| Election Name: | 2005 Kutai Kartanegara regency election |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Flag Image: | Lambang Kab. Kutai Kertanegara.png |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Election: | 2010 Kutai Kartanegara regency election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Election Date: | 1 June 2005 |
| Turnout: | 70.67%[1] |
| Nominee1: | Syaukani Hasan Rais |
| Party1: | Golkar |
| Running Mate1: | Samsuri Aspar |
| Popular Vote1: | 159,303 |
| Percentage1: | 60.85% |
| Nominee2: | Aji Sofyan Alex |
| Party2: | Prosperous Justice Party |
| Running Mate2: | M. Irkham |
| Popular Vote2: | 88,625 |
| Percentage2: | 33.85% |
| Regent | |
| Before Election: | Syaukani Hasan Rais |
| After Election: | Syaukani Hasan Rais |
| After Party: | Golkar |
An election was held on 1 June 2005 in order to elect the regent of Kutai Kartanegara Regency in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. The election was the first ever direct local election in the country following the fall of Suharto.
Incumbent Syaukani Hasan Rais, affiliated with Suharto's Golkar Party, participated in the direct elections and secured over 60 percent of total votes, comfortably gaining his second term. In total, three pairs of candidates contested the elections and over 265,000 of the regency's residents voted.
Indonesia's Law No. 32 of 2004 on regional administration mandates the holding of local elections for its provinces and regencies/cities. It also gives rights to local electoral commissions (Komisi Pemilihan Umum Daerah) to hold them.[2] Prior to this, elections were held indirectly with governors, mayors and regents being elected in a vote by local councils.[3]
Registered candidates were verified and officially declared on 26 April 2015.[4] Kutai Kartanegara's electoral commission set a rotating campaign schedule between 15 and 28 May, dividing the regency into 3 sections in each candidate pairs spends one-thirds of the allotted time in before moving into the next section.[5]
The budget for the elections was set at Rp 19 billion (~USD 2 million). According to the electoral commission, difficult geographical conditions highly affected the cost of logistics.[6] In total, there were over 375,000 eligible voters voting in 1,397 polling stations across 212 villages in the regency's 18 subdistricts.[4]
A quick count was released by Pokja 30, a local organization, supported by the US-based National Democratic Institute.[7] Votes had to be retaken in one of the polling stations.[8] Multiple NGOs observed irregularities with the elections, including fictional/duplicate voters, inflated voter lists, vote buying and intimidation, with Pokja 30 alone reporting at least 30 such cases.[9]
| Candidate | Running mate | Parties[10] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aji Sofyan Alex | M. Irkham | Golkar | |
| 2 | Tajuddin Noor | Abdul Djebar Bukran | PKS, PAN | |
| 3 | Syaukani Hasan Rais | Samsuri Aspar | Patriot, PPP, Merdeka |
| No | Candidate - Running mate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sofyan-Irkham | 88,625 | 33.85% | |
| 2 | Tajuddin-Abdul | 13,862 | 5.30% | |
| 3 | Syaukani-Samsuri | 159,303 | 60.85% | |
| Valid votes | 261,790 | 98.53% | ||
| Invalid votes | 3,894 | 1.47% | ||
| Turnout | 265,684 | 70.67% | ||
| Eligible voters | 375,925 | |||
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