Jakarta – A survey commissioned by pollster Political Climatology Institute (LKP) says that the percentage of swing voters, or those who have no allegiance to any presidential candidate, has declined.

As many as 29.1 percent respondents say that they are still unsure of which presidential candidate they are going to vote for during the upcoming election, according to the survey. "The percentage is far lower compared to the previous LKP survey," said LKP CEO Usman Rachman in Jakarta on Thursday, as quoted by Antara.

He said 60.7 percent of respondents surveyed said they were "certain" of the presidential candidate they would to choose while 10.2 percent of respondents said they did not know. "The percentage of voters with a particular allegiance to a presidential candidate has continued to increase as election day nears," Usman said.

The survey also reveals that the percentage of respondents who know which party they will vote for amounted to 56.1 percent. Meanwhile, 26.8 percent of voters say they are likely to change their vote before the election while 17.1 percent respondents said they did not know.

The survey further reveals that Wiranto and Prabowo Soebianto tightly competed in the second and third position with an electability rate of 15.6 percent and 15.4 percent, respectively.

"We asked respondents that if the presidential election were to be held now, who they would vote for. As many as 22.7 percent of respondents said they would vote for Jokowi (Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo), followed by Wiranto 15.6 percent and Prabowo 15.4 percent," said Usman.

In terms of electability, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) ranks at the top of the list with 21.8 percent of the vote, followed by the Golkar Party with 18.1 percent, Hanura 11.3 percent and Gerindra 11.1 percent. (ebf)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/03/13/percentage-swing-voters-declines-survey-says.html