2024 North Sumatra gubernatorial election

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2024 North Sumatra gubernatorial election
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  2018 27 November 2024 (2024-11-27) [1]

Governor before election

Hassanudin (Acting)
Independent

Elected Governor

TBD

Gubernatorial election will be held on North Sumatra in 2024 alongside other local elections nationwide to elect the Governor of North Sumatra to a five-year term. [2]

According to the law, if no candidate secured a majority of the votes, a runoff election would be held between the top two candidates.

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References

  1. "Pemilu 2024 Digelar 14 Februari, Pilkada 27 November". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  2. Nafi'an, Muhammad Ilman. "KPU Pastikan Pilkada 2022 dan 2023 Diundur ke 2024". IDN Times (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-11-10.