2020 Medan mayoral election

The 2020 Medan mayoral election was held on 9 December 2020, as part of the 2020 simultaneous local elections in Indonesia. The mayoral election was contested between sitting acting mayor Akhyar Nasution and Bobby Nasution, son-in-law of President Joko Widodo.

2020 Medan mayoral election
9 December 2020
Registered1,601,001[1]
 
Nominee Bobby Nasution Akhyar Nasution
Party PDI-P Demokrat
Running mate Aulia Rachman Salman Alfarisi
Popular vote 393,533 342,580
Percentage 53.5[2] 46.5
Mayor before election

Akhyar Nasution
Demokrat

 Elected Mayor

Bobby Nasution
PDI-P

Candidates

Two sets of candidates are running for the election. The previously elected mayor, Dzulmi Eldin, had been arrested on graft charges in October 2019.[3]

  • Bobby Nasution (PDI-P), property businessman and son-in-law of president Joko Widodo, with city councillor Aulia Rachman (Gerindra) as running mate,
  • Akhyar Nasution (Demokrat), acting mayor of Medan and formerly elected as deputy mayor, with provincial legislator Salman Alfarisi (PKS) as running mate.

Akhyar was formerly a member of PDI-P, but left the party due to PDI-P's decision to nominate Bobby for the mayoral race. Outside of PDI-P and Gerindra, Bobby was also endorsed by PAN, Golkar, Nasdem, PSI, Hanura and PPP, while Akhyar was supported by just Demokrat and PKS.[3]

Campaign

Two rounds of public debates between the candidates were held on 7 and 21 November 2020.[4][5]

References
  1. "DPT Pilkada Medan 2020 Ditetapkan Sebanyak 1.601.001 Pemilih". Merdeka (in Indonesian). 16 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. "HITUNG SUARA PEMILIHAN WALIKOTA DAN WAKIL WALIKOTA KOTA MEDAN" (in Indonesian). General Elections Commission. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. "Pilkada Medan, Panggung Duel Dua Nasution". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. "Debat Kedua Pilkada Medan, Akhyar Skakmat Bobby Soal Anggaran Rp 30 Triliun". Suara.com (in Indonesian). 21 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. "Pilkada Medan: Debat Publik Perdana, Akhyar Trending, Bobby Santai..." KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 7 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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