5,271 Registered Persons with Disabilities in the 2017 Jakarta Gubernatorial Election

A total of 5,271 disabled people will participate in the Jakarta gubernatorial election (Pilkada DKI Jakarta) on February 15, 2017. Of this number, approximately 28 percent (1,509 people) are physically disabled, 11 percent (587 people) are visually impaired, 12.5 percent (673 people) are hearing impaired, and 25.7 percent (1,378 people) are intellectually disabled. The remaining 22.8 percent (1,224 people) represent other types of disabilities.

The total number of voters in the 2017 DKI Jakarta gubernatorial election reached 7.13 million people, distributed across 13,023 polling stations (TPS). If each polling station has 7 polling station officials (KPPS), then 91,161 people are needed. Adding 26,046 security personnel (2 per polling station), the total personnel required is significantly higher.