2024 Kediri mayoral election

2024 Kediri mayoral election
27 November 2024 (2024-11-27)
Turnout80.34%
 
Candidate Vinanda Prameswati Ferry Silviana Feronica
Party Golkar PAN
Running mate Qowimuddin Thoha Regina Nadya Suwono
Popular vote 98,205 74,615
Percentage 56.83% 43.17%
Mayor before election

Zanariah (acting)
Independent

Elected mayor

Vinanda Prameswati
Golkar

The 2024 Kediri mayoral election was held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the mayor and vice mayor of Kediri, East Java for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2018. Vinanda Prameswati, the Golkar candidate, won the election with 56% of the vote, becoming the youngest elected mayor in the 2024 local election cycle. Her sole opponent, Ferry Silviana Feronica of the National Mandate Party (PAN), received 43%.

Electoral system

The election, like other local elections in 2024, followed the first-past-the-post system where the candidate with the most votes wins the election, even if they do not win a majority.[1] It is possible for a candidate to run uncontested, in which case the candidate is still required to win a majority of votes "against" an "empty box" option. Should the candidate fail to do so, the election will be repeated on a later date.[2]

On 19 September 2024, Kediri City's General Elections Commission (KPU) announced that there would be 222,265 eligible voters in the election, with 405 polling stations across the city.[3] The election's budget was Rp 29.8 billion (~USD 1.9 million), nearly double the cost of the previous election in 2018, due to an increase in payments to election workers.[4]

Candidates

The previously elected mayor Abdullah Abu Bakar had served two terms and was ineligible to run. He had resigned from his office in 2023 to run in the 2024 legislative election.[5]

One of the candidates, Vinanda Prameswati, is a 26-year old notarial law graduate of Airlangga University and deputy chairman of Kediri's Golkar branch with no prior government experience. She is the daughter of a provincial police official, and had led a local Kediri-based pro-Joko Widodo group. Her running mate, Qowimuddin Thoha, is headmaster of a pesantren in Kediri. The ticket was endorsed by a wide coalition of political parties, including Golkar, Demokrat, PKB, PDI-P, Gerindra, and Hanura.[6][7]

The other candidate, Ferry Silviana Feronica, is Abdullah Abu Bakar's wife. Her running mate, 28 year-old Regina Nadya Suwono, was formerly a PDI-P member of the Kediri City Council, the youngest city councillor in the 2019–2024 period. Ferry and Regina received the endorsements of Nasdem Party and the National Mandate Party.[6]

Campaign

Two rounds of public debates were held between the candidate pairs on 1 and 20 November 2024.[8][9]

Results

CandidateRunning mateCandidate partyVotes%
Vinanda PrameswatiQowimuddin ThohaGolkar98,20556.83
Ferry Silviana FeronicaRegina Nadya SuwonoNational Mandate Party74,61543.17
Total172,820100.00
Valid votes172,82096.78
Invalid/blank votes5,7563.22
Total votes178,576100.00
Registered voters/turnout222,26580.34
Source: Kediri City KPU

Vinanda and Thoha won more votes in all of Kediri's three districts.[10] The results were made official on 9 January 2025,[11] with Vinanda and Thoha being sworn in on 20 February 2025.[12]

References

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  2. ^ Mardika, Nando Yussele (5 November 2020). "Jika Kotak Kosong Menang, Pilkada Akan Diulang?". hukumonline.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. ^ "KPU Kota Kediri Tetapkan DPT Pilkada 2024, Kecamatan Ini Pemilih Terbanyak". TIMES Kediri (in Indonesian). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  4. ^ Ismawati, Ayu (2 May 2024). "Anggaran Pilkada di Kota Kediri Naik Hampir Dua Kali Lipat, Dipakai untuk Apa Saja?". Radar Kediri (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Maju di Pileg 2024, Mas Abu Mundur dari Jabatan Wali Kota Kediri". Times Indonesia (in Indonesian). 13 May 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Profil Singkat 2 Paslon untuk Pilkada Kota Kediri 2024". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 23 September 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  7. ^ Dwi, Andhika (26 July 2024). "Golkar Beri Surat Tugas Maju Pilwali Kediri 2024 ke Vinanda Prameswati". detikjatim (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  8. ^ Dwi, Andhika (2 November 2024). "Saling Adu Gagasan dan Program Kerja Warnai Debat Pilwali Kediri". detikjatim (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  9. ^ "300an Personel Gabungan Amankan Debat Kedua Kota Kediri". RRI.co.id (in Indonesian). 20 November 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  10. ^ "KPU Kediri : Tingkat partisipasi masyarakat ikuti Pilkada capai 80 persen". ANTARA News Jawa Timur. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  11. ^ Masyhari, Nanang (9 January 2025). "KPU Tetapkan Wali Kota dan Wakil Wali Kota Kediri Terpilih dalam Pilkada 2024". Berita Jatim (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  12. ^ Nirwana, Novanda (20 February 2025). "Vinanda Prameswati Resmi Dilantik Jadi Wali Kota Kediri, Ini Dua Fokus Utamanya dalam 100 Hari Kerja". Radar Kediri (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 August 2025.
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