Only Golkar, PDIP have Change to Win Election: LSI

Jakarta (Antara) - Golkar and PDIP will be the parties that have a chance to win in the legislative elections on April 9, according to the Indonesia Survey Institute (LSI). "Based on the complete results of political parties' electability in March, Golkar will get 21.9 percent while PDIP 21.1 percent," LSI researcher Adjie Alfarabi affirmed at a press conference here on Wednesday. He explained that if the margin of vote collection between the two parties was slim, then Golkar would have a chance to have more parliamentary seats than PDIP, because Golkar's vote distribution is wider and spread evenly, especially in regions outside Java, while PDIP's votes are still concentrated in Java. He added that the two parties' vote collection will be difficult to overtake by other political parties in view of the parties' electability. He predicted that Gerindra will finish third with 11.1 percent votes followed by the ruling Democrat Party (7.6 percent), PKB (5.9 percent), PKS (5.2 percent), Hanura (4.5 percent), Nasdem (4.3 percent), PPP (3.4 percent), PAN (3.0 percent), PBB (0.9 percent) and PKPI (0.5) percent. According to LSI, only 10 parties will be able to send their representatives to the parliament namely PDIP, Golkar, Gerindra, Democrat Party, PKB, PKS, Hanura, Nasdem, PPP and PAN. "Although the electability of PPP and PAN is below 3.5 percent, the two still have a chance to pass the parliamentary threshold," Alfarabi asserted. (*) Reporting by Anita Permata Dewi