2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election

None January 2024 Coat of arms of Jakarta.svg presidential 2007 Jakarta gubernatorial election 2007 nowrap 11 July 2012 (first round) 20 September 2012 (second round) 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election 2017 63.62% (1.79pp) (first round) 66.71% (3.09pp) (second round) Gubernur DKI Jokowi.jpg Joko Widodo Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Gerindra Basuki Tjahaja Purnama 2,472,130 53.82% Fauzi Bowo.jpg Fauzi Bowo Democratic Party (Indonesia) PKB, PAN, Hanura Nachrowi Ramli 2,120,815 46.18% 2 300px First round results by subdistrict 300px Second round results by subdistrict Governor Fauzi Bowo Democratic Party (Indonesia) Joko Widodo Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle General elections were held on 11 July and 20 September 2012 in Jakarta to elect the governor of Jakarta for a five-year term.11 Juli 2012, Pemilu DKI Jakarta 15 December 2011 Tempo http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2011/12/15/214371906/11-Juli-2012-Pemilu-DKI-Jakarta 18 March 2012 IndonesianAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Incumbent governor Fauzi Bowo was running for a second successive term.Lewat Twitter, Anas Umumkan Pasangan Foke-Nachrowi 19 March 2012 Tempo http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2012/03/19/228391272/Lewat-Twitter-Anas-Umumkan-Pasangan-Foke-Nachrowi 19 March 2012 Indonesian https://web.archive.org/web/20160306134213/https://www.tempo.co/read/news/2012/03/19/228391272/lewat-twitter-anas-umumkan-pasangan-foke-nachrowi 6 March 2016 dead dmy-all The first round resulted with two top-voted candidates, Joko Widodo and Fauzi Bowo to advance to the runoff as neither received majority of votes in the first round. Quick count results released in mass media after the second round voting indicated that Joko Widodo is projected to win the runoff with 54% of popular votes.Pollsters show Jokowi winning the runoff 20 September 2012 The Jakarta Post http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/09/20/pollsters-show-jokowi-winning-runoff.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120921221700/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/09/20/pollsters-show-jokowi-winning-runoff.html 21 September 2012 dead dmy-allFauzi phones Jokowi to concede following quick count 20 September 2012 The Jakarta Post http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/09/20/fauzi-phones-jokowi-concede-following-quick-count.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120922050707/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/09/20/fauzi-phones-jokowi-concede-following-quick-count.html 22 September 2012 dead dmy-all Fauzi Bowo later conceded and congratulated Joko on 17.00 WIB.Challenger Appears to Have Edge in Jakarta Governor's Race 20 September 2012 The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/world/asia/21iht-jakarta21.html?ref=asia Official results were announced on 29 September.PILKADA DKI: Jokowi Unggul 7% Versi Quick Count LSI, Hasil 'Slow Count' KPUD diplenokan 28–29 September 20 September 2012 Bisnis Indonesia http://www.bisnis.com/articles/pilkada-dki-jokowi-unggul-7-percent-versi-quick-count-lsi-hasil-slow-count-kpud-diplenokan-28-29-september 20 September 2012 Indonesian https://web.archive.org/web/20120922223632/http://www.bisnis.com/articles/pilkada-dki-jokowi-unggul-7-percent-versi-quick-count-lsi-hasil-slow-count-kpud-diplenokan-28-29-september 22 September 2012 dead dmy-all Widodo won the election with 53.82% of votes against Bowo's 46.18%. Candidates Under regulations, only political parties having 15 seats or more in the regional parliament (DPRD) can put forward a candidate.Koalisi Alex-Nono Terancam Pecah 14 March 2012 Tempo http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2012/03/14/214390127/Koalisi-AlexNono-Terancam-Pecah 18 March 2012 Indonesian Political parties with fewer seats can put forward a candidate only if they have acquired support from other political parties. Independent candidates are able to run if they have gathered at least 407,340 signatures from local residents, which will be verified by the local election committee. Candidates that declared their candidacy: Fauzi Bowo, running with Nachrowi Ramli id, endorsed by Demokrat, PKB, PAN, Hanura, plus a faction in PDS.Siapa Saja Pendukung Foke- Nara? 20 March 2012 Tempo http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2012/03/20/228391330/Siapa-Saja-Pendukung-Foke--Nara 20 March 2012 Indonesian