After being delayed due to logistic problems, 1,191 polling stations in Papua Province began a follow-up election Thursday (04/18/2019) morning. KPU (General Election Commission) Chairperson of Papua Province, Theodorus Kossay when confirmed by phone said that there are 1,191 polling stations spread in 20 districts in 7 regencies.
“Yes, that’s the plan, we will vote today except in Keerom, where we still have to wait for the reprinting of the DPRD (local representatives) ballot papers,” Theodorus said on Thursday.
Jayapura City, he explained, was the area with the most polling stations holding the election, with as many as 702 polling stations.
As observed in polling station no 039 in Vim Village, Abepura District, Election logistics arrived at around 6:40 a.m. and KPPS (polling station officers) and witnesses from the Bawaslu and the parties began to carry out ballot calculations. One of the KPPS 039 officers also seemed to be actively going around the compound to announce to local residents that the Election could begin immediately.
Chairman of the KPPS 039 Johanes Tapalawene said, the number of ballots that arrived are 209 for the total voters of 205 people. Meanwhile, at polling station no 057, Entrop Village, South Jayapura District, until 8:13 a.m., the local KPPS were still to count the number of ballots that had just arrived earlier.
In this polling station, quite a lot of people have come and want to vote immediately. A similar thing was also seen in TPS 18 of Entrop Sub-District, South Jayapura District, which until 8:17 a.m. local time the KPPS officers were still carrying out ballot calculations. 7 districts / cities that will hold a Next Election are Jayapura City, Jayapura Regency, Keerom, Intan Jaya, Tolikara, Yahukimo and Jayawijaya.
In 2019 Election, there were 810,193 polling stations throughout Indonesia, and around 0.28% of the voters couldn’t vote on Wednesday, according to KPU.
The following is the number of polling stations (TPS) in 18 districts / cities that collected votes today:
Jayapura City: 702 polling stations
Jayapura Regency: 1 polling station
Keerom Regency: 5 polling stations
Waropen Regency: 9 polling stations
Kabupaten Intan Jaya: 288 polling stations
Tolikara Regency: 24: polling stations
Pegunungan Bintang Regency: 1 polling station
Yahukimo Regency: 155 polling stations
Jayawijaya: 3 polling stations
South Nias: 113 polling stations
West Kutai: 20 polling stations
Banggai: 391 polling stations
Jambi: 24 polling stations
Bintan Regency: 2 polling stations
Banyuasin Regency: 445 polling stations
Mahakam Ulu Regency: 4 polling stations
Kutai Kartanegara: 8 polling stations
Berau: 11 polling stations
South Nias: 113 polling stations
West Kutai: 20 polling stations
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