The 2024 West Java gubernatorial election was held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the Governor of West Java 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.

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, the previous governor-elect, was eligible to run for a second term, but he chose to run in Jakarta gubernatorial election because he was supported by parties supporting

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from the Advanced Indonesia Coalition Plus (KIM Plus). Finally, there were four candidates who participated in the election, the KIM Plus candidate in West Java Dedi Mulyadi-Erwan Setiawan, the PKS and NasDem candidates Ahmad Syaikhu-Ilham Habibie, the PKB candidate, Acep Adang-Gitalis and the PDI-P candidate Jeje Wiradinata-Ronal Surapradja. The Dedi-Erwan pair emerged victorious, winning 62.22% of the vote. The pair also won all districts and cities.

Background

The election, originally scheduled for 2023, was postponed for one years following a 2016 ruling by the

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that all 2024 regional elections are to be held on the same day. As a result, when the then-elected governor of West Java,

, completed his term on 5 September 2023, Bey Machmudin was appointed acting governor.

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 24 seats in the West Java Regional House of Representatives (DPRD). As none of the parties won 24 or more seats in the 2024 election, coalitions of multiple parties are required to nominate a candidate. Candidates may alternatively demonstrate support in form of photocopies of identity cards, which in West Java's case corresponds to 2.32 million copies. No independent candidates registered with the

for the gubernatorial election. However, on 20 August 2024 the

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issued ruling No. 60/PUU-XXII/2024 and MK decision No. 70/PUU-XXII/2024 which granted part of the lawsuit filed by the Labor Party and the

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against the local election law. This decision was stated in PKPU Number 8 of 2024. This ruling lowers the requirement to 6,5% for political parties to announce their own candidate pairings. Based on this new ruling,

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, PDI-P,

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and the Democratic Party can name their own pairs of candidates without the need to form coalitions.

Declared

These are candidates who have been allegedly delegated by political parties endorsing for gubernatorial election: PKB and

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had already agreed to back Ono Surono as Governor with Acep Adang Ruhiat as his running mate on 15 August 2024. Initially, Acep planned to run for Regent of

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prior to this announcement. However with the new ruling issued by the

, PKB decided to leave the coalition agreement with PDI-P and field their own candidates with Acep running as governor and accompanied by Gitalis Dwi Natarina as his running mate.Gibran Maulana Ibrahim, 29 August 2024
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from 2011 to 2014. PDI-P initially backed Ono Surono, who was the party chief in

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, to be a candidate for either Governor or Vice Governor. Ono Surono has even communicated with several parties to ensure his candidacy. PKB and

had already agreed to back Ono Surono as Governor with Acep Adang Ruhiat as his running mate on 15 August 2024. However with the new ruling issued by the

, PKB decided to leave the coalition agreement with PDI-P and field their own candidates with Acep running as governor. In reaction to this, on the night of the same day PDI-P announced that they will nominate Anies Baswedan as Governor of West Java with Ono running as Vice Governor. However, Anies through his spokesperson said he declined to run. At the last registration time, PDI-P nominated Jeje Wiradinata and Ronal Surapradja as the gubernatorial and deputy gubernatorial candidates from PDI-P. Jeje and Ronal did not come directly to the KPU but only attended online via Zoom. Registration was represented by Ono Surono as the Chairperson of the PDI-P West Java DPD, and a Member of the West Java Regional House of Representatives from PDI-P, Abdy Yuhana. During the candidate registration, Ono Surono blamed his failure to nominate Anies because of alleged intervention from outside forces. Anies Baswedan however explained his decision to not run saying that there is no popular aspiration present in the people of

unlike in

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and thanked PDI-P for the offer. PDI-P secretary general

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also echoed Ono's statement, saying there is no dissent within the party ranks. He also revealed that Jeje Wiradinata is initially to be paired with Ono Surono while the current pair is proposed as a backup. Hasto however tasked Ono Surono to take part in the leadership of the West Java Regional House of Representatives as well as being the campaign manager for Jeje-Ronal. For some time, the

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has supported Ilham Habibie, son of 3rd

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B. J. Habibie, to enter the election. NasDem then approached fellow coalition member

to form a coalition in this election. Both parties had agreed to form a coalition by naming the President of

Ahmad Syaikhu as Governor and Ilham his running mate. The pair was declared on 29 August 2024 after the pair make a pilgrimage trip to the tomb of President B. J. Habibie in Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery. On the occasion, the

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declared their support for the pair. Initially, many media speculation has said that

will run for reelection and he has a high approval rating even reaching 50% in the polls. However, the

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spearheaded by

recommended

to run for

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. This recommendation gave

, the party in which Ridwan Kamil is from, a dilemma on Ridwan's candidacy in either province. Golkar used the polls to justify Ridwan Kamil's candidacy in either

. Previously, Golkar gave him a mandate to run in either province. In Jakarta however, Golkar named Jusuf Hamka as Governor of Jakarta. Jusuf's candidacy opened up a potential candidacy by

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, younger son of President

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and Chairman of

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, as Jusuf's running mate in order to create the pairing of "Ka'bah", a

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between Kaesang's name and Jusuf's popular nickname, Babah Alun. On 8 August 2024, Ridwan was given the mandate to run in Jakarta, while Jusuf runs in West Java. Ridwan's candidacy in Jakarta ended all speculation on his reelection bid in West Java. Later, Jusuf abruptly resigned from Golkar after

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announced that he will step down as Chairman of Golkar, ending his candidacy. On the other side,

named Dedi Mulyadi, an ex-Golkar politician now a member of Gerindra, to be named as candidate for Governor. In the polls, Dedi Mulyadi ranks second behind Ridwan Kamil. Gerindra justified the polls to push Ridwan's candidacy in Jakarta and Dedi's candidacy in West Java. Finally, after Ridwan Kamil was nominated by Advanced Indonesia Coalition Plus became a candidate for governor of Jakarta. Dedi Mulyadi was nominated by the Advanced Indonesia Coalition Plus to be a candidate for governor of West Java, awaiting Golkar to name a running mate for Dedi. On August 25, 2024, Dedi Mulyadi and Golkar announced the candidate for deputy governor to accompany Dedi Mulyadi. Golkar appointed the former Deputy Regent of Sumedang who is also the son of

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Manager Umuh Muchtar, namely Erwan Setiawan, as a candidate for Vice Governor with Dedi Mulyadi.

Potential

The following are individuals who have either been publicly mentioned as a potential candidate, or considered as such by press: *

(

), former governor. * Uu Ruzhanul Ulum ( PPP), former vice governor. * Bima Arya Sugiarto ( PAN), former mayor of

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. * Desy Ratnasari (PAN), member of

representing West Java IV district (

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and

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). * Cellica Nurrachadiana ( Demokrat), former regent of

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. * ( PKB), member of the

representing West Java VII district (

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and Purwakarta) and deputy secretary-general of PKB. * Ono Surono ( PDI-P), member of

representing West Java VIII district (

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and Indramayu).

Declined

The following are the individuals who have been publicly declined to run or ran for another elected office: * Anies Baswedan,

(2017–2022) and candidate of

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Endorsements

Political map

Following the

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, ten political parties are represented in the West Java Regional House of Representatives:

Background

Electoral system

Candidates

Declared

Potential

Declined

Endorsements

Political map

Opinion polls

Pre-election polls

Election polls

Results

Quick count results

Official result

Results by regency and city

References