https://web.archive.org/web/20141216222848/http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2012/03/20/228391330/Siapa-Saja-Pendukung-Foke--Nara 16 December 2014 dead dmy-all Joko Widodo, running with Basuki Tjahaja Purnama,Naik Kopaja, Jokowi - Ahok Daftar Jadi Cagub DKI 19 March 2012 Tempo http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2012/03/19/228391263/Naik-Kopaja-Jokowi---Ahok--Daftar-Jadi-Cagub-DKI 19 March 2012 Indonesian https://web.archive.org/web/20140325042838/http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2012/03/19/228391263/Naik-Kopaja-Jokowi---Ahok--Daftar-Jadi-Cagub-DKI 25 March 2014 dead dmy-all endorsed by PDI-P and Gerindra. Alex Noerdin, running with Nono Sampono id, endorsed by Golkar, PPP, and a faction in PDS.Koalisi Dukung Fauzi Tandingi Alex-Nono 17 March 2012 Tempo http://www.tempo.co/read/fokus/2012/03/17/2308/Koalisi-Dukung-Fauzi-Tandingi-Alex-Nono 18 March 2012 Indonesian Hidayat Nur Wahid, running with Didik Rachbini id,Siap Hadapi Foke & Jokowi, Hidayat: PKS Tak Ajukan Saya untuk Kalah 19 March 2012 detikNews http://news.detik.com/read/2012/03/19/214756/1871495/10/siap-hadapi-foke-jokowi-hidayat-pks-tak-ajukan-saya-untuk-kalah?9911012 19 March 2012 Indonesian endorsed by PKS. Faisal Basri, running with Biem Benyamin, independent candidate. Hendarji Supanji, running with Ahmad Riza Patria, independent candidate. Parties endorsing Noerdin and Nur Wahid in the first round later gave their support to Fauzi in the second round. Campaign and issues While the campaign for the elections had been mostly peaceful, there were a wide range of issues carried into the campaign. Notable ones including traffic management, flood control, accusation of money politics by some candidates, electoral roll irregularities, and smear campaign dominated the campaign.August 2012 Traffic management Traffic has long become the main issue for many Jakartans. Traffic jams up to 3–5 hours happens during weekdays rush hour and frustrate many locals. Public transportation was also heavily lamented due to poor service and maintenance. All candidates in the race brought forward this issue and promised various approaches to this problem.August 2012 Money politics Money politics is a problem that has marred the democratic process in Indonesia ever since the transition to democracy. There have been many cases of candidates giving money or other incentives to the electorate to influence their voting intention. In the first round of this election, anti-corruption NGO, Indonesia Corruption Watch found at least 27 cases of money politics during the campaign.ICW: Foke-Nara Paling Sering Politik Uang 6 July 2012 Tempo http://pilkada.tempo.co/konten-berita/pilkada_dki/2012/07/06/415200/ICW--Foke-Nara-Paling-Sering--Politik-Uang 8 July 2012 Indonesian https://archive.today/20130116003315/http://pilkada.tempo.co/konten-berita/pilkada_dki/2012/07/06/415200/ICW--Foke-Nara-Paling-Sering--Politik-Uang 16 January 2013 dead dmy-all The campaign of incumbent governor Fauzi Bowo was the main offender with 12 cases, followed by Alex Noerdin's campaign with 6 cases. The electoral commission was also deemed failed to avoid these cases to happen regularly.ICW: Panwas Gagal Awasi Politik Uang Pilkada DKI 6 July 2012 Tempo http://pilkada.tempo.co/konten-berita/pilkada_dki_serba_serbi/2012/07/06/415189/ICW-Panwas-Gagal-Awasi-Politik-Uang-Pilkada-DKI 8 July 2012 Indonesian https://archive.today/20130116063920/http://pilkada.tempo.co/konten-berita/pilkada_dki_serba_serbi/2012/07/06/415189/ICW-Panwas-Gagal-Awasi-Politik-Uang-Pilkada-DKI 16 January 2013 dead dmy-all Electoral roll irregularities The electoral roll (Daftar Pemilih Tetap) had created much controversy since it was made public. The roll which approved by the electoral commission on June 2, was rejected by all candidates except the incumbent governor. Irregularities include double registrations, inclusion of deceased voters, fake names, or redundancy. Since then, all five candidates appealed the electoral commission to revise the electoral roll, and if necessary, postpone the election. The electoral commission mostly kept silent on this issue and promised to do some revision on the roll. The revision process was controversially ineffective and was heavily criticized. The head of the commission was reprimanded for this issue.Sidang Kasus DPT, Ketua KPU DKI Dijatuhi Sanksi 6 July 2012 Tempo http://pilkada.tempo.co/konten-berita/pilkada_dki/2012/07/06/415304/Sidang-Kasus-DPT-Ketua-KPU-DKI-Dijatuhi-Sanksi 8 July 2012 Indonesian