KPU: Prabowo-Gibran Leads Votes in Jakarta

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The General Elections Commission (KPU) has approved the recapitulation of votes for the 2024 Presidential Election in Jakarta Province, which Prabowo-Gibran led. The vote recapitulation was officially ratified by the KPU Chairman Hasyim Asy'ari during today’s plenary meeting at the KPU HQ, Central Jakarta.

“That's the reading of the recapitulation of the votes in Jakarta. Is it acceptable? Bismillah, it's valid,” Hasyim said as he banged the gavel on Tuesday, March 12.

Prior to the ratification, the Chairman of the Jakarta KPU, Wahyu Dinata, presented the vote results for the 2024 presidential election. He said that the presidential and vice presidential candidate pair number 01 Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar received 2,653,762 votes.

Candidate pair number 02 Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka emerged victorious with the highest number of votes, securing 2,692,011 votes. As for candidate pair number 03, Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md. took the last position with 1,115,138 votes.

The total number of valid votes amounted to 6,460,911, while there were 97,823 invalid votes. “The total number of valid and invalid votes was 6,558,734,” Wahyu said.

The number of voters on the Jakarta Permanent Voter List (DPT) reached 8,252,897 people. However, only 6,558,734 people cast their ballots.

AMELIA RAHIMA SARI

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