2020 Medan mayoral election

2020 Medan mayoral election
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Registered1,601,001[1]
 
Nominee Bobby Nasution Akhyar Nasution
Party PDI-P Demokrat
Running mate Aulia Rachman Salman Alfarisi
Popular vote 393,533 342,580
Percentage 53.5%[2] 46.5%
Mayor before election

Akhyar Nasution
Demokrat

Elected mayor

Bobby Nasution
PDI-P

The 2020 Medan mayoral election was held on 9 December 2020, as part of the 2020 simultaneous local elections in Indonesia. The mayoral election was contested between sitting acting mayor Akhyar Nasution and Bobby Nasution, son-in-law of President Joko Widodo.

Candidates

Two sets of candidates are running for the election. The previously elected mayor, Dzulmi Eldin, had been arrested on graft charges in October 2019.[3]

  • Bobby Nasution (PDI-P), property businessman and son-in-law of president Joko Widodo, with city councillor Aulia Rachman (Gerindra) as running mate,
  • Akhyar Nasution (Demokrat), acting mayor of Medan and formerly elected as deputy mayor, with provincial legislator Salman Alfarisi (PKS) as running mate.

Akhyar was formerly a member of PDI-P, but left the party due to PDI-P's decision to nominate Bobby for the mayoral race. Outside of PDI-P and Gerindra, Bobby was also endorsed by PAN, Golkar, Nasdem, PSI, Hanura and PPP, while Akhyar was supported by just Demokrat and PKS.[3]

Campaign

Two rounds of public debates between the candidates were held on 7 and 21 November 2020.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "DPT Pilkada Medan 2020 Ditetapkan Sebanyak 1.601.001 Pemilih". Merdeka (in Indonesian). 16 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ "HITUNG SUARA PEMILIHAN WALIKOTA DAN WAKIL WALIKOTA KOTA MEDAN" (in Indonesian). General Elections Commission. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Pilkada Medan, Panggung Duel Dua Nasution". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Debat Kedua Pilkada Medan, Akhyar Skakmat Bobby Soal Anggaran Rp 30 Triliun". Suara.com (in Indonesian). 21 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Pilkada Medan: Debat Publik Perdana, Akhyar Trending, Bobby Santai..." KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 7 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.