https://archive.today/20130116033422/http://pilkada.tempo.co/konten-berita/pilkada_dki/2012/07/06/415304/Sidang-Kasus-DPT-Ketua-KPU-DKI-Dijatuhi-Sanksi 16 January 2013 dead dmy-all Results thumb|300px|Turnout map by subdistrict in the first round thumb|300px|Turnout map by subdistrict in the second round Joko Widodo Basuki Tjahaja Purnama Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle 1847157 2472130 Fauzi Bowo Nachrowi Ramli id Democratic Party 1476648 2120815 Hidayat Nur Wahid Didik Rachbini id Prosperous Justice Party 508113 Faisal Basri Biem Benyamin Independent 215935 Alex Noerdin Nono Sampono id Golkar 202643 Hendardji Supandji Ahmad Riza Patria Independent 85990 93047 74996 6962348 6996951 First round (archived), Second round center 250 Candidate vote share by subdistrict File:2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election first round results map by subdistrict (1. Foke–Nara).svg Foke–Nara File:2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election first round results map by subdistrict (2. Hendardji–Riza).svg Hendardji–Riza File:2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election first round results map by subdistrict (3. Jokowi–Ahok).svg Jokowi–Ahok File:2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election first round results map by subdistrict (4. Hidayat–Didik).svg Hidayat–Didik File:2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election first round results map by subdistrict (5. Faisal–Biem).svg Faisal–Biem File:2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election first round results map by subdistrict (6. Alex–Nono).svg Alex–Nono First round Preliminary results released by several media after first round of elections showed Joko Widodo leading with 43% of votes, followed by Fauzi Bowo with 33%, Hidayat Nur Wahid with 11%, Faisal Basri with 5%, Alex Noerdin with 4%, and Hendarji Supanji with 2%.Hitung Cepat LSI: Jokowi 43,06 Persen, Foke 34,14 Persen 11 July 2012 Kompas.com http://pilkada.kompas.com/berita/read/2012/07/11/17043754/Hitung.Cepat.LSI.Jokowi.43.06.Persen.Foke.34.14.Persen 11 July 2012 Indonesian https://web.archive.org/web/20120714235555/http://pilkada.kompas.com/berita/read/2012/07/11/17043754/Hitung.Cepat.LSI.Jokowi.43.06.Persen.Foke.34.14.Persen 14 July 2012 dead dmy-allLSI: Jokowi Bisa Unggul di Putaran Kedua 11 July 2012 Kompas.com http://pilkada.kompas.com/berita/read/2012/07/11/18371545/LSI.Jokowi.Bisa.Unggul.di.Putaran.Kedua 11 July 2012 Indonesian https://web.archive.org/web/20120712100512/http://pilkada.kompas.com/berita/read/2012/07/11/18371545/LSI.Jokowi.Bisa.Unggul.di.Putaran.Kedua 12 July 2012 dead dmy-allIt's Fauzi vs Jokowi on Sept. 20 12 July 2012 The Jakarta Post http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/07/12/it-s-fauzi-vs-jokowi-sept-20.html Official results were released on 19 July. The result shocked many pollsters, as most have predicted Governor Fauzi to win the election in a landslide and without having to go for a runoff.Outsider Breathing New Ideas Into Jakarta Election 19 September 2012 The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/world/asia/20iht-jakarta20.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all Second round Quick count results released in mass media after the second round voting indicated that Joko Widodo is projected to win with 54% of popular votes.Quick Count, Jokowi 54 Persen Vs Foke 46 Persen 20 September 2012 Tempo http://pilkada.tempo.co/konten-berita/pilkada_dki/2012/09/20/430783/Quick-Count-Jokowi-54-Persen-Vs-Foke-46-Persen 20 September 2012 Indonesian https://archive.today/20130116002310/http://pilkada.tempo.co/konten-berita/pilkada_dki/2012/09/20/430783/Quick-Count-Jokowi-54-Persen-Vs-Foke-46-Persen 16 January 2013 dead dmy-all Fauzi Bowo congratulated Joko at 17.00 WIB.Fauzi: Mari Junjung Demokrasi 20 September 2012 Tempo http://pilkada.tempo.co/konten-berita/pilkada_dki/2012/09/20/430864/Fauzi-Mari-Junjung-Demokrasi 20 September 2012 Indonesian https://archive.today/20130116003551/http://pilkada.tempo.co/konten-berita/pilkada_dki/2012/09/20/430864/Fauzi-Mari-Junjung-Demokrasi 16 January 2013 dead dmy-allIni Komentar Foke Setelah Dikalahkan Jokowi 20 September 2012 Tempo http://pilkada.kompas.com/berita/read/2012/09/20/17032999/Ini.Komentar.Foke.Setelah.Dikalahkan.Jokowi 20 September 2012 Indonesian https://web.archive.org/web/20120923000106/http://pilkada.kompas.com/berita/read/2012/09/20/17032999/Ini.Komentar.Foke.Setelah.Dikalahkan.Jokowi 23 September 2012 dead dmy-all Official second round results were released on 29 September. 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