Local elections (, ) were held in Indonesia on 9 December 2020. Voters elected nine governors, 224 regents, and 37 mayors across the country. All the elections were held on the same day, and over 100 million people were expected to be eligible to vote.

Background

Simultaneous local elections (Pilkada Serentak) were first held in Indonesia in 2015. The leadup to the 2020 elections saw several regulations being issued by the General Elections Commission (KPU) barring certain candidates from running, from adulterers to politicians who had been charged with corruption. The decision that the simultaneous local elections throughout Indonesia would be held amid the COVID-19 pandemic stirred some controversy in the Indonesian public.

Schedule KPU released a schedule for the election in June 2019. Registration for the candidates would be held between 28 and 30 April 2020, with a campaign period lasting between June and September. The voting itself was initially planned for 23 September 2020. In October 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs estimated that the election would require an expenditure of Rp 15.3 trillion (around US$1.1 billion), around double the budget for the 2015 local elections. In May 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, President Joko Widodo issued a regulation postponing the election to December 2020, with further postponement being possible if the pandemic had not subsided by then.

The new schedule for the elections was released in June, with the new election date set for 9 December 2020 and the campaigning period being set between 26 September and 5 December 2020.

This election schedule planned by the Election Committee (KPU) and the government was opposed by several activists because by forcing a major event during a pandemic, they were breaching several Laws (UU Kekarantinaan Kesehatan & UU Wabah Penyakit Menular) which raising the risk of disease contagion among the people. There were more than 1500 health protocol violations during the campaigns, and 70.000 ballot officers tested reactive from COVID rapid tests and could not immediately be replaced.

In December 2020 also, the government insisted on holding Pilkades Serentak (Simultaneous village leader elections) in more than 1200 villages.

Elections

Gubernatorial Province Previous governor Elected governor West Sumatra (details) Irwan Prayitno (PKS) Mahyeldi Ansharullah (PKS) Jambi (details) (PAN) Al Haris (PAN) Bengkulu () Rohidin Mersyah (Golkar) Rohidin Mersyah (Golkar) Riau Islands () (Demokrat) Ansar Ahmad (Golkar) Central Kalimantan () Sugianto Sabran (Gerindra) Sugianto Sabran (PDI-P) South Kalimantan () Sahbirin Noor (Gerindra) Sahbirin Noor (Golkar) North Kalimantan () (Demokrat) Zainal Arifin Paliwang (Gerindra) North Sulawesi (details) Olly Dondokambey (PDI-P) Olly Dondokambey (PDI-P) Central Sulawesi () Longki Djanggola (Gerindra) Rusdy Mastura (NasDem)

Mayoral

City Province Notes Medan North Sumatra details Binjai Sibolga Tanjungbalai Gunungsitoli Pematangsiantar Solok West Sumatra Bukittinggi Dumai Riau Sungai Penuh Jambi Metro Lampung Bandar Lampung Batam Riau Islands Depok West Java details Pekalongan Central Java Semarang Magelang Surakarta details Blitar East Java Surabaya details Pasuruan Cilegon Banten South Tangerang details Denpasar Bali Mataram West Nusa Tenggara Banjarbaru South Kalimantan Banjarmasin Samarinda East Kalimantan Balikpapan Bontang Bitung North Sulawesi Manado Tomohon Palu Central Sulawesi Makassar South Sulawesi detailsrepeat after none of the above majority in 2018 Ternate North Maluku Tidore

Regency Regency Province Notes South Tapanuli North Sumatra Serdang Bedagai Toba Samosir Labuhan Batu Pakpak Bharat Humbang Hasundutan Asahan Mandailing Natal Samosir Karo Nias South Nias West Nias Simalungun South Labuhanbatu North Labuhanbatu North Nias Solok West Sumatra Agam Pasaman West Pasaman Lima Puluh Kota Dharmasraya South Solok Padang Pariaman Sijunjung Tanah Datar Pesisir Selatan Indragiri Hulu Riau Bengkalis Kuantan Singingi Siak Rokan Hilir Rokan Hulu Pelalawan Kepulauan Meranti West Tanjung Jabung Jambi Batang Hari Bungo East Tanjung Jabung Ogan Komering Ulu South Sumatra South Ogan Komering Ulu Ogan Ilir East Ogan Komering Ulu Musi Rawas Penukal Abab Lematang North Musi Rawas Seluma Bengkulu Kaur Rejang Lebong Kepahiang Lebong Mukomuko South Bengkulu North Bengkulu South Lampung Lampung Way Kanan East Lampung Central Lampung Pesawaran Pesisir Barat Central Bangka Bangka–Belitung Islands East Belitung West Bangka South Bangka Lingga Riau Islands Bintan Karimun Natuna Anambas Islands Serang Banten Pandeglang Sukabumi West Java Bandung Indramayu Cianjur Tasikmalaya Karawang Pangandaran Pekalongan Central Java Semarang Kebumen Rembang Purbalingga Blora Boyolali Kendal Sukoharjo Wonosobo Wonogiri Purworejo Sragen Klaten Pemalang Grobogan Demak Sleman Yogyakarta Special Region Gunung Kidul Bantul Ngawi East Java Jember Lamongan Ponorogo Blitar Situbondo Kediri Sumenep Gresik Malang Mojokerto Pacitan Trenggalek Sidoarjo Tuban Banyuwangi Karangasem Bali Badung Bangli Tabanan Jembrana North Lombok West Nusa Tenggara Central Lombok Bima West Sumbawa Dompu Sumbawa Belu East Nusa Tenggara Malaka West Manggarai East Sumba West Sumba Manggarai Ngada North Central Timor Sabu Raijua Kapuas Hulu West Kalimantan Bengkayang Sekadau Melawi Sintang Ketapang Sambas Banjar South Kalimantan Kota Baru Balangan Central Hulu Sungai Tanah Bumbu East Kotawaringin East Kalimantan Mahakam Ulu Kutai Kartanegara Paser Berau East Kutai West Kutai Tana Tidung Bulungan North Kalimantan Malinau details Nunukan Pangkajene and Islands South Sulawesi Barru Gowa Maros East Luwu Tana Toraja Selayar Islands Soppeng North Luwu Bulukumba North Toraja Banggai Laut Central Sulawesi Tojo Una-Una Poso Tolitoli North Morowali Sigi Banggai Central Mamuju West Sulawesi Pasangkayu Mamuju Majene East Kolaka Southeast Sulawesi North Buton South Konawe North Konawe Konawe Islands Muna Wakatobi East Bolaang Mongondow North Sulawesi South Bolaang Mongondow North Minahasa South Minahasa Gorontalo Gorontalo Bone Bolango Pohuwato Aru Islands MalukuEast Seram Southwest Maluku South Buru Taliabu Island North Maluku East Halmahera Sula Islands North Halmahera South Halmahera West Halmahera South Manokwari West Papua South Sorong Raja Ampat Kaimana Teluk Bintuni Fakfak Teluk Wondama Manokwari Nabire Papua Asmat Keerom Waropen Merauke Mamberamo Raya Boven Digoel Pegunungan Bintang Yahukimo Supiori Yalimo Arfak Mountains

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