The 2018 West Kalimantan gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the
simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of
West Kalimantan along with their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council (''Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah'') will be re-elected in
2019
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.
With incumbent
Cornelis M.H. barred after serving two full terms, the election was contested by three pairs of candidates:
Pontianak mayor
Sutarmidji
Sutarmidji (born 29 January 1962) is an Indonesian politician and academician who is the 9th governor of West Kalimantan and formerly the mayor of its capital, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Pontianak.
Starting his political career in 1981, he taught ...
,
Landak regent
Karolin Margret Natasa
Karolin Margret Natasa (born 12 March 1982) is an Indonesian politician who served as regent of Landak between 2017 and 2022. Previously, she had served as a member of the People's Representative Council.
The daughter of two-term governor Corne ...
and former regent of
Sintang Milton Crosby.
The election resulted in victory for Sutarmidji, who secured 51.5 percent of the votes. Karolin came in second with 41.8 percent while Milton won less than 7 percent of votes.
Timeline
Registration for party-backed candidates were opened between 8 and 10 January 2018, while independent candidates were required to register between 22 and 26 November 2017.
The numerical order of the candidates were determined on 13 February through a lottery.
In April 2018, the provincial KPU set the number of voters at 3,436,127. The campaigning period would commence between 15 February and 24 June, with a three-day
election silence
Election silence, blackout period, pre-election silence, electoral silence, or campaign silence is a ban on political campaigning or media coverage of a general election, before or during that election.
Operation
In some jurisdictions, such as Sl ...
before voting on 27 June.
Candidates
In addition, an independent ticket also registered, but failed to submit a sufficient number of supporting ID cards.
References
{{Indonesian local elections, 2018
Elections in West Kalimantan
2018 Indonesian gubernatorial elections