2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election

2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election

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Opinion polls
Turnout75.64% (first round) Increase8.93pp
77.02% (second round) Increase1.38pp[1]
 
Candidate Anies Baswedan Basuki Tjahaja Purnama
Party Gerindra PDI-P
Running mate Sandiaga Uno Djarot Saiful Hidayat
Popular vote 3,240,987 2,350,366
Percentage 57.96% 42.04%

Results by subdistrict

Governor before election

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama
PDI-P

Elected Governor

Anies Baswedan
Independent

Gubernatorial elections were held in Jakarta as part of the 2017 simultaneous elections on 15 February and 19 April 2017 to elect the governor of Jakarta to a five-year term. Incumbent governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly referred to as "Ahok", and his deputy Djarot Saiful Hidayat were running for re-election to a second term. Basuki, who inherited his current position from his running mate Joko Widodo when he won the 2014 Indonesian presidential election, would have become the first elected Chinese-Christian governor of Jakarta had he won.

Under the constitution, if no candidate secured a majority of the votes, a runoff election would be held between the top two candidates. The results of quick counts in the first round indicated that Purnama led by a narrow 3–4% margin, and that a runoff would be held on 19 April.

Quick counts for the 19 April runoff indicated that Anies Baswedan was elected as governor; Ahok conceded defeat hours after the polls closed. The official results of the election is Anies Baswedan - Sandiaga Uno 57.96% to Basuki Tjahaja Purnama - Djarot Saiful Hidayat 42.04% published by General Elections Commission (KPU) of Special Capital Region of Jakarta in May;[2][3] however, unofficial tallies from the election commission showed that Baswedan won 58% to Ahok's 42%.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Berita Acara Rekapitulasi Pilkada DKI Jakarta Tingkat 2" (PDF) (in Indonesian). 29 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ Cochrane, Joe (19 April 2017). "Jakarta Governor Concedes Defeat in Religiously Tinged Election". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  3. ^ Jaipragas, Bhavan (19 April 2017). "Jakarta's 'Ahok' concedes heavy defeat in governor race". South China Morning Post.
  4. ^ "Indonesia has been mercifully resistant to extremism—until now". The Economist. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  5. ^ Sari, Nursita (20 April 2017). Patnistik, Egidius (ed.). "Hasil Final "Real Count" KPU: Anies-Sandi 57,95%, Ahok-Djarot 42,05%". Kompas.

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