The 2024 East Kalimantan gubernatorial election was held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the governor and vice governor of East Kalimantan for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2018. Former member of the House of Representatives, Rudy Mas'ud of Golkar, won the election with 55% of the vote. He defeated former Governor Isran Noor of the Democratic Party, who received 44%.
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. 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.
Candidates
According to electoral regulations, in order to qualify for the election, candidates were required to secure support from a political party or a coalition of parties controlling 11 seats (20 percent of all seats) in the East Kalimantan Regional House of Representatives (DPRD). The Golkar party, which won 15 of 55 seats in the 2024 legislative election, is the only party eligible to nominate a candidate without forming a coalition with other parties. However, following a Constitutional Court of Indonesia decision in August 2024, the political support required to nominate a candidate was lowered to between 6.5 and 10 percent of the popular vote. Candidates may alternatively demonstrate support to run as an independent in form of photocopies of identity cards, which in East Kalimantan's case corresponds to 236,185 copies. No independent candidates registered with the General Elections Commission (KPU) prior to the set deadline.
Potential
The following are individuals who have either been publicly mentioned as a potential candidate by a political party in the DPRD, publicly declared their candidacy with press coverage, or considered as a potential candidate by media outlets:
- Isran Noor (Demokrat), previous governor (2018–2023).
- Hadi Mulyadi (Gelora), previous vice governor (2018–2023; as running mate).
- Rudy Mas'ud (Golkar), member of the House of Representatives.
- Mahyudin, deputy speaker of the Regional Representative Council.
Political map
Following the 2024 Indonesian legislative election, nine political parties are represented in the East Kalimantan DPRD: