FISIP UINSA Survey: Machfud Electability Of Arifin-Mujiaman 46 Percent, Eri Cahyadi-Armudji 42.86 Percent

Candidate for mayor of Surabaya Machfud Arifin (Instagram cak.machfudarifin)

SURABAYA - The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP), Sunan Ampel State Islamic University (UINSA) released the results of the Surabaya Pilkada survey. As a result, the pair of candidates for mayor and vice mayor of Surabaya Machfud Arifin-Mujiaman is superior with 46 percent electability. While the candidate pair Eri Cahyadi-Armudji has 42.86 percent electability.

"So there is a thin difference of 3.14 percent," said the Head of the Political Science Study Program, FISIP UINSA, Holilah, in Surabaya, Tuesday, November 24.

Apart from electability, the popularity of the Machfud Arifin-Mujiaman pair was superior, namely 47.4 percent. Meanwhile, Eri Cahyadi-Armudji was 47.1 percent.

Meanwhile, in terms of acceptability or what the community likes the most, the Machfud Arifin-Mujiaman pair is superior with a figure of 47.4 percent. Meanwhile, Eri Cahyadi-Armudji had a 46.3 percent figure.

The survey was conducted on November 2-12, or before the candidate pair's public debate was held. There were 350 respondents in the survey with a 95 percent confidence level.

"Using the multistage random sampling method," he said.

Holilah explained that the consideration of choosing a majority candidate in the city of Surabaya is rational and not emotional. This is evidenced by the high preference for programs and vision and mission of 29.4 percent, 23.7 percent of leadership abilities and 10.1 percent of experience.

"It turns out that only a small proportion of sociological tendencies, for example the religious factor, amounted to 7.7 percent," he said.

Meanwhile, the three main problems that need to be resolved by the future leaders of Surabaya City, according to respondents, are unemployment at 27.9 percent, and health insurance at 20.4 percent.

"And education guarantee services 15.8 percent," said Holilah.