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The results of this research indicate that the victory of Sutarmidji - Edi Kamtono pair is
influenced by several factors: 1) sociological factors, where the voters tend to make choices
based on their surroundings, especially in the family and environment of public and private
sector organizations. Moreover, group associations in terms of age, education, and gender also
become a benchmark that influences the voters in choosing their leader; 2) Psychological
factors where the voters are more likely to see the figures that have the closeness and
popularity of candidates to be chosen as their choice; 3) Rational factors, where the voters
choose by considering the profit and loss that will be obtained when choosing a candidate.
Voters tend to see vision-mission, capability, quality and integrity of the candidate. Voters with
this approach including in the category of intelligent voters to the real evidence of
performance realization of candidate pairs.
The victory of Sutarmidji - Edi Kamtono mainly influenced by the popularity of Sutarmidji who
has served as Mayor and members of the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) of
Pontianak City in the previous period. Moreover, infrastructure developments that have been
widely perceived by the public, make a positive image for the pair.