Jakarta, June 27 (Antara)- Over 152 million Indonesians are expected to go to the polls to elect 17 governors, 39 mayors and 115 district heads for the 2018-2023 period, in simultaneous regional head elections (pilkada) held in 171 regions across the country on Wednesday (June 27).
The government has declared the local election day as a national holiday.
Based on the data of the General Elections Commission (KPU), the total number of eligible voters for the pilkada 2018 is 152,067,680, comprising some 76 million female voters and 75 million male voters.
The Commission estimates that the total turnout will reach more than 70 percent.
The 17 provinces to hold pilada are East Java, Central Java, West Java, East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, South Sumatra, Riau, Maluku, Bali, Southeast Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, North Sumatra, Papua, North Maluku, and Lampung.
Indonesia had organized simultaneous regional head elections (pilkada) peacefully in 2015 and 2017 respectively. (*)
