The 2024 Tangerang mayoral election was held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the mayor and vice mayor of

Tangerang Tangerang (Sundanese script, Sundanese: , ) is the List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city with the largest population in the province of Banten, Indonesia. Located on the western border of Jakarta, it is the sixth largest city proper in ...

for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2018. Former Vice Mayor Sachrudin of

Golkar The Party of Functional Groups (), often known by its abbreviation Golkar, is a Centre politics, centre to Centre-right politics, centre-right big tent secular nationalist political parties in Indonesia, political party in Indonesia. Founded in ...

won the election with 51% of the vote. Faldo Maldini of the

Indonesian Solidarity Party The Indonesian Solidarity Party (, PSI) is a List of political parties in Indonesia, political party in Indonesia that focuses on women's rights, Pluralism (political theory), pluralism, and Indonesian youth. It is led by Kaesang Pangarep who is t ...

(PSI) placed second with 33%, followed by Ahmad Amarullah of the

Prosperous Justice Party The Prosperous Justice Party (, sometimes called the Justice and Prosperity Party, Indonesian name literally translated "Party of Secure/Peaceful Justice"), frequently abbreviated to PKS, and formerly the Justice Party (, PK), is an Islamism, Isl ...

(PKS), who received 15%.

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 10 seats in the Tangerang City Regional House of Representatives (DPRD). As no parties won 10 or more seats in the 2024 election, coalitions are required to nominate a mayoral candidate. Candidates may alternatively demonstrate support in form of photocopies of

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, which in Tangerang's case corresponds to 88,541 copies. Within the deadline set by the

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, no such candidates registered. The previously elected mayor,

Arief Rachadiono Wismansyah Arief Rachadiono Wismansyah (born 23 April 1977) is the mayor of Tangerang between 2013 and 2023. Supported by the Democratic Party, he is also the owner of a hospital network. Personal life Wismansyah was born in Karawaci, a district of Tanger ...

, had served two full terms and was therefore ineligible to run for re-election.

Declared

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: *

Sachrudin Sachrudin (born 6 November 1961) is an Indonesian politician of the Golkar party and former bureaucrat who has been the mayor of Tangerang since 20 February 2025. He was previously the city's vice mayor under Arief Rachadiono Wismansyah for two te ...

(

), former two-term vice mayor and chairman of Golkar's Tangerang branch. * Hilmi Fuad ( PKS), member of the

Banten Regional House of Representatives Banten (, , Pegon: بنتن) is the westernmost province on the island of Java, Indonesia. Its capital city is Serang and its largest city is Tangerang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capital Region of Jakarta on the east, the ...

. * Jamaluddin, head of the Tangerang educational department. * Erlangga Yudha (Golkar), head of the youth wing of Golkar's Banten branch, son of the mayor of

South Tangerang South Tangerang () is a city in the province of Banten, Indonesia. Located on the southwestern border of Jakarta, the city forms part of the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area. It was administratively separated from Tangerang Regency on 26 Novemb ...

Benyamin Davnie Benyamin Davnie (born 1 September 1958) is an Indonesian politician who is the current mayor of South Tangerang, having served since 2021. Before being elected mayor in 2020, he was vice mayor under Airin Rachmi Diany between 2011 and 2021, and w ...

Political map

Following the

2024 Indonesian legislative election General elections were held in Indonesia on 14 February 2024 to elect the president, vice president, and People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), which consists of the House of Representatives (DPR), the Regional Representative Council (DPD), and m ...

, ten political parties are represented in the Tangerang City DPRD:

Results

References

{{2024 Indonesian local elections

Elections in Banten Tangerang