The 2013 Central Java gubernatorial election was held on 26 May 2013 to elect both the

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and vice governor of

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. The incumbent, Bibit Waluyo, ran for re-election as a member of the

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, despite being first elected as a member of the

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(PDI-P) in 2008. In the election, he faced

Ganjar Pranowo Ganjar Pranowo (born 28 October 1968) is the Governor of Central Java who has served since 23 August 2013. He is a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle. Previously, he was a member of the People's Representative Council of the ...

of the PDI-P and Hadi Prabowo of the

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(PKS), being defeated by the former.

Candidates

This general election was contested by three candidates. Incumbent, Bibit Waluyo, ran for re-election with Sudijono, the Chancellor of the State University of Semarang. The

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(who had supported Waluyo in the 2008 election), brought

, a member of the

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as a candidate, together with

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who was serving as the Regent of

Purbalingga Purbalingga ( Javanese: ꦥꦸꦂꦧꦭꦶꦁꦒ) is a town and district in Central Java Province of Indonesia and the seat of Purbalingga Regency Villages The district includes 11 urban villages (''kelurahan'') and 2 rural villages (''desa'') ...

. Interestingly, the deputy governor of Central Java,

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which had been predicted to be promoted by the PDI-P, was not nominated. According to some the PDI-P considered that Rustri was not polite in politics. Meanwhile Hadi Prabowo, the Regional Secretary of Central Java ran with the Regent of

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, Don Murdono.

Results

References

{{Reflist Elections in Central Java 2013 Indonesian gubernatorial elections