The Presidential Race has Begun
The announcement of Ganjar Pranowo’s nomination further emphasizes that the 2024 presidential election (Pilpres) has begun. The vice presidential nominees will be the next determining factor.
From left, PDIP DPP Chair Puan Maharani, President Joko Widodo, PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarno Putri, PDIP Presidential Candidate Ganjar Pranowo, PDIP DPP Chair Prananda Prabowo took a group photo after the announcement of the PDIP presidential candidate which was held at the Batutulis Palace, Bogor City, West Java, Friday (21/4/2023).
Ganjar is not the first to be nominated for the 2024 presidential election. There are other nominees already, such as Anies Baswedan, who was nominated by an alliance formed between the NasDem Party, Democratic Party, and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), as well as Prabowo Subianto of the Gerindra Party, Airlangga Hartarto of the Golkar Party, and Muhaimin Iskandar of the National Awakening Party (PKB).
However, Ganjar, who is backed by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), is the most definitive candidate. This is because the PDI-P can nominate Ganjar on their own, as it has 128 seats in the House of Representatives (DPR), or 22.26 percent. Other candidates must have the backing of an alliance of parties. There is a provision that a presidential and vice presidential candidate must be nominated by a party or an alliance of parties that has at least 20 percent of DPR seats or has won 25 percent of valid votes in the previous election.