Yudhoyono for President, Survey

VIVAnews - The Justice and Prosperous Party (PKS) and the National Awakening Party (PKB) have a scientific basis of why they choose to join with the Democratic Party. Indonesian-based polling agency Lembaga Survei Indonesia found that the voters from the two parties tended to vote for a presidential candidate from the Democratic Party Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the coming presidential Elections.

There were 65.7 percent of PKS voters electing Yudhoyono as the president; 10.3 percent voted for Prabowo Subianto; and 4.8 percent elected Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X. 55.3 percent of PKB voters elected Yudhoyono; 16.4 percent chose Megawati; and 8.8 percent voted for Prabowo Subianto.

The interesting fact is that although the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) has Megawati Soekarnoputri as its figure, there were actually voters from the party who chose other presidential candidates.

"Those voters who voted for certain parties may vote for other presidential candidates," said Director of Research at Lembaga Survei Indonesia, Dodi Ambardi, on Thursday, April 16.

Here is the result of the survey in which the respondents were given six presidential candidates:


Demokratic Party
1. Yudhoyono, 86.3 percent
2. Prabowo Subianto, 5.5 percent
3. Megawati Soekarnoputri, 2.3 percent

Golkar Party
1. Yudhoyono, 45.1 percent
2. Jusuf Kalla, 22.2 percent
3. Megawati, 10.6 percent

PDIP
1. Megawati, 64.9 percent
2. Yudhoyono, 19.1 percent
3. Prabowo, 4.5 percent

PKS (Hidayat Nur Wahid is not included as candidate)
1. Yudhoyono, 65.7 percent
2. Prabowo, 10.3 percent
3. Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X, 4.8 percent

PAN (National Mandate Party)
1. Yudhoyono, 46.4 percent
2. Mega, 16.7 percent
3. Prabowo, 14.1 percent

PKB
1. Yudhoyono, 55.3 percent
2. Mega, 16.4 percent
3. Prabowo, 8.8 percent

PPP (United Development Party)
1. Yudhoyono, 53.7 percent
2. Prabowo, 9.8 percent
3. Megawati, 7.9 percent

Gerindra
1. Prabowo, 55.43 percent
2. Yudhoyono, 19.7 percent
3. Megawati, 6.8 percent

Hanura
1. Yudhoyono, 38.5 percent
2. Megawati, 19.6 percent
3. Prabowo, 12.6 percent
4. Wiranto, 9 percent

The survey was conducted over 4,200 respondents spreading around 2,100 random polling stations across Indonesia. The respondents were interviewed after they marked their ballots.

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Translated by: Bonardo Maulana Wahono