2024 Tegal regency election

2024 Tegal regency election
27 November 2024 (2024-11-27)
Turnout66.4%
 
Candidate Ischak Maulana Rohman Bima Eka Sakti
Party PKB PDI-P
Running mate Ahmad Kholid Muhammad Syaeful Mujab
Popular vote 542,236 256,621
Percentage 67.88% 32.12%
Regent before election

Agustyarsyah
Independent

 Elected Regent

Ischak Maulana Rohman
PKB

The 2024 Tegal regency election was held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the regent of Tegal Regency, Central Java for a five-year term. The previously elected regent Umi Azizah did not contest the election, with her party the National Awakening Party instead endorsing Ischak Maulana Rohman who defeated PDI-P candidate Bima Eka Sakti to win the election.

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 6.5 percent of votes in the 2024 legislative election for the municipal legislature, i.e. at least 56,608 votes total.[3] Candidates may alternatively register without party endorsement by submitting photocopies of identity cards. One candidate registered to run in Tegal's election, but failed to pass factual verification of the submitted identity cards and thus was ineligible to run.[4]

Tegal's 2018–2023 regent elected in the 2018 regency election, Umi Azizah, declared her intention to run in the election and registered to run at her party the National Awakening Party (PKB),[5] but ultimately PKB did not give her the party's endorsement and she did not take part in the election.[6] Instead, PKB endorsed the candidacy of Ischak Maulana Rohman, a local party official and GP Ansor leader.[7] Rohman's running mate Ahmad Kholid is a Gerindra politician, and the ticket was supported by a coalition of 12 political parties including 6 represented in Tegal Regency's DPRD totalling 40 seats.[8]

Rohman's electoral opponent, Bima Eka Sakti, worked as a bureaucrat in Tegal's municipal government from 2010 to 2024, and was backed by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle. He had also previously registered as an independent vice-regent candidate but failed to pass the verification.[9] His running mate is former student activist and software consultant Muhammad Syaeful Mujab.[10]

Campaign

Two rounds of public debates between the candidates were organized by the General Elections Commission.[11] The candidates campaigned until 23 November 2024.[12]

Results

CandidateRunning mateCandidate partyVotes%
Ischak Maulana RohmanAhmad KholidPKB542,23667.88
Bima Eka SaktiMuhammad Syaeful MujabPDI-P256,62132.12
Total798,857100.00
Valid votes798,85796.71
Invalid/blank votes27,1383.29
Total votes825,995100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,244,30166.38
Source: Tegal Regency KPU

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. ↑ Adhi, Panji P. (27 August 2024). "Resmi Dibuka oleh KPU, Ini Syarat dan Tahapan Pendaftaran Paslon Bupati dan Wakil Bupati Tegal". Pantura Post (in Indonesian). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Hanya Pasangan Independen Sukoharjo yang Masih Punya Peluang Ikut Pilkada 2024, Calon Tegal Gugur". Tribun Banyumas (in Indonesian). 16 August 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Petahana Bupati Tegal Umi Azizah Kembali Ikuti Penjaringan PKB di Pilkada 2024". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 17 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  6. ↑ Pahlevi, Muamar Riza (1 October 2024). "Ke Mana Suara Pendukung Umi Azizah di Pilkada Tegal 2024?". panturapost.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Profil H. ISCHAK MAULANA ROHMAN,S.H Calon BUPATI KABUPATEN TEGAL". lezen.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Profil Ischak Maulana Rohman dan Ahmad Kholid, Bupati-Wakil Bupati Terpilih Tegal". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 19 February 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Profil Bima Eka Sakti Calon Bupati Tegal, Rela Mundur ASN dan Alasan Mantap Maju Pilkada 2024". Tribun Jateng (in Indonesian). 10 September 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Profil Muhammad Syaeful Mujab, Calon Wakil Bupati Tegal Peraih Beasiswa S2 di Inggris". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 2 September 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  11. ↑ Rahman, Risky A. (15 November 2024). "Debat Publik Kedua, Ini Penyampaian Dua Paslon Cabup dan Cawabup Tegal Saat Pressconfrence". Sinar Pagi News (in Indonesian). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "Kampanye terakhir cabup Ischak-Kholid di Tegal". ANTARA Foto (in Indonesian). 23 November 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
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