Regional elections were held in Aceh on 11 December 2006 after a peace agreement had been signed between the government of Indonesia and the

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on 15 August 2005, ending the

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Candidates

There were eight pairs of candidates for the governor and deputy governor posts:Irwandi Sets To Be Aceh Governor In 2007
, ''

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'', 12 December 2006 # Iskandar Hoesin and M. Saleh Manaf ( PBB) # Lieutenant-General (ret.) Tamlicha Ali and Tengku Harmen Nuriqmar (

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, PPNUI, and PKB) # Abdul Malik Raden and Sayed Fuad Zakaria (

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, and PKPI) # Humam Hamid and Hasbi Abdullah ( PPP) #

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and R.A. Syauqas Rahmatillah (Independent) #

Irwandi Yusuf Irwandi Yusuf (ايرواندي يوسف; born 2 August 1960) is an Indonesian politician who was the Governor of Aceh. He was re-elected Governor in early 2017 after serving an earlier term between 2006 and 2012. Irwandi first won a term as g ...

and Muhammad Nazar (Independent, supported by much of the

) # Azwar Abubakar and

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( PAN and PKS) #

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and Salahuddin Alfata (Independent)

Poll

A sample poll by the Indonesia Survey Institute showed former rebel leader Irwandi Yusuf leading on a turnout of 85%. *Yusuf: 39% *Hamid: 16% *Malik Raden: 14% *Abubakar: 11% *Abas Adan: 7% *Tamlicha: 4%

Results

Final results were made public on 29 December 2006:Former rebel Irwandi Yusuf wins Aceh election for governor
'' People's Daily'', 29 December 2006 * Irwandi Yusuf: 38.20% * Humam Hamid: 16.62% * Abdul Malik Raden: 13.97%

References

Bibliography

* Ben Hillman, 'Aceh's Rebels Turn to Ruling', Far Eastern Economic Review, Vol. 170, No. 1, January-February 2007, 49–53. 2006 Indonesian gubernatorial elections Elections in Aceh December 2006 events in Asia {{Indonesia-election-stub