page_title: 2018 Riau gubernatorial election
section_title: Timeline
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 Riau gubernatorial election / Timeline
caption_attribution_description: English: Voter submitting her ballot for the w:Indonesian local elections, 2018 in Tobek Godang, Pekanbaru, Riau Bahasa Indonesia: Warga memberikan suaranya pada w:id:Pemilihan umum Gubernur Riau 2018 di Tobek Godang, Pekanbaru, Riau
context_page_description: The 2018 Riau gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of Riau alongside with their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council will be re-elected in 2019.
  Four pairs of candidates contested the election, including incumbent governor Arsyadjuliandi Rachman. Other candidates are Firdaus, mayor of the province's capital Pekanbaru, DPR member and former cabinet minister Muhammad Lukman Edy, and Siak Regency regent Syamsuar.
  After winning 38.2 percent of the votes, Syamsuar would defeat the incumbent and become governor for the 2018-2023 period.
context_section_description: Registration for party-backed candidates were opened between 8 and 10 January 2018, while independent candidates were required to register between 22 and 26 November 2017. The candidates were assigned their ballot numbers on 13 February 2018. The campaigning period would commence between 15 February and 24 June, with a three-day election silence before voting on 27 June. In April 2018, KPU declared that there were 3,622,488 eligible voters for the election.
caption: A voter submitting her ballot at a polling station in Pekanbaru, Riau
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