REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The registration process for regional head candidates taking place in 269 regions across Indonesia on July 26-28, 2015, has run well in general, Chairman of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Husni Kamil Manik stated.

"In general, it has run well," Manik informed the press here, early Wednesday.

All the 12 existing political parties including the Golkar and PPP, which are still facing internal rivalries, have submitted the names of their candidates, he added.

However, he pointed out that an incident had occurred in Manggarai District, East Nusa Tenggara Province, wherein a mob had forced the local election commission office to accept the registration of a certain pair of candidates although they came late.

Until Wednesday (July 29), at 00:00 Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB), the KPU has received 705 pairs of candidates standing for the regional head elections. Of the total, 576 tickets are supported by political parties, and 129 tickets are independent candidates.

Of the total candidates, 650 are men and 55 are women.

However, this data is subject to change, he noted.

Besides this, 12 of the total 269 regions, which are going to hold simultaneous regional head elections, have only one ticket or none at all.

"The 12 regions are Asahan District in North Sumatra; Serang District in Banten; Tasikmalaya District in West Java; Surabaya Municipality and Blitar District in East Java; Purbalingga District in Central Java; Pacitan District in East Java; South Minahasa District in North Sulawesi; Mataram city, Samarinda city, and Timur Tengah Utara District in East Nusa Tenggara; and East Bolaang Mongondow District in North Sulawesi," KPU Senior Commissioner Ferry Kurnia stated.

Based on KPU's regulations, politicians need to be nominated by a party, or a coalition of parties, that controls at least 20 percent of the seats in the regional council or 25 percent of the valid votes in the 2014 regional election.

Political candidates must also get approval from the central board of their political party, whereas during the previous elections, they only needed the approval of the regional board.

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