Pollsters’ association audits two contradictory polls on Jakarta elections – Jakarta

The ethics board of the Indonesian Association for Public Opinion Polls (Persepi) is investigating why two opinion polls on the tripartite race for Jakarta governor by Lembaga Survei Indonesia (LSI) and Poltracking Indonesia returned conflicting results on who is the favorite in the Jakarta gubernatorial race. We are halfway through the campaign season.

LSI and Poltracking are among the members of Persepi.

“The ethics board has decided to thoroughly audit their voting processes and ask the two institutions to submit full reports on the process, from preparation to how they obtained the results,” said Persepi executive in charge of internal affairs, Arya Fernandes. . Jakarta Post on Sunday.

The ethics board plans to ask the two pollsters for clarification this week, said Arya, who is also a political researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

The process will be led by the three members of the council: Asep Saefuddin, professor of statistics at Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Hamdi Muluk, professor of psychology at the University of Indonesia (UI), and Saiful Mujani, founder of pollster Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC).

On Wednesday, LSI released the results of an opinion poll on the Jakarta race showing Pramono Anung and his running mate Rano Karno, who has been using the fictional character Betawi Si Doel in his campaign, as the favorites in the election. for governor in a three-way race, beating Ridwan Kamil and his running mate Suswono.

According to the survey, the Pramono-Rano couple’s eligibility rate increased by 13.2 percentage points, from 28.4 percent in September to 41.6 percent in October. While Ridwan and Suswono plummeted from 51.8 percent to 37.4 percent, Dharma Pongrekun and Kun Wardana still polled in single digits. The remaining 14 percent of respondents were undecided, a slight increase from 12 percent last month.