We’ve talked about some gubernatorial elections in major provinces in Java Island. Outside of Java, there are also interesting battles to watch, particularly in resource-rich provinces in Sulawesi, Sumatera, Kalimantan, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, and Papua. Let’s start with Sulawesi Island.

All pollsters pointed that Airin Rachmi Diany, a politician from Golkar Party, will defeat Andra Soni, a politician from Prabowo Subianto’s Gerindra Party, in this year’s Banten gubernatorial election. Let’s talk a bit about the race.

Almost all pollsters pointed to the lead of Muhammad Bobby Afif Nasution, the son-in-law of the seventh President Jokowi, in this year’s gubernatorial election in North Sumatera, the largest province in Sumatera Island. Bobby is competing head-to-head against Edy Rahmayadi, the incumbent Governor and the retired three-star army general.

The survey results from various pollsters pointed that Dedi Mulyadi, a key leader of Prabowo Subianto’s Gerindra Party, might win this year’s West Java gubernatorial election by a landslide. Even if not a landslide, Dedi’s victory will be a huge win for Prabowo, given that West Java, the largest province in Indonesia, has been the home to his supporters since 2014 presidential election.

Unlike in Jakarta and Central Java, all pollsters found the same thing in this year’s East Java gubernatorial election that the incumbent Khofifah Indar Parawansa is leading the race by a significant margin. Can the contenders, especially Tri Rismaharini who is backed by PDIP, catch up with Khofifah and prove the pollsters wrong?

Similar to what’s happening in Jakarta, there is also a tight race between former Military Commander (Panglima TNI) General (ret) Andika Perkasa, endorsed by PDIP, and former Chief of Central Java Comr. Gen. (ret) Ahmad Luthfi, endorsed by Prabowo Subianto’s ruling coalition, in this year’s Central Java gubernatorial election. Some pollsters found Andika at the top of the polls, while others found Luthfi leading the race instead.

Several pollsters have released the results of their respective electability survey on this year’s gubernatorial election in Jakarta. Some of them found Pramono Anung-Rano Karno, endorsed by PDIP, at the top of the polls, while others found Ridwan Kamil-Suswono, endorsed by Prabowo Subianto’s ruling coalition, leading the race instead.

On top of the National Food Agency (Bapanas), president Prabowo Subianto established a new agency called Badan Gizi Nasional or the National Nutritional Agency (BGN). Lodewyk Pusung, a retired three-star army general and a Gerindra politician, has been appointed as the deputy chief of the agency. Lodewyk is assisting Dadan Hindayana, who has earlier been made the chief of the National Nutrition Agency.

Budiman Sudjatmiko, former PDIP politician, has been appointed by President Prabowo Subianto as the chief of a new agency called Badan Percepatan Pengentasan Kemiskinan (Poverty Eradication Agency). The President also appointed Nanik Sudaryati Deyang and Iwan Sumule as Budiman’s deputies. All of these three figures are former activists.