Jakarta (ANTARA Jambi) - Survey institutes that have publicized the results of their quick counts on Wednesday's presidential election need to be audited to regain public trust, according to an observer.
Speaking to the press on Thursday, political observer Ari Dwipayana stated that the pollsters need to be audited because they had released disparate results of their quick counts.
According to Dwipayana, the varied percentage results of their quick counts on the July 9, 2014, presidential election should not have necessarily happened.
"The varied results should not necessarily happen if the survey institutes consistently observe and implement the methodology and principles of surveyor's ethics," he emphasized.
Dwipayana explained that with the same quick count method, the results of their counting will be the same.
The varying results of their quick counts indicated that the pollsters have divided opinions.
With regard to Wednesday's presidential election, Dwipayana asserted that eight survey institutes' quick count results showed that the Jokowi-JK presidential and vice presidential pair were victorious with winning percentage ranging between 1.9 and 6.74 percent.
Four other pollsters' quick count results revealed that the Prabowo-Hatta duo won the contest with a difference ranging between 0.28 and 4.1 percent.
Dwipayana cited the example of Radio Republic of Indonesia (RRI), a public broadcasting institute. The RRI's quick count results showed a 52.71 percent victory for the Jokowi-JK pair against 47.29 percent for the Prabowo-Hatta duo.
"Credibility is a main reference for the public to decide whether a pollster's quick count results can be trusted or not," he added.
This showed the urgency that the aspects of responsibility, methodology, and funding sources of survey institutes required to be audited, Dwipayana pointed out.
Without these, he asserted, pollsters will only serve as a means of political propaganda, which was used for pragmatic politics by parties who were afraid of becoming sore losers and ultimately, it will propagate a lie to the public.
Based on unofficial quick count results by a number of survey institutes such as SMRC, LSI, Indikator, CSIS-Cyrus, Kompas, and RRI, the Jokowi-Kalla pair had won on an average, 52 percent of the votes, while the Prabowo-Hatta duo secured about 47 percent.
In the meantime, other survey institutions such as the LSN, IRC, Puskaptis, and JSI signaled a victory averaging 51 percent to the Prabowo-Hatta pair and averaging 49 percent to the Jokowi-JK pair.
Indonesian citizens queued up at polling stations to vote for a new president for the 2014-2019 term of office on Wednesday.
According to the General Elections Committee (KPU), a total of 190,307,134 eligible voters have been registered for the presidential election on July 9, 2014, with 486,866 polling stations set up across the archipelago.
The total number of eligible voters included 2,038,711 overseas voters who cast their votes three to four days ahead of the nationwide polling day.
The presidential election is being contested by two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates, Prabowo Subianto with Hatta Rajasa as his running mate, and Joko Widodo who pairs with Jusuf Kalla.(Ant)
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Speaking to the press on Thursday, political observer Ari Dwipayana stated that the pollsters need to be audited because they had released disparate results of their quick counts.
According to Dwipayana, the varied percentage results of their quick counts on the July 9, 2014, presidential election should not have necessarily happened.
"The varied results should not necessarily happen if the survey institutes consistently observe and implement the methodology and principles of surveyor's ethics," he emphasized.
Dwipayana explained that with the same quick count method, the results of their counting will be the same.
The varying results of their quick counts indicated that the pollsters have divided opinions.
With regard to Wednesday's presidential election, Dwipayana asserted that eight survey institutes' quick count results showed that the Jokowi-JK presidential and vice presidential pair were victorious with winning percentage ranging between 1.9 and 6.74 percent.
Four other pollsters' quick count results revealed that the Prabowo-Hatta duo won the contest with a difference ranging between 0.28 and 4.1 percent.
Dwipayana cited the example of Radio Republic of Indonesia (RRI), a public broadcasting institute. The RRI's quick count results showed a 52.71 percent victory for the Jokowi-JK pair against 47.29 percent for the Prabowo-Hatta duo.
"Credibility is a main reference for the public to decide whether a pollster's quick count results can be trusted or not," he added.
This showed the urgency that the aspects of responsibility, methodology, and funding sources of survey institutes required to be audited, Dwipayana pointed out.
Without these, he asserted, pollsters will only serve as a means of political propaganda, which was used for pragmatic politics by parties who were afraid of becoming sore losers and ultimately, it will propagate a lie to the public.
Based on unofficial quick count results by a number of survey institutes such as SMRC, LSI, Indikator, CSIS-Cyrus, Kompas, and RRI, the Jokowi-Kalla pair had won on an average, 52 percent of the votes, while the Prabowo-Hatta duo secured about 47 percent.
In the meantime, other survey institutions such as the LSN, IRC, Puskaptis, and JSI signaled a victory averaging 51 percent to the Prabowo-Hatta pair and averaging 49 percent to the Jokowi-JK pair.
Indonesian citizens queued up at polling stations to vote for a new president for the 2014-2019 term of office on Wednesday.
According to the General Elections Committee (KPU), a total of 190,307,134 eligible voters have been registered for the presidential election on July 9, 2014, with 486,866 polling stations set up across the archipelago.
The total number of eligible voters included 2,038,711 overseas voters who cast their votes three to four days ahead of the nationwide polling day.
The presidential election is being contested by two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates, Prabowo Subianto with Hatta Rajasa as his running mate, and Joko Widodo who pairs with Jusuf Kalla.(Ant)
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