| Election Name: | 2024 North Sulawesi gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Flag Image: | Coat of arms of North Sulawesi.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2020 North Sulawesi gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Image1: | File:Kepala Badan Informasi dan Komunikasi Pertahanan Yulius Selvanus Komaling.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Yulius Selvanus |
| Party1: | Gerindra |
| Running Mate1: | Victor Mailangkay |
| Candidate2: | Steven Kandouw |
| Party2: | PDI-P |
| Running Mate2: | Alfred Denny Djoike Tuejeh |
| Image3: | File:Bupati Kepulauan Talaud Elly Engelbert Lasut.png |
| Candidate3: | Elly Engelbert Lasut |
| Party3: | Demokrat |
| Running Mate3: | Hanny Jost Pajouw |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Olly Dondokambey |
| Before Party: | Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle |
The 2024 North Sulawesi gubernatorial election will be held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the governor of North Sulawesi for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2020.
The election, like other local elections in 2024, follow the first-past-the-post system where the candidate with the most votes wins the election, even if they do not win a majority.[1] It is possible for a candidate to run uncontested, in which case the candidate is still required to win a majority of votes "against" an "empty box" option. Should the candidate fail to do so, the election will be repeated on a later date.[2]
According to electoral regulations, in order to qualify for the election, candidates are required to secure support from a political party or a coalition of parties controlling 9 seats (20 percent of all seats) in the North Sulawesi Regional House of Representatives (DPRD).[3] The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, with 19 seats, is the only party eligible to nominate a candidate without forming a coalition with other parties. However, following a Constitutional Court of Indonesia decision in August 2024, the political support required to nominate a candidate was lowered to between 6.5 and 10 percent of the popular vote.[4] Candidates may alternatively demonstrate support to run as an independent in form of photocopies of identity cards, which in North Sulawesi's case corresponds to 196,960 copies.[5], the regent of Talaud Islands and a Demokrat politician, registered to run as an independent candidate, but failed to submit enough proofs of support.[6] [7]
The incumbent governor, Olly Dondokambey, had served two terms and was therefore ineligible to run in the election.[8]
The following are individuals who have either been publicly mentioned as a potential candidate by a political party in the DPRD, publicly declared their candidacy with press coverage, or considered as a potential candidate by media outlets:
Following the 2024 Indonesian legislative election, nine political parties are represented in the North Sulawesi DPRD:[10]
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| Political parties | Seat count | |||
| Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) | ||||
| Party of Functional Groups (Golkar) | ||||
| Democratic Party (Demokrat) | ||||
| Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) | ||||
| Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) | ||||
| National Awakening Party (PKB) | ||||
| Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) | ||||
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