakarta KPU recorded that 57,881 disabled voters were registered in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election, with the highest number being in East Jakarta (17,502 people). Overall, there are 8.2 million voters on the permanent voter list (DPT) spread across Jakarta.

The voting process, which started in the morning, is targeted to be completed at 13.00 WIB, with the vote count complete at around 17.00 WIB.

The Jakarta KPU also operates a regional head election information control center (command center) to monitor polling and vote count, as well as monitor count data uploaded through Sirekap (Voting Calculation Recapitulation Results) Information System.

The Jakarta KPU expressed its appreciation for the community's participation in the vote and hoped that the entire process, including recapitulation, could run smoothly until the official announcement of the results of the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election.