2024 West Kalimantan gubernatorial election
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| Registered | 3,956,969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 2,694,951 (68.11%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.svg) Results by district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 West Kalimantan gubernatorial election was held on 27 November 2024 to elect the governor and vice governor of West Kalimantan for the 2025 to 2030 term. The election was held as part of local elections for governors, regents, and mayors across 36 other provinces in Indonesia.[1]
Sutarmidji, the previous elected governor, was eligible to run for a second term. He was challenged by his former deputy Ria Norsan as well as former regent of Kubu Raya Regency Muda Mahendrawan. As a result, three candidate pairs participated in the election. The Norsan-Krisantus pair emerged victorious, winning 52.80% of the votes. The pair also won all cities and 10 regencies, lost Sambas Regency and North Kayong Regency only.
Electoral system
[edit]The election, like other local elections in 2024, follow the first-past-the-post system where the candidate with the most votes wins the election, even if they do not win a majority.[2] It is possible for a candidate to run uncontested, in which case the candidate is still required to win a majority of votes "against" an "empty box" option. Should the candidate fail to do so, the election will be repeated on a later date.[3]
Candidates
[edit]According to electoral regulations, in order to qualify for the election, candidates were required to secure support from a political party or a coalition which had gained at least 8.5% of valid votes in the 2024 West Kalimantan Regional House of Representatives election. Therefore PDI-P (19.20%), NasDem (13.62%), Golkar (12.97%), Gerindra (12.04%), and Demokrat (9.43%) were eligible to nominate a candidate without forming coalitions with other political parties.[4] Candidates may alternatively demonstrate support in form of photocopies of identity cards, which in West Kalimantan's case corresponds to 300,883 copies. Former regent of Kubu Raya Muda Mahendrawan initially registered to run as an independent and submitted enough support to the General Elections Commission, but later withdrew his registration as an independent citing potential support from political parties.[5][6]
Declared
[edit]These are candidates who have been allegedly delegated by political parties endorsing for gubernatorial election:
| Candidate from PPP and Golkar | |
| Sutarmidji | Didi Haryono |
|---|---|
| for Governor | for Vice Governor |
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| Governor of West Kalimantan (2018–2023) | Head of Regional Police West Kalimantan (2017–2020) |
| Parties | |
41 / 65 (63%)
Golkar (9 seats) Gerindra (9 seats) Demokrat (6 seats) PAN (5 seats) PKS (2 seats) | |
| Candidate from Independent | |
| Muda Mahendrawan | Jakius Sinyor |
|---|---|
| for Governor | for Vice Governor |
| Regent of Kubu Raya (2019–) | Acting Regent of Landak (2022–) |
| Parties | |
5 / 65 (8%)
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| Candidate from Golkar and PDI-P | |
| Ria Norsan | Krisantus Kurniawan |
|---|---|
| for Governor | for Vice Governor |
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| Vice Governor of West Kalimantan (2018–2023) | Member of DPR RI PDI-P (2019–) |
| Parties | |
19 / 65 (29%)
Hanura (4 seats) PPP (2 seats) | |
Political map
[edit]Following the 2024 Indonesian general election, ten political parties are represented in the West Kalimantan Regional House of Representatives:[7]
| Political parties | Seat count | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) | 13 / 65 | ||
| Nasdem Party | 10 / 65 | ||
| Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) | 9 / 65 | ||
| Party of Functional Groups (Golkar) | 9 / 65 | ||
| Democratic Party (Demokrat) | 6 / 65 | ||
