Erji, Risma's Successor Candidate Who Defeated Machfud Arifin 'Elephant' Coalition In The Surabaya Regional Head Election

Eri Cahyadi / right-Armudji

SURABAYA - The pair of candidates for mayor and deputy mayor of Surabaya number one, Eri Cahyadi-Armudji (Erji) defeated his rival Machfud Arifin-Mujiaman (MAJU) in the Surabaya Pilkada. Erji the champion of the PDI Perjuangan excels in 24 of the 31 sub-districts in Surabaya.

"The candidate pair, while their rival, Machfud Arifin-Mujiaman, only excels in the remaining seven sub-districts," said Director of Research for the Surabaya Survey Center (SSC), Edy Marzuki, on the sidelines of the Surabaya Pilkada quick count, Wednesday, December 9.

This advantage is based on a quick count which shows the superiority of the Eri-Armuji (ErJi) pair in the Surabaya Pilkada. Erji excels in 24 sub-districts and candidate pair number 02, Machfud-Mujiaman (MaJu) only excels in seven sub-districts.

Meanwhile, based on the region, Erji excels in South Surabaya, namely in the Dukuh Pakis District by 72 percent. Followed by West Surabaya in Sukomanunggal District with 71.5 percent, Central Surabaya in Genteng District with 66.3 percent, East Surabaya in Gunung Anyar District with 65.85 percent, and North Surabaya in Kenjeran District with 55 percent.

Of the 31 sub-districts in the city of Surabaya, Erji only lost in seven districts, including Tenggilis (38.88%), Asemrowo (48.11 percent), Pakal (49.61 percent), Tandes (48.11 percent), Bulak (40.65 percent), Krembangan (47.45 percent) and Customs Cganti with 47.41 percent.

"The defeat in the 7 districts is actually only narrow," he said.

This Pasuruan Yudharta University lecturer said that the votes that entered the Surabaya Pilkada were 100 percent, where the ErJi pair managed to get 57.34 percent of the votes, and the MAJU pair got 42.66 percent or a difference of 14.68 percent. That means, he said, it is impossible for the ErJi pair to win over.

"Even the chances of the MAJU pair filing a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court are also very small. It can be accepted, because the tolerance limit for the difference in the vote count results is 1.5 percent. Unless there is a strong, systematic and massive indication of committing violations. the calculation is done by the KPU of Surabaya City, "said Edy.