KPU Salahkan Sosialisasi Parpol Soal Jumlah Pemilih Pilkada Kabupaten Bogor 2024 Menurun

Illustration. Silence at Polling Station 006, Kota Tinggi Village, Pekanbaru during the 2024 Pilkada. (ANTARA)

The General Election Commission (KPU) stated that the lack of political parties (political parties) to carry out socialization was one of the reasons why the number of voters in Bogor Regency slumped in the 2024 Pilkada.

"Many people are not touched by the candidate pair or the candidate pair team, as well as the political parties that carry them. If you look at (socialization) it's not as massive as 2018," said Head of the Bogor Regency KPU Muhammad Adi Kurnia in Cibinong, Thursday, November 28, confiscated by Antara.

He mentioned that another factor that causes low public participation in regional elections in Bogor Regency is the regulation of the Indonesian KPU which sets the number of voters in each polling station (TPS) to reach 600 people.

"For one polling station, 400 to 600 voters, that's what causes the TPS location to be far away from residents' houses," he said.

The voter participation rate in Bogor Regency based on the quick calculation of the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) Denny JA is only in the range of 54.54 percent, far from the target of the Bogor Regency KPU, which previously was optimistic that participation would be 85 percent or 14 percent higher than the 2018 Pilkada.

LSI researcher Denny JA, Anggit Gustriadi, explained that voter participation in Bogor Regency experienced significant degradation from the previous election.

"So, the presence of voters at TPS in the Bogor Regency area from 1,908 polling stations, voters only attended 54.54 percent. This means that the level of public participation in giving voting rights to regional head candidates in Bogor Regency is very low," said Anggit.