2024 Sikka regency election

2024 Sikka regency election
27 November 2024 (2024-11-27)
Turnout87.3%
 
Candidate Juventus Prima Yoris Kago Suitbertus Amandus Fransiskus Roberto Diogo
Party PSI PKB PDI-P
Running mate Simon Subandi Supriadi Robertus Ray Martinus Wodon
Popular vote 67,504 59,485 35,454
Percentage 39.76% 35.04% 20.88%
Regent before election

Adrianus F. Parera (act.)
Independent

 Elected Regent

Juventus Prima Yoris Kago
PSI

The 2024 Sikka regency election was held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the regent of Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2018. Indonesian Solidarity Party candidate Juventus Prima Yoris Kago won the election, defeating previous regent Fransiskus Roberto Diogo and two other candidates.

Electoral system

The election, like other local elections in 2024, follow the first-past-the-post system where the candidate with the most votes wins the election, even if they do not win a majority.[1] It is possible for a candidate to run uncontested, in which case the candidate is still required to win a majority of votes "against" an "empty box" option. Should the candidate fail to do so, the election will be repeated on a later date.[2]

Candidates

According to electoral regulations, candidates were required to secure the support of a political party or a coalition of parties which collectively won at least 10 percent of votes in the 2024 legislative election for the municipal legislature, i.e. at least 18,075 votes total.[3] Candidates may alternatively register without party endorsement by submitting photocopies of identity cards. One candidate, Mekeng P. Florianus, passed the requirements and took part in the election as an independent candidate. Florianus was a municipal bureaucrat who briefly served as acting regent of Sikka in 2018, and his running mate Alfridus Melanus Aeng served as a municipal legislator from 2004 to 2024.[4]

Sikka's 2018–2023 regent, Fransiskus Roberto Diogo of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, ran for his second term, marking his fourth participation in Sikka's regency elections.[5] As his running mate was Martinus Wodon, a member of Sikka's municipal legislature from the Democratic Party.[6] Aside from their own parties, Diogo and Wodon was further endorsed by the Perindo Party.[7] Suitbertus Amandus, a coffee entrepreneur based in Sikka and a member of the municipal legislature from 2004 to 2009, also contested the election.[8] His running mate, Robertus Ray, is a bureaucrat in Sikka's local government.[9] The Amandus-Ray ticket received the endorsement of the National Awakening Party, Nasdem Party, Hanura, PPP, and Garuda.[10] The fourth candidate, Juventus Prima Yoris Kago, is a 33-year old Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) member who had been active in student Catholic organizations.[11] His running mate Simon Subandi Supriadi is a local politician who served in the municipal legislature from 2009-2014 and 2019-2024.[12] Kago and Supriadi was endorsed by PSI, Gerindra, Golkar, PKS, and PKN.[13]

Campaign

The election campaign involved just a single round of public debate between the candidates (based on the available budget), held on 24 October 2024.[14] Each candidate's campaign team was restricted to a maximum budget of Rp 38.92 billion (~USD 2.45 million).[15]

Polling

Pollster Date Sample size Kago Amandus Diogo Florianus No choice
LSI[16] 21–25 October 2024 400 36.4% 24.4% 13.9% 6.1% 19.2%

Results

CandidateRunning mateCandidate partyVotes%
Juventus Prima Yoris KagoSimon Subandi SupriadiPSI67,50439.76
Suitbertus AmandusRobertus RayPKB59,48535.04
Fransiskus Roberto DiogoMartinus WodonPDI-P35,45420.88
Mekeng P. FlorianusAlfridus Melanus AengIndependent7,3334.32
Total169,776100.00
Valid votes169,77698.52
Invalid/blank votes2,5521.48
Total votes172,328100.00
Registered voters/turnout197,45287.28
Source: Sikka KPU

Lawsuit

Following the announcement of election results, the Amandus–Ray campaign team filed a lawsuit at the Constitutional Court of Indonesia to annul the election results and disqualify the Kago–Supriadi ticket. The lawsuit was summarily rejected for being filed too late.[17] Kago and Supriadi were sworn in as regent and vice regent on 20 February 2025.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Pilkada Hanya Satu Putaran". kedaikopi.co (in Indonesian). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. ↑ Mardika, Nando Yussele (5 November 2020). "Jika Kotak Kosong Menang, Pilkada Akan Diulang?". hukumonline.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "KEPUTUSAN KOMISI PEMILIHAN UMUM KABUPATEN SIKKA NOMOR 1058 TAHUN 2024" (in Indonesian). General Elections Commission. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Riwayat Perkerjaan Paket Flory Mekeng-Dus Aeng, Paslon Independen dalam Pilkada Sikka 2024". Tribun Flores (in Indonesian). 2 September 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "4 Kali Bertarung dalam Pilkada Sikka, Roberto Diogo Berceletuk Jangan Sampai Menangis jika Kalah". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 24 September 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Maju Pilkada Sikka, Martinus Wodon Mundur dari DPRD". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 12 September 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Robi Idong dan Martin Wodon Pendaftar Pertama di KPU Sikka". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 27 August 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Suitbertus Amandus Pengusaha Sukses asal Sikka, Tinggalkan Kenyamanan demi Layani Rakyat". Tribun Flores (in Indonesian). 24 December 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Profil Lengkap Robert Ray Paslon Wabup Sikka". Tribun Flores (in Indonesian). 24 December 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Paket SARR Resmi Mendaftar sebagai Calon Bupati dan Wakil Bupati Sikka". RRI.co.id (in Indonesian). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Profil Juventus Prima Yoris Kago, Cabup Sikka dari Paket JOSS, Unggul Sementara di Pilkada Sikka". Tribun Flores (in Indonesian). 28 November 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Profil Simon Subandi, Cawabup Sikka dari Paket JOSS, Unggul Sementara di Pilkada Sikka 2024". Tribun Flores (in Indonesian). 18 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Lima Parpol Dukung Paket JOSS Bertarung pada Pilkada Sikka". Pos Kupang (in Indonesian). 30 August 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Tema Debat Pilkada : Sikka Sejahtera Menuju Indonesia Emas 2045". rri.co.id (in Indonesian). 23 October 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  15. ↑ Wula, Rofinus (26 September 2024). "Dana Kampanye Pilkada Sikka Dibatasi Hingga Rp 38,92 Miliar - RRI.co.id". RRI.co.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "Survei LSI di Kabupaten Sikka: Juventus-Simon 36,4%, Suitbertus-Ray 24,4%, Diogo-Wodon 13,9%, Mekeng-Alfridus 6,1%". liputan6.com (in Indonesian). 18 November 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
  17. ↑ Purab, Yurgo (5 February 2025). "Sengketa Pilkada Sikka Ditolak MK, KPU Gelar Pleno Hari Ini". detikbali (in Indonesian). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "Bupati dan Wakil Bupati Sikka 2025-2030 Resmi Dilantik Presiden RI". Florespedia.id (in Indonesian). 21 February 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
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