Multa Fidrus and Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang, Bogor
Incumbent Tangerang mayor Wahidin Halim and running mate Arief R. Wismansyah were reelected in a landslide victory over two other running pairs, securing their second term in office.
Similarly Bogor mayor Diani Budiarto, pairing with the former West Java legislator Achmad Ru'yat, convincingly outdid four other pairs to secure her position at the Bogor municipality office until 2014.
Wahidin won around 88 percent of the total votes in Tangerang. Muhamad Bonie Mudfijar and Diedy Faried Wadji came in second with 10 percent of the votes, while Ismet Sadeli Hasan and Mahfud Abdullah only obtained 2 percent.
The election took place peacefully on Oct. 26 despite accusations of irregularities.
The losing pairs in Tangerang can file for a review within the next three days should they have any objections.
"Each candidate can file their objections within the next three days. We will submit the election results to the municipal legislative council for approval and prepare for the mayor's swearing-in ceremony on Nov. 16," Imron Khamami, the chairman of the municipal elections commission (KPUD), told The Jakarta Post.
In Bogor, Diani won 64 percent of the votes, exceeding the 15 percent of votes collected by Dody Rosadi-Erik Irawan Suganda pair. The three other couples shared the remaining votes.
The leads were expected as both winning candidates received support from political party coalitions.
In the municipality's first-ever direct poll, Wahidin and Arief were backed by a coalition of several political parties such as the Golkar Party, the Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle (PDI-P), the Democratic Party, the United Development Party (PPP), the National Mandate Party (PAN), the Star Crescent Party (PBB), the Reform Star Party (PBR) and the National Awakening Party (PKB).
The Diani-Ru'yat pair was supported by PDI-P, Golkar, PKS, Democracy Party, PBSD, PSI, PKPI, PPDI and PDK.
The voting process itself, however, still faces some challenges. Tangerang municipality suffered a low voter turnout rate of around 67 percent. Imron said the commission had registered a total of 972,207 eligible voters, but only 653,944 turned up to vote on Oct. 26.
Meanwhile, the Bogor election commission faces a problem of invalid votes. Of 415,612 votes cast, around 7 percent was deemed invalid.
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