The 2018 West Nusa Tenggara gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of

West Nusa Tenggara West Nusa Tenggara ( id, Nusa Tenggara Barat – NTB) is a province of Indonesia. It comprises the western portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the exception of Bali which is its own province. Mataram, on Lombok, is the capital and largest ...

alongside their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah) will be re-elected in 2019. With incumbent Muhammad Zainul Majdi meeting his term limits, People's Representative Council member

Zulkieflimansyah Zulkieflimansyah (born 18 May 1972) is an Indonesian politician and academician who is the current Governor of West Nusa Tenggara, serving for the term 2018-2023. Before being elected as governor, he had been elected to the People's Representativ ...

came ahead in the four-candidate race, defeating regents of

Central Lombok Central Lombok Regency is a regency ( id, Kabupaten) of the Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is located on the island of Lombok and the capital is Praya. It covers an area of 1,208.39 km2, and had a population of 859,309 at the ...

and East Lombok Mohammad Suhaili Fadhil Thahir and Ali Bin Dahlan, alongside Mataram mayor Ahyar Abduh, winning 31.8 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. The campaigning period commenced 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 S ...

before voting on 27 June.

Candidates

Results

References

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