| National Awakening Party (PKB) | 5 / 65 | ||
| National Mandate Party (PAN) | 5 / 65 | ||
| People's Conscience Party (Hanura) | 4 / 65 | ||
| Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) | 2 / 65 | ||
| United Development Party (PPP) | 2 / 65 | ||
Campaign
[edit]Polling
[edit]Results
[edit]| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ria Norsan | Krisantus Kurniawan | Golkar | 1,364,563 | 52.80 | |
| Sutarmidji | Didi Haryono | PPP | 963,453 | 37.28 | |
| Muda Mahendrawan | Jakius Sinyor | Independent | 256,530 | 9.93 | |
| Total | 2,584,546 | 100.00 | |||
| Valid votes | 2,584,546 | 95.90 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 110,405 | 4.10 | |||
| Total votes | 2,694,951 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,956,969 | 68.11 | |||
| Source: Official results | |||||
Results by administrative area
[edit]| Administrative area |  Sutarmidji |
 Ria Norsan |
 Muda Mahendrawan |
Valid votes | Invalid/blank votes | Total votes | Abstentions | Registered voters | |||||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | ||
| Sambas | 154.189 | 53,75% | 114.640 | 39,96% | 18.029 | 6,28% | 286.858 | 96,69% | 9.830 | 3,31% | 296.688 | 64,78% | 161.337 | 35,22% | 458.025 |
| Mempawah | 47.587 | 40,48% | 60.093 | 51,12% | 9.884 | 8,41% | 117.564 | 96,43% | 4.356 | 3,57% | 121.920 | 57,08% | 91.659 | 42,92% | 213.579 |
| Sanggau | 67.915 | 28,53% | 144.323 | 60,63% | 25.782 | 10,83% | 238.020 | 95,32% | 11.695 | 4,68% | 249.715 | 69,89% | 107.605 | 30,11% | 357.320 |
| Ketapang | 97.629 | 40,31% | 119.187 | 49,22% | 25.350 | 10,47% | 242.166 | 95,38% | 11.728 | 4,62% | 253.894 | 61,53% | 158.752 | 38,47% | 412.646 |
| Sintang | 64.864 | 26,21% | 156.529 | 63,24% | 26.117 | 10,55% | 247.510 | 96,29% | 9.547 | 3,71% | 257.057 | 80,13% | 63.756 | 19,87% | 320.813 |
| Kapuas Hulu | 59.204 | 38,56% | 88.102 | 57,38% | 6.244 | 4,07% | 153.550 | 95,89% | 6.581 | 4,11% | 160.131 | 81,65% | 35.984 | 18,35% | 196.115 |
| Bengkayang | 32.967 | 30,54% | 63.584 | 58,91% | 11.391 | 10,55% | 107.942 | 94,77% | 5.958 | 5,23% | 113.900 | 55,21% | 92.408 | 44,79% | 206.308 |
| Landak | 49.627 | 22,11% | 137.184 | 61,11% | 37.694 | 16,79% | 224.505 | 95,24% | 11.229 | 4,76% | 235.734 | 82,82% | 48.897 | 17,18% | 284.631 |
| Sekadau | 51.866 | 43,19% | 63.756 | 53,09% | 4.469 | 3,72% | 120.091 | 97,20% | 3.465 | 2,80% | 123.556 | 78,43% | 33.987 | 21,57% | 157.543 |
| Melawi | 47.014 | 35,72% | 79.774 | 60,60% | 4.844 | 3,68% | 131.632 | 97,23% | 3.746 | 2,77% | 135.378 | 87,50% | 19.332 | 12,50% | 154.710 |
| North Kayong | 26.277 | 48,18% | 25.266 | 46,33% | 2.991 | 5,48% | 54.534 | 94,33% | 3.275 | 5,67% | 57.809 | 64,32% | 32.074 | 35,68% | 89.883 |
| Kubu Raya | 107.220 | 34,35% | 143.255 | 45,90% | 61.623 | 19,74% | 312.098 | 95,24% | 15.608 | 4,76% | 327.706 | 73,80% | 116.364 | 26,20% | 444.070 |
| Pontianak | 118.144 | 46,68% | 119.926 | 47,39% | 15.009 | 5,93% | 253.079 | 96,55% | 9.045 | 3,45% | 262.124 | 53,58% | 227.084 | 46,42% | 489.208 |
| Singkawang | 38.950 | 41,00% | 48.944 | 51,52% | 7.103 | 7,48% | 94.997 | 95,63% | 4.342 | 4,37% | 99.339 | 57,72% | 72.779 | 42,28% | 172.118 |
| Total | 963.453 | 37,28% | 1.364.563 | 52,80% | 256.530 | 9,93% | 2.584.546 | 95,90% | 110.405 | 4,10% | 2.694.951 | 68,11% | 1.262.018 | 31,89% | 3.956.969 |
| Source: Official results | |||||||||||||||
Aftermath
[edit]Ria Norsan who has partial Chinese descent from his mother[8] and Hidayat Arsani who won the 2024 Bangka Belitung Islands gubernatorial election, became the first Chinese Muslims to be elected as governor. They along with Sherly Tjoanda who won the 2024 North Maluku gubernatorial election created another historic milestone as the first Chinese Indonesians who were directly elected as Governor after failed attempts to reach this milestone by Basuki Tjahaja Purnama who runs during 2007 at Bangka Belitung and again in 2017 at Jakarta.[9]
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