63.6 Percent Voter Turnout in the First Round of the 2012 Jakarta Regional Elections

Only 63 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots in the first round of the 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election (Pilkada DKI Jakarta). The total number of votes in the first round was 6.96 million, while only 4.43 million votes were cast; the remaining 2.53 million votes were not used.

Kepulauan Seribu Regency had the highest voter turnout percentage in the first round of the 2012 Pilkada, at 78.24 percent. North Jakarta had the lowest turnout, at only 60.66 percent.

The first round of the 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election featured six pairs of gubernatorial and vice-gubernatorial candidates. These six candidates were: Jokowi-Ahok, Fauzi Bowo-Nachrowi Ramli, Hidayat Nurwahid-Didik J. Rachbini, Faisal Basri-Biem T. Benyamin, Alex Noerdin-Nono Sampono, and Hendardji Supandji-Ahmad Riza Patria (an independent candidate).