Parties Look to Failed ‘Pilkada’ Candidates for 2019 Elections
Political parties are looking at regional head candidates who failed to gain votes in the 2018 \'Pilkada\' (regional elections) to run in the 2019 legislative election. If they are looking to be progressive, the parties should also look at young candidates.
A resident waits for his turn to vote in the 2018 West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) gubernatorial election at TPS 015 polling station, Peresak Tempit neighborhood, Ampenan Tengah subdistrict, Mataram, NTB, Wednesday (27/6/2018). Besides electing the NTB governor, the local people also elected the regents of West Lombok and East Lombok as well as the mayor of Bima.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Candidates who failed in the 2018 regional elections have received offered from their political party backers to become run in the 2019 general election. The candidates are believed popular and to have networks and political machines that are still active in the regions.
This belief has arisen because history has shown that a number of candidates who had failed in the regional elections still managed to win a legislative seat.