# 2024 Cirebon regency election

The 2024 Cirebon regency election was held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the regent of Cirebon Regency for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2018.

## Electoral system

The election, like other local elections in 2024, follow the first-past-the-post system where the candidate with the most votes wins the election, even if they do not win a majority. 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.

## Candidates

According to electoral regulations, in order to qualify for the election, candidates are required to secure support from a political party or a coalition of parties controlling 11 seats in the Cirebon Regency Regional House of Representatives (DPRD). With 13 seats, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle is the only party which would be eligible to nominate a candidate without forming a coalition with other parties.
However, on 20 August 2024 the Constitutional Court of Indonesia issued ruling No. 60/PUU-XXII/2024 and MK decision No. 70/PUU-XXII/2024 which granted part of the lawsuit filed by the Labor Party and the Gelora Party against the local election law. This decision was stated in PKPU Number 8 of 2024. This ruling lowers the requirement to 6,5% for political parties to announce their own candidate pairings or total 6.5% of total combain parties. Based on this new ruling, PDI-P, National Awakening Party, Gerindra Party, Golkar, Prosperous Justice Party and the NasDem Party can name their own pairs of candidates without the need to form coalitions.

### Declared

These are candidates who have been allegedly delegated by political parties endorsing for regentional election:
1 :
| Candidate from non-parlement parties ||
| Rahmat Hidayat | Imam Saputra |
| for Regent | for Vice Regent |
| Retired Police Member Candidate of DPR-RI (Perindo) District of West Java 8 (2024) | Retired Police Chairman of the Advisory Board PSGJ Cirebon |
| Parties ||
| 83,154 / 1,279,290 (7%) PAN (2.13%) Labour Party (0.72%) Perindo Party (0.99%) PPP (1.27%) Gelora Party (1.52%) PBB (0.12%) Ummah Party (0.35%) PKN (0.09%) ||
2 :
| Candidate from PDIP and NasDem ||
| Imron Rosyadi | Agus Kurniawan Budiman |
| for Regent | for Vice Regent |
| Regent of Cirebon (2018–2024) | Headman of Kedongdong Kidul Village (2017–present) |
| Parties ||
| 408,340 / 1,279,290 (32%) PDIP (22.57%) NasDem Party (9.35%) ||
3 :
| Candidate from Gerindra, Democrat and PKS ||
| Wahyu Tjiptaningsih | Solichin |
| for Regent | for Vice Regent |
| Vice Regent of Cirebon (2021–2024) | Deputy Chairman of PCNU Cirebon Regency |
| Parties ||
| 368,756 / 1,279,290 (29%) Gerindra (12.96%) PKS (9.78%) Demokrat (6.08%) ||
4 :
| Candidate from PKB and Golkar ||
| Mohammad Luthfi | Dia Ramayana |
| for Regent | for Vice Regent |
| Speaker of the Cirebon Regency Regional People's Representative Council (2019–2024) | Expert Staff of Golkar Faction of the Indonesian House of Representatives |
| Parties ||
| 377,494 / 1,279,290 (30%) PKB (18.68%) Golkar (10.83%) ||

### Potential

The following are individuals who have either been publicly mentioned as a potential candidate by a political party in the DPRD, publicly declared their candidacy with press coverage, or considered as a potential candidate by media outlets:
* Imron Rosyadi (PDIP), incumbent regent.
* Wahyu Tjiptaningsih (PDIP), incumbent vice regent.
* Mohammad Luthfi (PKB), incumbent speaker of Cirebon Regency Regional People's Representative Council
* Teguh Rusiana Merdeka (Golkar), incumbent deputy speaker of Cirebon Regency Regional People's Representative Council
* Ismiyatul Fatihiyah Yusuf (PKB), Member of Cirebon Regency Regional People's Representative Council
* Junaedi (PKS), leader of Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Cirebon regency local representative
* R. Hasan Basori (PKB), Member of Cirebon Regency Regional People's Representative Council
* Anwar Yasin (PKS), Member of West Java Regional People's Representative Council
* M. Nuruzzaman, Special Staff of the Minister of Religion
* Suharso, Community Figure, Bureaucrat
* Muali, Chief of Forum Komunikasi Kuwu Cirebon (FKKC)
* Muhammad Abdullah Syukri (Gus Abe), President of PB PMII

## Political map

Following the 2024 Indonesian legislative election, seven political parties are represented in the Cirebon regency DPRD:
Change :
| 1 | 3 | Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) | 288.686 | 22,57% | 13 / 50 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | National Awakening Party (PKB) | 238.952 | 18,68% | 9 / 50 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) | 165.872 | 12,96% | 7 / 50 | |
| 4 | 4 | Party of Functional Groups (Golkar) | 138.542 | 10,83% | 7 / 50 | |
| 5 | 8 | Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) | 125.112 | 9,78% | 6 / 50 | 1 |
| 6 | 5 | Nasdem Party | 119.654 | 9,35% | 4 / 50 | 3 |
| 7 | 14 | Democratic Party (Demokrat) | 77.772 | 6,08% | 4 / 50 | 1 |
| 8 | 12 | National Mandate Party (PAN) | 27.300 | 2,13% | 0 / 50 | |

## Polling

| Type of polling | Date | Sample size | Imron-Agus | Wahyu-Solichin | Luthfi-Dia | Rahmat-Imam |
| Popularity | August, 30 and September 6, 2024 | 300 | 35,85% | 24.30% | 19.12% | 7.56% |
| Electability | August, 30 and September 6, 2024 | 300 | 20,83% | 4.16% | 12.50% | 2.78% |
| Pollster | Date | Sample size | Error margin | Rahmat-Imam | Imron-Agus | Wahyu-Solichin | Luthfi-Dia |
| Charta Politica | November 5 until November 10, 2024 | 600 | ± 2.9% | 8.3% | 41.5% | 12.0% | 26.2% |

## Results

| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Supporting coalition | Votes | % |
| | Rahmat Hidayat | Imam Saputra | Non-Parliement Parties | 69,771 | 7.14 |
| | Imron Rosyadi | Agus Kurniawan Budiman | PDI-P and NasDem | 426,323 | 43.63 |
| | Wahyu Tjiptaningsih | Solichin | Gerindra, PKS and Democrat | 183,467 | 18.78 |
| | Mohammad Luthfi | Dia Ramayana | PKB and Golkar | 297,531 | 30.45 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 977,092 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 977,092 | 94.09 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 61,342 | 5.91 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,038,434 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,744,235 | 59.54 |
| Source: General Elections Commission of Cirebon Regency ||||||