2018 Southeast Sulawesi gubernatorial election

2018 Southeast Sulawesi gubernatorial election

27 June 2018
Turnout	69.5%[1]
Nominee Ali Mazi Rusda Mahmud Asrun Party NasDem Demokrat PAN Running mate Lukman Abunawas LM Sjafei Kahar Hugua Popular vote 495,880 358,537 280,762 Percentage 43.68 31.58 24.73
Location of Southeast Sulawesi within Indonesia
Governor before election Saleh Lasata PAN Elected Governor Ali Mazi Nasdem

The 2018 Southeast Sulawesi gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of Southeast Sulawesi along with their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah) will be re-elected in 2019.

Former governor Ali Mazi came out on top of the three-candidate race, defeating former Kendari mayor Asrun and North Kolaka regent Rusda Mahmud.

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.^[2] The candidates were assigned their ballot numbers on 13 February 2018.^[3] The campaigning period would commence between 15 February and 24 June, with a three-day election silence before voting on 27 June.^[4] In May 2018, KPU declared that there were 1,628,320 eligible voters for the election.^[5]

Candidates

#	Candidate	Positions	Parties[6]
1	Ali Mazi	Governor of Southeast Sulawesi (2003-2008)	Nasdem (3 seats) Golkar (7 seats)
	Lukman Abunawas	Incumbent provincial secretary[7]
2	Asrun	Mayor of Kendari (2007-2017)[8]	PAN (9 seats) PDI-P (5 seats) Prosperous Justice Party (5 seats) Hanura (3 seats) Gerindra (4 seats)
	Hugua	Regent of Wakatobi (2006-2016)[8]
3	Rusda Mahmud	Regent of North Kolaka (2007-2017)[9]	Demokrat (6 seats) PPP (2 seats) PKB (1 seat)
	Laode Muhammad Sjafei Kahar	Regent of Buton (2006-2016)[9]

Results

No	Candidate	Votes	%
1	Ali/Lukman	495,880	43.68
2	Asrun/Hugua	280,762	24.73
3	Mahmud/Kahar	358,537	31.58
Total votes		1,135,179
Invalid votes		22,212
Turnout		1,157,391	69.51
Source: KPU[1]

References

1. "Pemilihan Gubernur Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara" (in Indonesian). Komisi Pemilihan Umum. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
2. Putra, Putu Merta Surya (8 January 2018). "Pendaftaran Paslon Pilkada 2018 Dibuka, KPU Ingatkan Ikuti Aturan". liputan6 (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
3. "KPU Sultra tetapkan nomor urut pasangan cagub/cawagub". Antara News Sultra (in Indonesian). 13 February 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
4. Suryowati, Estu (14 June 2017). "Tahapan Pilkada Serentak 2018 Dimulai, Ini Jadwal Lengkapnya". KOMPAS (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
5. "DPT Pilgub Sultra 1.628.320 Jiwa". metrotvnews (in Indonesian). 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
6. Prasetya, Eko (27 June 2018). "Pasangan Ali Mazi-Lukman unggul sementara di Pilgub Sultra". Merdeka (in Indonesian). Retrieved 3 January 2019.
7. "Soal Duet dengan Ali Mazi, Ini Kata Lukman Abunawas". Kendari Pos (in Indonesian). 13 April 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
8. Fadhil, Haris (17 December 2017). "PDIP Usung Asrun-Hugua di Pilgub Sulawesi Tenggara". detikNews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 3 January 2019.
9. "Paket Rusda Mahmud-Sjafei Kahar Pastikan Running di Pilgub Sultra 2018". Tribun Timur (in Indonesian). 1 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.