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

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for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2018. The election was won by former

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member

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of the

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(PKB).

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 were required to secure support from a political party or a coalition of parties controlling 13 seats (20 percent of all seats) in the Riau

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(DPRD). As no parties won 13 seats or more in the 2024 legislative election, parties are required to form coalitions in order to nominate a gubernatorial candidate. Candidates may alternatively demonstrate support to run as an

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in form of photocopies of

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, which in Riau's case corresponds to 402,235 copies. By the given deadline on midnight of 12 May 2024, no independent candidates had registered with the

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(KPU).

Declared

The following are individuals who have been declared by a political party as endorsed candidates:

Potential

The following are individuals who have 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 by media outlets: *

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( Nasdem, previous governor (2023–2024). * Syamsuar (

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), former governor (2019–2023), elected member of the

. *

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, former mayor of

Pekanbaru Pekanbaru is the capital city of the Indonesian province of Riau, and a major economic center on the eastern side of Sumatra, Sumatra Island with its name derived from the Malay language, Malay (Indonesian language, Indonesian) word for 'new mar ...

(2012–2022). * ( Demokrat), member of the

. * Abdul Wahid (

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), chairman of PKB's Riau branch. * Idris Laena (

). * Nazaruddin, vice regent of

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. * M. Wardan, former regent of Indragiri Hilir. * M. Haris, former regent of Pelalawan.

Political map

Following the

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, nine political parties are represented in the Riau DPRD:

Results

References

{{2024 Indonesian local elections

Elections in Riau