2013 Central Java gubernatorial election

The 2013 Central Java gubernatorial election was held on 26 May 2013 to elect both the governor and vice governor of Central Java. The incumbent, Bibit Waluyo, ran for re-election as a member of the Democratic Party, despite being first elected as a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in 2008. In the election, he faced Ganjar Pranowo of the PDI-P and Hadi Prabowo of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), being defeated by the former.

2013 Central Java gubernatorial election

26 May 2013 (2013-05-26)
Turnout	55.73%
Candidate Ganjar Pranowo Bibit Waluyo Hadi Prabowo Party PDI-P Demokrat PKS Running mate Heru Sudjatmoko Sudijono Sastroatmodjo Don Murdono Popular vote 6,962,417 4,314,813 2,982,715 Percentage 48.82% 30.26% 20.92%
Location of Central Java within Indonesia
Governor before election Bibit Waluyo Demokrat Elected Governor Ganjar Pranowo PDI-P

Candidates

This general election was contested by three candidates. Incumbent, Bibit Waluyo, ran for re-election with Sudijono, the Chancellor of the State University of Semarang. The PDI-P (who had supported Waluyo in the 2008 election), brought Ganjar Pranowo, a member of the People's Representative Council as a candidate, together with Heru Sudjatmoko who was serving as the Regent of Purbalingga. Interestingly, the deputy governor of Central Java, Rustriningsih which had been predicted to be promoted by the PDI-P, was not nominated. According to some the PDI-P considered that Rustri was not polite in politics. Meanwhile Hadi Prabowo, the Regional Secretary of Central Java ran with the Regent of Sumedang, Don Murdono.

Results

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Ganjar Pranowo	Heru Sudjatmoko	PDI-P	6,962,417	48.82
	Bibit Waluyo	Sudijono Sastroatmodjo	Demokrat	4,314,813	30.26
	Hadi Prabowo	Don Murdono	PKS	2,982,715	20.92
Total				14,259,945	100.00
Valid votes				14,259,945	93.44
Invalid/blank votes				1,001,323	6.56
Total votes				15,261,268	100.00
Source: KPU