Bandung, West Java – Incumbent minister for religious affairs Suryadharma Ali was reelected as the general chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) after gaining 859 votes (72.55 percent) at the party's convention in Bandung, West Java on Wednesday.

Suryadharma earned the party's top post for the second time, garnering more votes than his rivals Akhmad Muqowam, with 281 votes (23.71 percent), and Ahmad Yani, with 39 votes (3.29 percent).

In his victory speech, Suryadharma said he was humbled by the win. "Thank you to everyone who voted for me. Let's all work together to make PPP a bigger and better party," he said.

Days before the election, Ahmad Yani alleged that Suryadharma's camp was engaged in "aggressive and abusive" strategies to sabotage his candidacy.

He accused the chairman's campaign team of threatening to bar his rivals' regional supporters from participating in the caucus. "They're making efforts to ensure that Suryadharma will win the seat by acclamation," Yani said.

However, Romahurmuzy, deputy secretary general of the PPP and a spokesman for Suryadharma's camp, denied the accusation and called it "just another smear campaign" against the chairman.