The 2024 Acehnese gubernatorial election was held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the

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for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2017. The election was won by former Vice Governor Muzakir Manaf of the

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with 53% of the vote. His sole opponent, of NasDem, received 46%.

Electoral system

The election, like other local elections in 2024, follow the

first-past-the-post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

system where the candidate with the most votes wins the election, even if they do not win a majority. 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.

Candidates

According to electoral regulations, in order to qualify for the election, candidates are required to secure support from a political party or a coalition of parties controlling 13 seats (15 percent) in the Aceh House of Representatives (DPRA). Notably, this was lower than the national standard of 20 percent of seats. The

(PA), which won 20 seats in the 2024 legislative election, is the only party eligible to nominate its own candidates without forming a coalition with other parties. Candidates may alternatively demonstrate support to run as an

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in form of photocopies of identity cards, which in Aceh's case corresponds to 165,476 copies. While one candidate registered with the Acehnese Independent Elections Commission (KIP), they did not fulfill the criteria, making the 2024 election the first Acehnese gubernatorial election to not include an independent candidate. The previously elected governor, Irwandi Yusuf, was arrested by the

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in 2019.

Declared

The following are individuals who have been declared by a political party as endorsed candidates: Former provincial secretary and incumbent acting governor of Aceh, , received the endorsement of the

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, the second-largest party in the DPRD. Hamzah initially registered with Muhammad Yusuf A. Wahab ("Tu Sop") as running mate, but Tu Sop died shortly after and was replaced as the vice-gubernatorial candidate by 2019–2024 Indonesian Senator Fadhil Rahmi. KIP initially declared the ticket to be unqualified to run in the election (due to a failure to explicitly state their willingness to follow the , a requirement under prior Acehnese electoral laws), but they were cleared to run on 22 September.

Potential

The following are individuals who had either been publicly mentioned as a potential candidate by a political party in the DPRD, publicly declared their candidacy with press coverage, or considered as a potential candidate for Governor and Vice Governor by media outlets, but eventually did not run: * Mawardi Ali ( PAN), former regent of Aceh Besar (2017–2022). * Muhammad Nasir Djamil ( PKS), member

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for Aceh II (2019– ). * Muhammad Nazar ( SIRA), former vice governor of Aceh (2007–2012). * Ruslan M. Daud ( PKB), member of

for Aceh II (2019– ) and former regent of Bireuën (2012–2017).

Political map

Following the

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, thirteen political parties are represented in the DPRA:

Results

References

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