(CPOD) May 13, 2004 – Former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remains the most popular presidential candidate in Indonesia, according to a poll by the Indonesian Survey Institute. 40.6 per cent of respondents would support Yudhoyono of the Democrat Party (PD) in the country’s first-ever direct presidential ballot.
(CPOD) May 13, 2004 – Former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remains the most popular presidential candidate in Indonesia, according to a poll by the Indonesian Survey Institute. 40.6 per cent of respondents would support Yudhoyono of the Democrat Party (PD) in the country’s first-ever direct presidential ballot.
Current president Megawati Sukarnoputri of the Struggling Indonesian Democratic Party (PDIP) is second with 14.7 per cent.
Former armed forces chief Wiranto of the Party of the Functional Groups (Golkar) garners the support of 5.9 per cent of respondents. The poll was conducted before Wiranto had been selected as Golkar’s official nominee.
Golkar claimed victory in last month’s parliamentary election, winning at least 117 seats in the House of People’s Representatives, followed by the PDIP with 104 lawmakers.
All three candidates have picked running mates for the election. Yudhoyono chose welfare minister Jusuf Kalla, while Sukarnoputri will run alongside Hasyim Muzadi of moderate Muslim group Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). Wiranto settled on deputy chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights Solahuddin Wahid as his vice-presidential nominee.
If no candidate gets more than 50 per cent of all cast ballots in the Jul. 5 presidential contest, a run-off will take place on Sept. 20.
Polling Data
What candidate would you vote for in the presidential election?
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (PD) | 40.6% |
Megawati Sukarnoputri (PDIP) | 14.7% |
Wiranto (Golkar) | 5.9% |
Source: Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI)
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,216 Indonesian adults, conducted from Apr. 8 to Apr. 15, 2004. Margin of error is 2.9 per cent.
