2018 Malang mayoral election

2018 Malang mayoral election
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Turnout66.2%
 
Candidate Sutiaji Mochammad Anton
Party Demokrat PKB
Running mate Sofyan Edi Jarwoko Syamsul Mahmud
Popular vote 165,194 135,710
Percentage 44.54% 36.59%
Mayor before election

Mochammad Anton
PKB

Elected mayor

Sutiaji
Demokrat

The 2018 Malang mayoral election was held on 27 June 2018 as part of simultaneous local elections to elect the mayor of Malang, East Java for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2013. Three candidates contested the election including incumbent Mochammad Anton, but due to a corruption case, Anton and another candidate, Ya'qud Ananda Gudban, were arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission prior to the election date. The unarrested incumbent vice mayor, Sutiaji won the election with 44.5% of votes.