2024 Cirebon regency election
The 2024 Cirebon regency election was held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the regent of Cirebon Regency for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2018.
Electoral system
The election, like other local elections in 2024, follow the first-past-the-post system where the candidate with the most votes wins the election, even if they do not win a majority. It is possible for a candidate to run uncontested, in which case the candidate is still required to win a majority of votes "against" an "empty box" option. Should the candidate fail to do so, the election will be repeated on a later date.Candidates
According to electoral regulations, in order to qualify for the election, candidates are required to secure support from a political party or a coalition of parties controlling 11 seats in the Cirebon Regency Regional House of Representatives. With 13 seats, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle is the only party which would be eligible to nominate a candidate without forming a coalition with other parties.However, on 20 August 2024 the Constitutional Court of Indonesia issued ruling No. 60/PUU-XXII/2024 and MK decision No. 70/PUU-XXII/2024 which granted part of the lawsuit filed by the Labor Party and the Gelora Party against the local election law. This decision was stated in PKPU Number 8 of 2024. This ruling lowers the requirement to 6,5% for political parties to announce their own candidate pairings or total 6.5% of total combain parties. Based on this new ruling, PDI-P, National Awakening Party, Gerindra Party, Golkar, Prosperous Justice Party and the NasDem Party can name their own pairs of candidates without the need to form coalitions.
Declared
These are candidates who have been allegedly delegated by political parties endorsing for regentional election:Potential
The following are individuals who have either been publicly mentioned as a potential candidate by a political party in the DPRD, publicly declared their candidacy with press coverage, or considered as a potential candidate by media outlets:- Imron Rosyadi, incumbent regent.
- Wahyu Tjiptaningsih, incumbent vice regent.
- Mohammad Luthfi, incumbent speaker of Cirebon Regency Regional People's Representative Council
- Teguh Rusiana Merdeka, incumbent deputy speaker of Cirebon Regency Regional People's Representative Council
- Ismiyatul Fatihiyah Yusuf, Member of Cirebon Regency Regional People's Representative Council
- Junaedi, leader of Prosperous Justice Party Cirebon regency local representative
- R. Hasan Basori, Member of Cirebon Regency Regional People's Representative Council
- Anwar Yasin, Member of West Java Regional People's Representative Council
- M. Nuruzzaman, Special Staff of the Minister of Religion
- Suharso, Community Figure, Bureaucrat
- Muali, Chief of Forum Komunikasi Kuwu Cirebon
- Muhammad Abdullah Syukri, President of PB PMII
Political map
Following the 2024 Indonesian legislative election, seven political parties are represented in the Cirebon regency DPRD:Polling
| Pollster | Date | Sample size | Error margin | Rahmat-Imam | Imron-Agus | Wahyu-Solichin | Luthfi-Dia |
| Pollster | Date | Sample size | Error margin | ||||
| Charta Politica | November 5 until November 10, 2024 | 600 | ± 2.9% | 8.3% | 41.5% | 12.0% | 26.2% |