# 2024 North Kalimantan gubernatorial election

The 2024 North Kalimantan gubernatorial election was held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the governor and vice governor of North Kalimantan for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2020. Incumbent Governor Zainal Arifin Paliwang of the Gerindra Party won re-election in a landslide with 58% of the vote. Vice Governor Yansen Tipa Padan of the Democratic Party placed second with 29%, followed by Andi Sulaiman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), who received 12%.

## 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 were required to secure support from a political party or a coalition of parties controlling 7 seats (20 percent of all seats) in the North Kalimantan Regional House of Representatives (DPRD). As no parties won 7 or more seats in the 2024 legislative election, parties are required to form coalitions to nominate a candidate. Candidates may alternatively demonstrate support to run as an independent in form of photocopies of identity cards, which in North Kalimantan's case corresponds to 50,426 copies. No independent candidates registered with the General Elections Commission (KPU) prior to the set deadline of 12 May 2024.

### 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:
* Zainal Arifin Paliwang (Gerindra), incumbent governor.
* Yansen Tipa Padan (Demokrat), incumbent vice governor.
* Andi Sulaiman, former head of the North Kalimantan office of the State Intelligence Agency.
* Immanuel Ebenezer [id] (Gerindra), former leader in the Prabowo Subianto 2024 presidential campaign.

## Political map

Following the 2024 Indonesian legislative election, ten political parties are represented in the North Kalimantan DPRD:
Seat count :
| Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) | 6 / 35 |
| Party of Functional Groups (Golkar) | 6 / 35 |
| Democratic Party (Demokrat) | 6 / 35 |
| Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) | 4 / 35 |
| Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) | 3 / 35 |
| People's Conscience Party (Hanura) | 3 / 35 |
| NasDem Party | 2 / 35 |
| National Awakening Party (PKB) | 2 / 35 |
| National Mandate Party (PAN) | 2 / 35 |
| United Development Party (PPP) | 1 / 35 |

## Results

| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Zainal Arifin Paliwang | Ingkong Ala [id] | Gerindra Party | 194,021 | 58.53 |
| | Yansen Tipa Padan | Suratno [id] | Democratic Party | 97,244 | 29.34 |
| | Andi Sulaiman | Adri Patton [id] | Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle | 40,228 | 12.14 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 331,493 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 331,493 | 93.92 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 21,447 | 6.08 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 352,940 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 518,612 | 68.05 |
| Source: KPU ||||||