The 2018 West Java gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of

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along with their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council (''Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah'') will be re-elected in

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. Incumbent Ahmad Heryawan was barred from participating in the re-elections after having served two full terms. Candidates included the sitting vice governor

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, mayor of

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member

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and retired

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Timeline

On 10 September 2017, the KPU declared that there will be 32,809,057 eligible voters in the province, down about 200 thousand from in 2013. Registration for party-backed candidates were opened between 8 and 10 January 2018, while independent candidates were required to register between 22 and 26 November 2017. The numerical order of the candidates were determined on 13 February through a lottery. The campaigning period would commence between 15 February and 24 June, with a three-day

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before voting on 27 June.

Candidates

Under regulations, candidates are required to secure the support of a political party or a coalition thereof comprising at least 20 seats in the regional house. Alternatively, independent candidates may run provided they are capable of securing support from 6.5 percent of the total voter population (2,132,470) in form of photocopied ID cards subject to verification by the local committee although no candidates expressing interest managed to do this.

Polling

After formal nominations

Before nominations

Results

Quick count

Official

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="text-align:center" rowspan=2 , Candidate!! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2, Vote , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="text-align:center;" , Count !! style="text-align:center;" , % , - , style="text-align:left;" , Ridwan Kamil , , 7,226,254 , , 32.88 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Tubagus Hasanuddin , , 2,773,078 , , 12.62 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Sudrajat , , 6,317,465 , , 28.74 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Deddy Mizwar , , 5,663,198 , , 25.77 , - style="font-weight:bold" class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;" , Valid votes , , 21,979,995 , , 96.72 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;" , Invalid votes , , 744,338 , , 3.28 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;" , Total votes , , 22,724,333 , , 100.00 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;" , Registered electors , , style="text-align:center;" colspan=2, 32,325,315 , - class="sortbottom" , colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" , Sources
Election Commission of West Java

References

{{Indonesian local elections, 2018 Elections in West Java 2018 Indonesian gubernatorial elections West Java