2018 West Kalimantan gubernatorial election

2018 West Kalimantan gubernatorial election

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Turnout	75.1%[1]
Nominee Sutarmidji Karolin Margret Natasa Milton Crosby Party PPP PDI-P Gerindra Running mate Ria Norsan Suryadman Gidot Boyman Harun Popular vote 1,334,512 1,081,878 172,151 Percentage 51.55% 41.79% 6.65%
Location of West Kalimantan within Indonesia
Governor before election Cornelis PDI-P Elected Governor Sutarmidji PPP

The 2018 West Kalimantan gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of West Kalimantan along with their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah) will be re-elected in 2019.

With incumbent Cornelis M.H. barred after serving two full terms, the election was contested by three pairs of candidates: Pontianak mayor Sutarmidji, Landak regent Karolin Margret Natasa and former regent of Sintang Milton Crosby.

The election resulted in victory for Sutarmidji, who secured 51.5 percent of the votes. Karolin came in second with 41.8 percent while Milton won less than 7 percent of votes.