The 2018 Papua gubernatorial election took place in Papua, Indonesia on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of Papua along with their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah) will be re-elected in 2019.
Incumbent Lukas Enembe ran for his second term against the regent of Jayawijaya Regency John Wempi Wetipo.
Timeline 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 although none registered. The candidates were assigned their ballot numbers on 21 February 2018. The campaigning period would commence between 15 February and 24 June, with a three-day election silence before voting on 27 June.
The General Elections Commission planned to release a list of eligible voters by 22 April 2018, but it was delayed citing delays from several regions. A placeholder count from March 2018 placed the voter count at 3,125,047.
Candidates As per regulations due to the province's special autonomy status, candidates are required to garner the support of political parties totaling 15 percent of the popular vote in the 2014 election or parties controlling 15 percent of the 55-seat provincial council. # Candidate Position Running mate Parties 1 Lukas Enembe Incumbent governor Klemen Tinal DemokratGolkarHanuraPKBNasdemPKSPANPKPIPPPTotal: 42 seats 2 John Wempi Wetipo Regent of Jayawijaya Habel Melkias Suwae PDI-PGerindraPerindo, PBBTotal: 13 seats The Lukas-Klemen pair (abbreviated as Lukmen) are both incumbents. After garnering the support of most political parties in 2017, several media outlets and his party Demokrat speculated that the election will be uncontested. On January 4, however, PDI-P leader Megawati Sukarnoputri declared that the party will place its support behind John Wempi Wetipo, regent of Jayawijaya Regency with former regent of Jayapura Regency Habel Melkias Suwae as his running mate. The John-Suwae ticket (abbreviated as Josua) also received the endorsement of Gerindra, despite the two parties being the main parties of the government (Koalisi Indonesia Hebat) and opposition (Koalisi Merah Putih) coalitions in the People's Representative Council. Deputy speaker of the parliament and Gerindra vice-chairman Fadli Zon noted that the alliance was "reflecting the aspirations of local areas".
Results
By region Region Lukas-Klemen JWW-HMS Valid votes Invalid votes Total Asmat Regency20,116 () 41,758 () 61,874 510 62,384 Biak Numfor Regency26,823 () 31,648 () 58,471 1,261 59,732 Boven Digoel Regency 11,389 () 6,056 () 17,445 391 17,836 Deiyai Regency 54,173 () 6,826 () 60,999 0 60,999 Dogiyai Regency 68,561 () 20,981 () 89,542 1 89,543 Intan Jaya Regency 24,774 () 57,156 () 81,930 180 82,110 Jayapura Regency 25,971 () 34,546 () 60,517 1,584 62,101 Jayawijaya Regency 105,696 () 157,736 () 263,432 297 263,729 Keerom Regency 17,607 () 10,474 () 28,081 542 28,623 Yapen Islands Regency31,050 () 23,048 () 54,098 1,811 55,909 Lanny Jaya Regency 147,880 () 37,702 () 185,582 832 186,414 Mamberamo Raya Regency 12,760 () 6,062 () 18,822 139 18,961 Mamberamo Tengah Regency 33,271 () 0 () 33,271 0 33,271 Mappi Regency 26,786 () 11,122 () 37,908 1,160 39,068 Merauke Regency 38,819 () 39,694 () 78,513 2,461 80,974 Mimika Regency 117,371 () 61,441 () 178,812 21,323 200,135 Nabire Regency 79,149 () 61,872 () 141,021 869 141,890 Nduga Regency 62,814 () 31,402 () 94,216 0 94,216 Paniai Regency 81,932 () 19,211 () 101,143 46 101,189 Pegunungan Bintang Regency 68,782 () 27,659 () 96,441 418 96,859 Puncak Regency 146,783 () 11,557 () 158,340 0 158,340 Puncak Jaya Regency 159,377 () 21,053 () 180,430 0 180,430 Sarmi Regency 6,023 () 8,017 () 14,040 481 14,521 Supiori Regency 4,269 () 5,778 () 10,047 119 10,166 Tolikara Regency 180,156 () 42,359 () 222,515 562 223,077 Waropen Regency 15,008 () 14,263 () 29,271 205 29,476 Yahukimo Regency 229,012 () 60,805 () 289,817 1,674 291,491 Yalimo Regency 77,986 () 6,058 () 84,044 4 84,048 Jayapura 65,201 () 75,724 () 140,925 2,084 143,009 Total 1,939,539 () 932,008 () 2,871,547 38,954 2,910,501
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