Indonesia’s Presidential Election 2019 – Jokowi’s Chances in West Sumatra : Why He is Likely to Lose

• Main Author: Wanto, Adri
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: South Asia; Country and Region Studies
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81299; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47450
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Joko Widodo is likely to lose the 2019 presidential election in West Sumatra. Jokowi’s poor electoral prospects in the province are based primarily on his association with the PDI-P which has links to founding President Sukarno and his role in ending a rebellion in the province in the 1950s and 60s....