Charta Politica Survey: Sandiaga's Highest Electability As A Vice Presidential Candidate

JAKARTA - The results of the survey by Charta Politica Indonesia show the name of the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno occupies the top position, with 19.8 percent achievement, in obtaining electability as a vice presidential candidate (cawapres) compared to eight other names of figures.

"Number one is Sandiaga Uno at 19.8 percent," said Executive Director of Charta Politica Indonesia Yunarto Wijaya in the release of the survey "Electoral Dynamics Post-Dispute of the U-20 World Cup and Declaration of Batu Tulis", as monitored through the Charta Politica Indonesia YouTube channel reported by ANTARA, Monday, May 15.

According to Yunarto, Sandiaga was ranked first in terms of electability as a vice presidential candidate because he had investment in electability support from his experience of running as a vice presidential candidate in the 2019 election when accompanying the General Chairperson of the Gerindra Party, Prabowo Subianto.

Next, the second position is occupied by the Governor of West Java Ridwan Kamil with electability as a vice presidential candidate of 18.4 percent and the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD with an electability of 15.2 percent in third position.

"Meanwhile, in the fourth position is Chairman of the Democratic Party Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) with an electability of 10.9 percent, Minister of SOEs Erick Thohir 9.2 percent in fifth place, and in sixth place is East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa 5.8 percent," said Yunarto.

Furthermore, in seventh position is the General Chairperson of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar with an electability of 3.5 percent, followed by the Chairman of the Indonesian Parliament Puan Maharani with 2.9 percent and the Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto with 2.2 percent.

The survey was conducted on May 2-7, 2023 through face-to-face interviews with 1,220 respondents who were at least 17 years old or had met the requirements as voters and spread across all provinces in Indonesia.

The determination of the sample was carried out by a multistage random sampling method, with a margin of error of the survey of around 2.82 percent.