PDIP's Campaign Spending Reaches Rp115 Billion, PSI's Only Rp180,000

The General Election Commission (KPU) has announced the Preliminary Report on Campaign Funds (LADK) of Political Parties participating in the 2024 General Election.

Each party reported its LADK to the KPU through the Campaign and Campaign Funding Information System (Sikadeka).

Based on these reports, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) had the highest initial campaign expenditure, namely Rp115 billion as of January 7, 2024.

Meanwhile, at the bottom was the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) with initial expenditure of only Rp180,000.

The following is a complete list of initial campaign fund expenditures per political party as of January 7, 2024, sorted from largest to smallest:

1. PDIP: Rp115,046,105,000
2. Hanura: Rp23,403,515,060
3. PAN: Rp22,419,055,000
4. PPP: Rp13,155,500,000
5. Perindo: Rp9,997,744,025
6. Golkar: Rp8,801,317,049
7. PKS: Rp7,833,307,791
8. Nasdem: Rp7,631,655,294
9. Gelora: Rp4,686,000,000
10. Demokrat: Rp3,914,375,079
11. Partai Buruh: Rp3,758,092,806
12. Garuda: Rp2,118,305,000
13. Gerindra: Rp1,179,460,715.62
14. PKB: Rp800,446,161.27
15. Partai Ummat: Rp478,137,200
16. PBB: Rp228,300,000
17. PKN: Rp42,700,400
18. PSI: Rp180,000

Responding to PSI's minimal campaign expenditure, the Chairperson of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), Rahmat Bagja, stated that a re-check is necessary.

"They (PSI) campaigned everywhere, and there's no report? That's illogical and irrational," said Bagja, as reported by Antara, Wednesday (10/1/2024).

On the other hand, the Deputy Chairperson of the PSI Central Board of Trustees, Grace Natalie, said that the expenditure report is not yet final because there are still ongoing transactions that have not been settled.

"The report is not final, we are still compiling data. The data at the KPU is an incomplete document and will continue to develop," said Grace in her official statement.

The KPU explained that as of January 7, 2024, the LADK of 18 participating election parties was incomplete and did not comply with regulations.

"If the review finds documents that are declared incomplete and the scope of information is not appropriate, then the LADK of the participating Political Parties will be returned," wrote the KPU in its release, Tuesday (9/1/2024).

Each party can make corrections to the LADK within 5 days of its return, at the latest by January 12, 2024, at 23:59 local time.

(See also: Campaign Funds of Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates 2024, Prabowo-Gibran Largest)