The 2018 mayoral elections in Makassar were initially slated to pit incumbent Mohammad Ramdhan Pomanto against challenger Munafri Arifuddin, however, following a court ruling, Pomanto was disqualified, due to alleged abuse of office to benefit in the election.[3][4] Despite this, Arifuddin was still required to gain a majority of the votes, with a none of the above option being available in the ballot, and he ended up losing to said option by a margin of some 36,000 votes, the first case of a NOTA victory in Indonesian electoral history.[5] The election was hence repeated, with registration for candidates being reopened and the election being held as part of the 2020 simultaneous local elections. Both Pomanto and Arifuddin were permitted to run as candidates as well.[6]
Candidates
Four tickets of candidates were registered for the election:[7]
Results
Pomanto won the election after winning 41.3 percent of votes, placing first in 14 out of 15 districts of Makassar.[8]