Jakarta (Antara Babel) - Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto can win the upcoming July 9 presidential election if his electability continued to increase, a survey institute said.
"The Prabowo-Hatta presidential ticket can win if the pair's upward electability trend continues to take place and the downward electability trend of the Jokowi-JK duo also continues," M Qodari, the executive director of Indo Barometer survey institute, said here on Sunday.
He said that based on the results of the survey his institute had conducted on June 16 to June 22, 2014, which involved 1,200 respondents from 33 provinces, the Jokowi-JK electability was still higher at 46 percent as compared to Prabowo-Hatta's 42.6 percent.
A total of 11.3 percent of voters still kept their choices a secret.
However, in general the latest survey result of Jokowi-JK's electability showed a decline as compared to the results of surveys conducted previously. In the meantime, Prabowo's electability continued to increase.
Qodari said that if the upward trend of Prabowo's electability continued, he could win a landslide victory of 53 percent above Jokowi's 47 percent in the July 9 presidential election.
On the other hand, the Jokowi-JK pair could instead win if the pair is able to maintain its electability and the 11.3 voters opted to vote for it.
Indonesia will be organizing a free and democratic presidential election on July 9, 2014, which will be contested by only two pairs of presidential and vice-presidential candidates: Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Jusuf Kalla.
Prabowo Subianto is a retired military general and the chairman of Gerindra (Great Indonesia Movement) Party, while his running mate, Hatta Rajasa, is a former coordinating minister for economic affairs and the chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN).
Jokowi is Jakarta's governor and a cadre of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), while his running mate, Jusuf Kalla (JK), is a former vice president and a senior politician of the Golkar Party.
The Prabowo-Hatta pair is supported by Gerindra, PAN, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the United Development Party (PPP), the Crescent and Star Party (PBB), and the Golkar Party, whose current chairman is Aburizal Bakrie, owner of TV One.
The Jokowi-JK pair is supported by five political parties: the Indonesia Democratic Party Struggle (PDIP), the Nation Awakening Party (PKB), the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), the Justice and Indonesian Unity Party (PKPI), and the National Democrats Party (Nasdem) established by Surya Paloh, owner of Metro TV and the Media Indonesia newspaper.
