Survey: Uncle Birin's Electability Is Superior To Haji Denny Indrayana In South Kalimantan Local Election

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BANJARMASIN - The results of the Charta Politika Indonesia survey stated that the electability of the candidate pair for governor-vice governor of South Kalimantan incumbent Sahbirin Noor (Uncle Birin) was superior to candidate Denny Indrayana ahead of the re-voting (PSU) on June 9.

"Sahbirin Noor-Muhidin candidate pair was chosen by 59.9 percent of respondents, while Denny Indrayana-Difriadi Darjat pair was chosen by 22.1 percent of respondents," said Chairman of the Sahbirin-Muhidin Winning Team, Muhammad Rifqinizamy Karsayuda, in Banjarmasin as quoted by Antara, Thursday, 27 May.

The survey of South Kalimantan people's political preferences was carried out by collecting data which was conducted on 17-22 May 2021 by using face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire.

There is also a total sample of 1,740 respondents spread across the PSU area, namely seven sub-districts from three regencies and cities in South Kalimantan.

The survey used a multistage random sampling method with a margin of error of approximately 2.3 percent at a 95 percent confidence level.

In addition to respondents who have made their choice, there are also people who have not cast their vote on one of the candidate pairs. During the survey period, 18.0 percent of respondents said they did not know or did not answer.

"Learning from the results of this survey, we are trying to convince people who have not made a choice so that they can vote at the PSU on June 9 based on their conscience and according to their belief is the best," said Rifqi.

This member of the House of Representatives from the PDI Perjuangan fraction also invited the people in the PSU area to flock to the polling stations (TPS), to give their voting rights to determine the leader of Bumi Lambung Mangkurat for the period 2020-2024. The Constitutional Court decided to hold the re-voting of South Kalimantan Local Election in seven sub-districts. In three regencies and cities, namely South Banjarmasin District in Banjarmasin City.

Next are five sub-districts in Banjar Regency, namely Sambung Makmur District, Aluh-Aluh District, Martapura District, Mataraman District, and Astambul District.

Then there are 24 polling stations (TPS) in Binuang District, Tapin Regency, namely TPS 1, 2, 3 , 6, 8 Tungkap village, TPS 1, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18 Binuang village, TPS 5, 7, 10 Belanti village, TPS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Pualam Sari village, TPS 2 in Padang Sari Village and TPS 1 and 3 in Mekarsari Village.

The South Kalimantan General Election Commission (KPU) has distributed ballot logistics to regions that hold re-voting with 15 days left at 827 polling stations with a voter list of 266,757 people.