Satisfaction Levels of 7 Regional Heads from KIC Survey: West Java Highest

The Katadata Insight Center (KIC) conducted a satisfaction survey or performance assessment of seven regional heads in Indonesia.

West Java had the highest satisfaction rate at 88.3%. This comprised 30% of respondents who were very satisfied and 58.3% who were satisfied.

Conversely, 17.6% of respondents were dissatisfied with Ridwan Kamil's performance as governor. This included 12.9% who were dissatisfied and 4.7% who were very dissatisfied.

Next was East Java, led by Khofifah Indar Parawansa, with a satisfaction rate of 86.7%. This comprised 19.5% very satisfied and 67.2% satisfied.

Those dissatisfied with Khofifah's performance amounted to 13.3% of respondents; 10.4% dissatisfied and 2.8% very dissatisfied.

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Following this was South Sulawesi, led by Andi Sudirman, with a satisfaction rate of 85.4%. This comprised 12.5% very satisfied and 72.8% satisfied.

Those dissatisfied with Andi's performance totaled 14.6%, consisting of 11.9% dissatisfied and 2.8% very dissatisfied.

Then there's West Sumatra, with satisfaction towards Mahyeldi Ansharullah at 82.4%. This comprised 16.7% very satisfied and 65.7% satisfied.

Those dissatisfied amounted to 17.6%, consisting of 12.9% dissatisfied and 4.7% very dissatisfied.

The research team noted that the performance of governors in West Java, East Java, South Sulawesi, and West Sumatra received satisfaction ratings above 80%.

"This is in line with the incumbent governors in those provinces being perceived as the most suitable candidates," wrote the research team in a report published on Thursday (6/6/2024).

The remaining provinces – Banten, Jakarta, and North Sumatra – are shown in the graph.

Overall, this gubernatorial election survey involved 7,864 respondents aged over 17 with mobile phone numbers, spread across 8 provinces (population based on Telkomsel's telco data insight).

The sample breakdown is as follows: Banten (885 people), Jakarta (1,054), West Java (1,172), Central Java (895), East Java (882), South Sulawesi (869), West Sumatra (1,047), North Sumatra (1,060). The gender composition consisted of 60.7% male and 39.3% female.

Data collection was conducted online from May 3-9, 2024, using tSurvey's data collection with a non-probability sampling method. The margin of error is approximately 1.1% at a 95% confidence level.

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